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
career few finish games good great healthy hoping impact john last management mark planning praying question stay whether
If John is healthy like he was for the first 20 games or so last year, then we know we have a great player. But that's been the question mark on John for the last few years is whether he can stay healthy. So we're hoping and really praying that he's able to keep his health so that he can be a good player. If he's healthy he's going to be an impact player. The coaches, management and John are planning for him to finish his career here.
absolute nice
It was nice not to have an absolute nail-biter for a change.
board scores walked wrote
I walked in and wrote the scores on the board and walked out. I didn't have to say anything else.
continuity four great healthier lines practices
It was a great start. All four lines contributed. We are getting better every day now. You can see it in the practices and you can see it in the game. We are getting healthier and we have some continuity on lines.
air deflation feeling great locker poured
It was a great feeling in the locker room, it was a great start, and then it was bang, bang, bang. It was over. We poured so much into it and then the air went out completely. The deflation was unbelievable.
It was over so quickly. It was like bang-bang-bang.
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.
mind quite woke
It kind of woke him up. He doesn't mind that. He's been through that before. I thought the more he got hit, the better he played, quite frankly.
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.
plus
It's huge. He's a point-a-game guy, a big-time plus player.
best errors heck played puck team zone
It was a heck of a lesson. It's the best team we've played all year. You make puck errors down in the zone like we did, you're going to get schooled.
bump continue forward good hit hoping move players realize wake whether
It's really up to the players whether this is a bump (in the road) or a (big) hit (to the team). This is a good wake up call... I am hoping that the players realize what we have done and that we continue to move forward and (the loss) was just a bump.
coach felt longest period question second skate speed whether
That second period felt like the longest period I've ever been through as a coach. The first question was whether we could skate with them. We can. They've got speed and so do we.
perfect playing practice rather unfair
As a coach, I?d rather he be down there playing then up here sitting. In a perfect world, he would practice with us and play with the Phantoms, but that?s unfair to the Phantoms.