Chris Cichocki
Chris Cichocki
Christopher J. Cichocki is an American retired ice hockey right winger. He played for both Detroit and New Jersey at the NHL level, but is mostly known for his high scoring in the American Hockey League. He is a former Head Coach of the Stockton Thunder in the ECHL. He currently serves as a professional scout for the Edmonton Oilers...
continuity hard line moves
When you are making moves like this, it's hard to keep continuity in your line changes, but we feel we need to do this to get better.
answers call coach head phoenix san talking triple
I've been talking to the head coach (of the Triple A team) in San Antonio and he said Phoenix is in a lockdown. You call and no one answers the phone.
large reading team unusually
Reading is unusually large for a team in this league, but it has been a problem.
best deserves good knows respected winning
I've always said that Jake is one of the best goalies in this league, and I think deserves this. We don't have a winning record, but Jake is respected in this league, and everyone knows how good he is.
concerned decide definitely
We're definitely scrambling a bit. We have to decide what we're going to do when Maris leaves, and we're concerned about Dean's situation.
boost excellent improve instant offensive player provides scoring touch trying
We're continuously trying to improve our offensive abilities, and Ned provides an instant boost to our offense. He's a talented, offensive-minded player with excellent scoring touch and playmaking skills.
best describe hope looks practiced
That's the way it looks now. The best way to describe Jake is to say he's day-to-day. We hope he can play, but he hasn't practiced in a week.
happiness happy stay
That's up to Phoenix, but we're happy to have him here. Heck, he can stay as long as he likes.
chance close coach few games good great playing three tough turn weekend weeks win
That's tough to take, because as a coach I know that we had a great chance to win three games this weekend but couldn't do it. Obviously, we're playing better than we were a few weeks ago, and that's good to see. Now we have to find a way to turn some of these close games into wins.
dave entire hope jeff knows plan situation skated team
We couldn't find anyone, and the team knows Dave from the times he's skated with us. You hope in this situation that Dave doesn't have to play, and the plan is to have Jeff play the entire weekend.
confidence nice
I think Maris is going to come back with a lot of confidence and give us a nice jolt of energy. It's something that we really need right now.
good guys skater work
I thought he was a very good skater with skills, and I like his work ethic. He's one of the first guys here every day.
flat maybe return
We've been flat and need to get a spark. Maybe Maris' return will help.
defensive game
We had to play a hard-hitting, defensive game to win, and that's what we did. It's the only thing we could do.