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
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.
against everybody knows nine players point practiced
We had nine first-year players against Montreal. We practiced with 15 players today. Everybody knows our situation. We're limping. Still, we're only one point out of first place.
against everybody knows nine players
We had nine first-year players against Montreal. Everybody knows our situation. We're limping.
days personnel shoot work
We had new personnel there and not a lot of days to work on it. We'll get better at it, but we didn't shoot the puck.
goals third
We had a lot of things that we did very well tonight. But to give up the two goals (in the third period) was really disappointing.
game good happened respond tendency
We had to respond after what happened in Game 2 in Buffalo. We have to play to win. We have a tendency to make things interesting in the end but we did some good things tonight.
buffalo game happened respond
We had to respond after what happened in Game 2 in Buffalo and we did.
happened played respond
We had to respond after what happened in Buffalo. We played better and we played the way we have to play to win.
beat dealing eight eliminate fire giving level natural people players power reaction seven team
You are just dealing with an unbelievable level of fire when you're giving a team like that six, seven or eight power plays. You're not going to beat that team. You have to eliminate the reaching-in penalties. I know it's a natural reaction for most players but we've got to have the people that are doing it, not do it.
buffalo depth nobody scoring
We've got some top-end guys, some top-end point-producing guys. But there's nobody in the NHL who has the scoring depth that Buffalo does.
attitude five happy learned players satisfied soon standing start toward
We've learned to live with the idea that we will have five players out every game. I'm happy in one area, and that is with our attitude toward competing, but I don't think you ever want to be satisfied because as soon as you are, you start standing still.
games goals great grit line scoring speed winning
We?re winning games without Peter?s line scoring goals for us, and that?s a great sign. We?re winning games different ways. Sometimes it?s with speed and skill. We had to grit it out today.
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.