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
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Things are going pretty good for us right now. I don't know what it is. I mean, it's probably a little bit too late, but . . . I don't know what it is. We're going out, working hard and having fun. It just seems like we get the lead and we get better as the game goes a long. It's weird. We've got a lot of youth and I think a lot of guys are being put in a situation that they're not used to, and they're rising to the occasion.
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.
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.
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I don't know what's going to happen here. I'm not the general manager . . . I'm not the owner. I'm just a player that has to do his job to help his team win and whatever happens, happens. We as players can only control one thing: how we perform on the ice. We need more guys worried about that than worried about other things right now. That's probably (why the Blues are in) the situation we're in right now, because people worry about that.
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.
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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.
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.
brings extra given guy jump kids
I want to be a part of this organization. I like what I see. These kids have given a guy like me an extra jump just with their enthusiasm. It brings me back to the Winnipeg days, being a young guy playing.
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The young guys have done a great job. They're having a lot of fun out there and it's really neat to see as an older player or as a fan.
cup demand example expect good guys lead tonight won
The old guys can still play a little bit. ... We've been around, we've won the World Cup in '96, and we demand a lot from each other. I think the young guys expect us to go out and lead by example. I think tonight was a good example of that.
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I think the young guys expect us to go out and lead by example. I think tonight was a great example of that.
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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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.
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We expected to go over there and compete for the gold medal, and that wasn't the case. Sure it's a disappointment. It would be nice for the NHL to realize that you can't just go over there a day before and try to cram in all those games like that.