Mike Kitchen
Mike Kitchen
Michael Elwin "the Kitch" Kitchenis a Canadian former defenceman and he currently serves as an assistant coach for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. As of February 2016, Kitch has coached in over 2400 NHL games including playoffs. In 2012/2013 he assisted in coaching the Hawks to their longest winning streak without a loss...
dressing needed room team time
It's about time we got a break. The team needed it; the dressing room needed it.
couple expect miracles moved worked
We moved it around. Had a couple of chances, but the first day we worked on it was today. You can't expect miracles out of it.
care effort systems work
There's not very many systems that work if you don't have the work ethic. And it just spreads through the whole team. I don't care what system you play. If you don't have that effort there, it's not going to work.
coming decisions ice move players time
We couldn't give (Downey) the ice time that he thought he needed, so we had to make a move and take a look at some of these young players because we've got to make decisions on them coming up.
almost amount bound deserved good hard minutes penalty played time tough trouble
We played hard tonight, I thought we had a good effort. We had penalty trouble once again, some deserved and some not. You get into two 5-on-3 (power plays) for that amount of time, that's tough -- they're bound to get a score. It was almost 19 minutes of power-play time for them.
good played
We played hard, I thought we had good effort.
effort guys hearts played terrific
No, not at all. Our effort was terrific out there. Our guys played their hearts out.
calm looks net past scoring tough
We had some scoring chances, but it's tough to get it past Luongo. He looks very calm in the net and you look at their coaches, they look very calm over there.
calm chance coaches excited past scoring tough
It's tough to get it past Luongo. You could see their coaches were calm the whole night. They didn't get too excited at any kind of scoring chance we had.
confidence game gives good high start throw
It's part of how you start the game. If you start the game well, it gives everyone confidence. Our confidence isn't at a very good high right now. It doesn't take too much to throw us off our game.
enjoy fans lots open players quick
Oh, it was terrific. I think once we get going here, the fans are going to really enjoy our game, as you can see out there. It's a quick game, there's lots of open ice, so I think the more the players get used to the rules, the better the game's going to be.
anyone cautious side training
It's just day-to-day. He just tweaked his groin. And anyone who does that in training camp, we're kind of more on the cautious side than anything.
happened last leads lose maybe momentum three
It's been going on for maybe the last two or three games. That's what has happened with the leads we've had. Because we take penalties, we lose momentum and then we lose the lead.
It's an unfortunate play. That's the way 2005 ended, right there.