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
absolutely emotion great guys intensity literally played players position raise seen series
I've seen young guys who've played great and I've seen them absolutely overwhelmed. I've seen young players literally in the fetal position during a series because they're overwhelmed by the intensity and the emotion of what's going on. And I've seen guys raise their level.
doubt nice peter
It would be nice to get Peter back, but we can't have doubt in our game.
athlete daily stuff trying
The stuff he's doing is ongoing. It's ongoing, on a daily basis. He's trying to play. He's not going to play (today), that's for sure. He's an athlete trying to get better.
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I've coached against Peter and he'll take numbers and get even in due time. You won't hear anything about it, until you see a body laid out on the ice and you'll wonder how that happened.
hard ourselves winds
Even as hard as we play, we're doing things to ourselves that end up being very frustrating. We make mistakes, and at the end of the day it winds up zapping our energy.
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Even as disappointed and devastated as I was at the outcome, saying those things was wrong. There is no excuse.
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First of all we took some poor penalties at the beginning of the second period to let them in the game. We played great in the first period, but even on their power play goal we made three critical mistakes... There are two things that really concern me right now. Against the good teams we lose the special teams game and when you can't kill a penalty, that's a big concern.
falling
There was a falling out. Oh, yes, there was a falling out.
fit good numbers savage
Savage has had good numbers in the league, and he's a good scorer. We think he'll fit right in our lineup.
Put him on hold? I don't know about that. That's only going to make Don madder.
dropped energy figure
Our energy just dropped right off the board. Our energy just went down the tubes and we've got to figure out a way to recover.
spend time trying zone
We had some breakdowns. When you spend as much time in the other team's zone as we did, you're going to get some of those breakdowns when you're trying to score.
both counting good guys help players season start
Both guys are going to start the season with us. We are counting on them being good players for us. They are here because they can help us win. They are not here because they are young players.
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Brian is a player who has made the best of a situation where he had to wait to get picked up by a team. He?s come in and made a contribution on and off the ice. I?m really happy for him, because he?s found a home here and has a good niche on our team.