Ken Hitchcock
Ken Hitchcock
Kenneth S. Hitchcock, nicknamed "Hitch", is an NHL hockey coach and pro scout, currently coaching the St. Louis Blues. He has also served as head coach of the NHL's Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, and Columbus Blue Jackets. He coached the Stars to a Stanley Cup victory in 1999...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 December 1951
CityEdmonton, Canada
fat meet track
It's a track meet - and I'm too fat to run, ... But you just have to keep going.
biggest locker presence says veteran voice voices
It's a big hit. He's a veteran presence with a big voice in the locker room. He says the right thing at the right time, so probably our two biggest voices (in the locker room) are not in right now.
both closely hard playing teams
It's a best-of-three now. This is two teams that are very closely matched. Both are playing really hard right now and there's not much difference.
colorado envision players protect scoring worked
I try to envision what worked in Colorado and the thing I know that worked there is that (Forsberg) had scoring players who could also protect the puck,
envision worked
I try to envision what worked in Colorado,
bizarre
It was a really hard, really bizarre game.
giving goal hockey last lose seconds tough
It was a tough way to lose a hockey game, giving up a goal in the last 5 seconds when you're not in any real danger. That last one was a tough one.
almost behind game half overtime pace period second start took
It took us almost a period and a half to get up to the pace of the game and then we were fine. We were much better in the second half of the game and the overtime than we were at the start. I thought we were a little behind the pace at the start and then really got going.
afraid attitude everybody good job penalties
It was just a reorganizing: Here's what we have to do, here's where we have to be efficient, little things. And I think there's an attitude where, when you do a good job killing penalties, you're not afraid to be aggressive. When you're not killing penalties well, everybody is on eggshells.
both games together tremendous
The two games they were together there was tremendous chemistry. They want to play together. They both really want it badly, and we're going to take a look at that.
hard knew power
They are never out of it because of their power play. We knew that if they got the (power play) chances, they are going to be hard to play against.
advantage poured saw six team took
They were the better team over the six games. They took advantage of us and they poured it on when they saw that they had the advantage.
air deflation
The air went out completely. The deflation was unbelievable.
brought goal team
That goal brought our team back into the game.