Derian Hatcher
Derian Hatcher
Derian John Hatcheris an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguewith the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers. He currently serves as the head coach of the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth4 June 1972
deep emotional exactly minute next playoffs top
Playoffs are an emotional roller-coaster ride. One minute you are on top of the world, and the next you are down deep somewhere. That is exactly what it was tonight.
breaks game hard worked
He worked hard all game and he got his breaks off hard work.
assuming definitely felt game hopefully peter skating start step team
Skating with the team is a step in the right direction, so in that sense it felt good. I'm assuming that Peter will be back for probably a game, and hopefully I can play a game or two in the exhibition. It's definitely important to try to get everyone going before the start of the year.
knew player remember
I remember that pretty vividly. We knew what we had to do and every player wanted to do it. That's what it's going to take.
afford guys hit penalties
Hey, it's the playoffs. Guys are going to hit and guys are going to be hit. You have to take it. You can't afford to take penalties at this point.
issue keeps sees takes turns
He sees me, turns away. You can't stop. If he keeps going and takes the hit, it's not even an issue right now.
anyone felt
I don't know if anyone felt that he could come back.
couple love supposed
I don't know if you're supposed to love your coach. Right now I love him, but we'll see in a couple weeks.
barely carries gotten hit momentum ran
He barely hit him. Sometimes, your momentum carries you. I don't think he hit him hard. If he ran him, he would have gotten 20 games.
He's very intense. That's where it starts, his intensity.
guys worried
I don't think they should have done that. I know all of our guys were worried about him and a lot of their guys were, too.
basically games guess lose took win
I guess they'd probably have to lose all their games and we'd have to win all of ours. We basically took it out of our own hands.
believed deal family five good hitchcock ken moving terms time
He believed in me a long time ago. I had five good years with Ken Hitchcock in Dallas. And the terms of the deal mattered, too. I have a family and I didn't want to be moving around every two years.
next ready
This is what it's going to be like. You better get ready for the next one.