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
best great hope solid
Rick's a great guy. He's a solid man, and I hope the best for him. That's all I can give you.
chance giving matter matters points team
Points don't matter to me. Giving my team a chance to win, that's all that matters to me.
game
We had a game plan. We just couldn't execute.
belong business gives great guys happy kids lose mine opportunity understand
When you lose two guys like that, those are two great friends of mine and you're not happy about it. But you understand that's the business we're in and it gives a lot of these kids an opportunity to go out and show that they belong in the NHL.
bite game gets guy guys knew nose playing respect size works
We all knew that he could score, but I think he's playing with a little bite to his game now. I think that works for a young guy his size . . . because you get respect from guys you play with and you play against. He gets his nose dirty.
glad good happens hope louis next talk whatever
We had a good talk ... they want to win. I'm just glad I know that I'm going to be in St. Louis next year. Whatever happens after that, happens. But I hope we're in the playoffs. That's my No. 1 concern.
angles drive kicks knew shoot skate team worked
We knew that this goalie kicks out rebounds, so we wanted to shoot from all angles and drive to the net, and it worked on the first goal. You can't let a team skate like that.
It's not where I want it to be right now. It's not right.
best elite forward high looking players tempo
It's the best players in the world playing. The hockey's going to be out of this world. It's great. It's high tempo with elite players. I'm looking forward to the challenge, because you have to be on your 'A' game.
streak tough
It's unbelievable; it's frustrating. You don't want to use excuses, but (the injuries) are a big part of it. But nobody's quitting. We're just in a tough streak right now and we have to find our way out of it.
seven whatever work
It's up to the Blues. We don't have much to work with ... seven days. But whatever happens, happens.
difficult early leading lose
It's difficult when you lose your leading goal-scorer this early in the year. It's just frustrating.
thank
Oh, thank God, ... Now it's back to business.
bad blow bottom guy head hit matter miss notice shift shoulder touched worried
No I'm not worried because I know what I did. It wasn't as bad as everyone thinks. I hit him in the shoulder and no matter where I touched him he was going to dive. It was not a blow to the head so that's the bottom line. He didn't miss a shift either, did you notice that? The guy embellished it.