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
change lots plate players
I have lots on my plate right now getting our players to change their technique,
I have a better idea of what to do with Hatcher (this) morning.
brings covering entertainment game grassroots matter playing playoffs team value
I find the entertainment value of the playoffs is out the door. It's all about competition. This, to me, brings it back to grassroots where it's one team playing another team and it doesn't matter who's covering the game or who's watching.
efforts waste
What's disappointing is we had a lot of effort. We made some mistakes. You don't want to waste efforts like we had tonight.
fact good labeled role skill
What is sneaking up is the fact he's got skill and is being labeled as a role player. But his skill is excellent. He does some good things with the puck.
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.
coach deal everyday fingers fixing great problem quickly spend talked time
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.
discussion intense july losing response sure team time winning
The only thing I know is that we've always responded to losing in a really intense fashion. The response to winning has been our problem. I'm not sure why; that's probably a discussion for July or August. But it's been the M.O. of our team for a long time now.
goes help side steps today took work wrong
When you haven't won, it isn't going to be a masterpiece when you try to get the thing back. We took some steps today but we have work to do. You get on the wrong side of things and it's not one thing that goes wrong, it's a lot. We made some steps today to really help ourselves.
eight energy hard nine penalties players power rhythm seven
When you have as many penalties as we've got going on right now, it's really hard to keep a rhythm on power play. We try to play as many units as we can, because if we're going to get seven or eight or nine power plays, it's hard to keep that energy because players get tired.
battles gauge good heaviest team
When you look at a team like Ottawa, to me that's a good gauge on your team and individuals. They still have the heaviest team in battles and competitiveness.