Craig Patrick
Craig Patrick
Craig Patrickis an American former hockey player, coach and general manager, the son of Lynn Patrick and the grandson of Lester Patrick. During the 1980 Winter Olympics, Patrick was the Assistant General Manager and Assistant Coach under Herb Brooks for the United States men's national ice hockey team, which won the gold medal and defeated the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice". From 1989 to 2006, Patrick was the General Manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins where he oversaw back-to-back...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth20 May 1946
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We expect that he will be able to begin exercising in a matter of days and return to the lineup in a brief period of time.
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He's going to be an off-ice conditioning program for the next 10 days to two weeks and then he will be reevaluated after that. They are going to try and get the right level of medication that he needs. Medicine is not an exact science, so you have to test things and try them. They are in that process now.
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We're starting to get used to each other and play more like the way I thought we'd be able to play. But we get a good lead and we're still giving up some goals I wish we wouldn't give up.
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I think the more experience he gets, the better. He could play in a tournament like this every other week as far as I'm concerned. It makes you a better player.
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We've talked on the phone and he's been doing things, but we haven't had a chance to sit down because we've been gone and he's been out of town so our schedules haven't meshed very well yet. We'll just talk about what I'd like to see him doing for this next little while.
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That's the one thing we've got to be careful of -- him feeling the pressure, putting it on himself to get back on the ice. We've got to calm him down from here on out, we've got to make sure it's right. We've got to not listen to him this time and say, 'No, Mario, not until we say you're ready.
good hard played staff
I thought they did very, very well. The whole staff did. They had a lot of energy, they played hard and they did a good job.
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I think we'll take our time. The doctors said he could be working out in as soon as three days, but we'll monitor it and see how he's doing when he gets back.
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I would say he's been our best player, ... He's been very good.
brings delighted game kevin passion second
We're delighted to have Kevin back where he belongs, with the Penguins. Kevin brings a passion to the game that is second to none.
believe bit chance city coaches good meet prospects series summer time town training
We did this for the first time in the summer of 2003, and we believe it's a good way for some of our young prospects to come into town and get to know a little bit about our organization and our city before training camp. We'll put them through a series of tests, and they'll also have a chance to meet with our coaches and trainers.
passed problems
We didn't sense that there was any problems with the shoulder. He passed the physical.
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You know I don't talk about that stuff.
good hockey players worked
It's good for hockey, and it's good for his area. It's interesting, the way it worked out. It's good to have this many hockey players in town.