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
edge looking speak teams
We don't do it. That's not to say that other teams don't. We don't speak about it. Some teams do it because they're looking for every competitive edge they can find.
breaking kids played
We're breaking in a lot of kids who haven't played at this level.
guys healthy talk
We have to regroup. That's the big thing. We have to get some healthy guys back in the lineup. We have some things we have to talk about from a competitive standpoint.
allowed fact focus jacques
We really like the fact we're able to just coach. We're allowed to just focus on teaching, and planning, and Jacques and I really like that.
beat composed composure near puck team
We got beat by a much better team tonight, a team that was much more composed with the puck than we were. We didn't have near the composure they did.
biggest goal
That was the biggest goal of the series.
bizarre hard
That was a hard, bizarre game. It was really hard and it was really, really bizarre.
games too-much chaos
There are too many games now where there's too much structure and not enough of the chaos.
believe hockey ducks
Coaches are like ducks. Calm on top, but paddling underneath. Believe me, there's a lot of leg movement.
hockey years ifs
If I'd known it was going to take 25 years, I'd have started earlier.
brings calmness good
He brings a calmness that's good for us.
effective energy percent played
He played on only about 50-60 percent energy and he was still an effective player.
adding awhile came carolina effective game himself kept last pile played pressure year
He put a lot of pressure on himself last year when Carolina started making those changes. He just kept adding to the pile there and he put too much pressure on himself to try to do everything. He came here and after awhile he just played his game and was very, very effective for us.
anyone remotely talking
I don't see anyone even remotely talking about doing anything. It's been quiet.