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
against buzzing carried controlled good happened period pinned puck skated third
I think what happened in the third period against Latvia carried over. We just skated to the puck and controlled the game. We pinned them in their own zone; we were buzzing pretty good out there.
example expect great guys lead tonight
I think the young guys expect us to go out and lead by example. I think tonight was a great example of that.
everybody gets treats
He treats everybody like men, and gets the most out of his players.
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.
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.
love win
I had no idea. We just want to win because we love to win.
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.
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.
hockey
I feel I have a lot of hockey left.
might offend watching
I don't want to say how old I was when I started watching Bourque, because it might offend him.
agent determine forward meeting talked time tomorrow
I don't look forward to meetings, but at least tomorrow will determine my future. I haven't even talked once with my agent about it. Any time you have a meeting like that I don't get too optimistic, so we'll see what happens. I'd like to come back.
contracts guys next ourselves replace rid situation year
You can't replace guys like that. We put ourselves in this situation where they're going to get rid of a lot of the old guys who don't have contracts next year and try to rebuild.