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
bit connected seem struggle takes
We seem to struggle a little bit to get emotionally connected and it takes us a little while to get going.
amends city fans series work
We were embarrassed for our fans and we were embarrassed for the city of Philadelphia. We've got to get make amends when we go back home. We've got to get this series back even when we come back here, so we've got a lot of work to do.
high pare payroll team
We had a team that had a high payroll and we were able to pare it down,
adversity overcome
We've had to overcome adversity the whole season.
battle board fought minutes ottawa played talks team
We did a lot of better things; we played the same way for 60 minutes that we did for 45 minutes in Carolina. We played good. We fought really hard. Ottawa is a team that everyone talks about their speed, but to me it's about their competitiveness. Every board battle is critical.
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.
finds open sneaky spaces staring
Brett catches everyone staring at the puck. He's always in the open spaces to shoot. He finds the sneaky areas.
division finish hard strong worked
We want to finish strong and get first place in the division before the break. That's something we've worked very hard for and we very much want.
asking eventually figured kept
We just kept asking him where he was, where he was, and eventually he figured it out.
team
When you play a team like this, it's the first team to crack, and it was us tonight.
beat buffalo mentality order played
We've played with this back-against-the-wall mentality on the road. In order to beat Buffalo we're going to have to play with that mentality for every game.
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We talked this summer, and the one thing I told him is you find out pretty quickly you have to put a lot of fingers in dikes. You spend a great deal of your time just fixing everyday problems. That's kind of what a coach is, a problem solver.