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
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I am excited and curious to see how we respond. In games 5, 6 and 7, you get a defining message on what you are going to be down the road, whether it's the next series or whatever.
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But that pass and that goal at the end of the third period... the goal was great, the pass was unbelievable.
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But the game is still played on the ice. Having been in the same shoes as Tampa once before (winning a Cup in Dallas in 1999), you don't want to disrespect somebody who has won a championship. And they earned it and deserved it. They're the ones with the knowledge right now. We're all searching for that.
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I guess I need to apologize. I know better than that. I kind of lost discipline the way our team did in the game.
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Right now it's about getting points. We are trying to get this thing back on track and we have a lot of work to do. We know that and players know that. We are starting to build it back again and it's a good feeling.
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Right now, I need to worry about us, not the Rangers. We need to do some regrouping now.
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Peter's a special player. He's the complete package. He's a competitive player with a high level of skill.
complete high level player special
Peter's a special player, ... He's the complete package. He's a competitive player with a high level of skill.
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Peter is all business. At this time of year, the emotion is all in the players. It's all in your locker room. It doesn't come from the coach. The intensity and the emotion all come from the players.
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Peter felt real good today. He felt 100 percent, actually, and we pushed him pretty hard.
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Oh, yeah. These kids are 20 years old and it's a lot to put on their plate right off the bat. This is a whole other level, and it took them a couple games to get into it. But Carter and Richards really played well (in Game 3).
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No. You had one team playing reckless and one team trying to get away with playing careful. We didn't get away with it. We had to dig in.
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When things are going really well, you're thinking that it's not necessary (to have a captain). But when things aren't going as well, you need to have firm direction in the locker room. ... If you have a captain with experience, why not take advantage of it?
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Let's see how he looks when he comes back over here. This is a different game over here. Angles are different and there's a tremendous amount of activity around the goal here; a lot more than there is in the Olympics. The shot totals are a lot higher here and the quality of shots is a lot higher in the NHL. Let's see how he plays when he comes back here and let's see how his energy is.