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
best hockey periods played
That is probably one of the best periods of hockey we've played in this building.
home lose losing tough
It's always tough to lose 7-1. Losing like that at home is just very tough on all of us.
advantage deserved fate good mistake mistakes seemed team teams ton took
It seemed like every mistake we made went in our net. We deserved a better fate. We had a ton of things go right. We out-shot them. We out-chanced them. We outplayed them, but they're an opportunistic team and they took advantage of the mistakes we made. That's what good teams do.
dominant flash good
It's a flash of some really good stuff. He's going to be a dominant player.
help last phantoms played players year
We have players who played for the Phantoms last year who do a lot of things really well that are going to help us,
allow almost controlled dead hockey playing remember road shots work workers
This was as dead as we've been in a month. I don't remember us playing this poorly. We had no work ethic. Their workers controlled the hockey game. Our goaltender was outstanding, but when you go on the road and allow almost 50 shots on goal, it's not good.
above against below buffalo catching division fear focus limited record success tampa
We want the division crown. Our focus is still on catching the Rangers. Our record against those (teams) above us is a lot better than those below us. We have no success against Tampa or Buffalo and limited success against Montreal, if any. We want home-ice advantage. Our fear is not who we play.
ahead deserved second tied
We deserved to be tied or ahead after the second period.
deserved maybe
We deserved at least a point. Maybe two.
comment expect locker next players ready role room seconds speaking though
There are players who have been though this. And the comment was: 'You can expect this every night.' . . . Hatcher had a big role in that. He was speaking seconds after we got into the locker room . . . (reminding players to) get ready for the next one.
cast constant line move rest team
We're a team of 23 guys, and the only thing that's going to be a constant is the centre-ice position. The rest is going to move and move quickly. I don't think you can cast in stone, even from day to day the line combinations.
game job win
We did our job at home, we have to win in their building. We have to find a way to win a game in their building.
ahead games halfway home january month rest tough trip
We're halfway through the trip and still have a lot of games left, and then we come home with no rest before we get Colorado. We're like a lot of teams. We have a tough month of January ahead of us because of the Olympics.
center gets goals guy man player plays puck seen
When I look at Simon, I see the same player I've seen for two years. But now he plays with a center man who is a playmaker. I see a guy who gets to the puck who never got to it when he was here previously. He gets a lot of goals off the rush, which he never used to get before.