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
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.
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It means everything to me. ... I can't wait. I want to win a gold medal, bottom line. It's my last one, so I'm looking forward to it.
missing
This is unbelievable. You don't want to use excuses, but it's a big part of it. We're missing some NHL-caliber players.
opportunity paved
That really paved the way for a lot of us Americans to be in the NHL and get an opportunity to play for our country.
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.
best everybody forget team thinking tremendous wished
I just wanted to give him support. I told him that he's a tremendous person and don't forget that. I just wished him all the best and said that we're thinking of him. The whole NHL, not only myself, but my team and everybody else is thinking about him. I feel for him and wish him all the best for the future.
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.
bother guys hot medal people
If people are writing us off, great. That doesn't bother me and it doesn't bother the guys on the team. We want to get into that medal round, and anything can happen. If you get hot at the right time, it doesn't matter.
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He's probably the best American ever to play wearing a (U.S.) jersey.
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.
everybody gets treats
He treats everybody like men, and gets the most out of his players.
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.