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
hard ourselves winds
Even as hard as we play, we're doing things to ourselves that end up being very frustrating. We make mistakes, and at the end of the day it winds up zapping our energy.
bizarre hard
That was a hard, bizarre game. It was really hard and it was really, really bizarre.
goals good guys hard players puck reward score
Those are usually a reward for hard work. Good players score those goals. Guys like you and me, the puck would end up in the seats.
continue decisions hard people playing poorly screw tough
Those are the decisions that, when you don't have to make them or when you make them because people are playing poorly it's easy. The hard decisions are if we continue to play well, then it's going to be a tough thing to do, because you don't want to screw around with what's working.
boards hard healthy immediate looked nashville recovery specialist
We thought with maintenance we could keep him healthy through the season. Then he got banged hard into the boards and we looked at the recovery time. The specialist in Nashville recommended immediate surgery.
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.
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.
far hard trying
We're trying to play catch-up far too often, and that's a hard way to play hockey.
critical dominated hard mistakes played
We've played hard and we dominated at times, but we've made mistakes at critical times.
both closely hard playing teams
It's a best-of-three now. This is two teams that are very closely matched. Both are playing really hard right now and there's not much difference.
hard knew power
They are never out of it because of their power play. We knew that if they got the (power play) chances, they are going to be hard to play against.
banging early fifth finish game good hard hockey kept maybe second though tie win
We were banging around it so hard in the second that I felt, even though we were down 4-1, that if we made it 4-2 early (in the third), which we did, if we kept going we could still tie up the hockey game and maybe win it. We had a lot of good chances, but we didn't finish and then they scored the fifth goal.
earned friday hard overall points today
We want first badly. As hard as we've worked, we've earned that right. At one time, before we were decimated by injuries, we were first overall in points. Today and Friday are points we must have.
decision difficult easier ground hard playing proving team win
I think the proving ground is when we play this way, we have success. It's a hard way to play. It's difficult and very demanding. The decision you have to make as a team is do you want to play this way and win or do you want to find an easier way to play and take your chances? They like playing and winning.