Keith Tkachuk
Keith Tkachuk
Keith Matthew Tkachukis an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey Leaguein a 19-year career with the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues and Atlanta Thrashers, retiring in 2010. He is one of only five American-born players to score 500 goals, and is the sixth American player to score 1,000 points and is considered to be one of the greatest U.S.-born players in NHL history...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth28 March 1972
CityMelrose, MA
demands rangers wants
He's a competitor, I'll tell you that much. He wants to win; he's been with the Rangers and he demands a lot.
chances extremely hard second single
He was good, but we had chances ... not in the first (period), but in the second in the third. But with this lineup, we've got to play extremely hard every single shift.
great half lose period teams
There are so many great teams here that if you take a period off or a half a period off, you're going to lose the game.
everybody gets treats
He treats everybody like men, and gets the most out of his players.
We're not going to quit. We're going to keep going after everybody.
against hang longer team tough
We've got a young team, and we have to be a tough team to play against on the road. I think the longer we hang around in games, the better we play, and I think that's shown.
besides deal game options pick plan sure
We'll have a game plan and I'm sure they have a game plan. If it's a one-year deal where they pick up the option, there's other options besides that.
granted matter teams took
We have to. I think teams took us for granted and we jumped on teams early. We just have to keep doing the same no matter who's in the lineup.
almost entire period second
We're up 2-0 and they play almost the entire second period in our end.
consistent guys hurt result seems stop
We've done it before with guys hurt and guys traded. For while there we were consistent and now it seems we're getting away from that. We've got to stop it right now because that was an embarrassing result tonight.
definitely prepared skate telling today watched
I wasn't as prepared as I should have been. But I'm telling you right now, if you watched me skate today I'm definitely prepared now.
extremely guys period ready
You know what, the first period killed us; we weren't ready for it. But you've got to give those guys credit. They come at you extremely hard, and they give you nothing. We weren't ready to do that.
best wearing
He's probably the best American ever to play wearing a (U.S.) jersey.
coming definitely games hopefully next olympics ready soon ways week
Hopefully next week I'll be ready to go. I want to play as soon as I can. It's getting better, but it's still a little ways off. I want to definitely get some games in with the Olympics coming up.