Tom Renney
Tom Renney
Thomas "Tom" Renneyis the president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada. He was previously an ice hockey Associate Coach with the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings and also served as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers, and Edmonton Oilers...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 March 1955
gaining less nights noted respect slip
This is one of our less disciplined nights this season. We've been noted for gaining respect from our opponents, and we don't want that to slip away.
believe came game hope injuries press regardless strong
This is our team, injuries are part of the game and we'll press on regardless of who's in and who's out, but we believe and hope Jagr is fine. It was a big collision, but he's a big man, a strong guy, and I think he came out of it all right.
health mental ready
The most important thing to us is our mental health. In that respect, we are ready to go.
believe good hope night ourselves point shot sure teams winning
Some teams aren't sure they can win. Some teams hope they can win, and some teams know, not just that they can win, but that they're going to win. I'm not sure we're there yet, but we really believe that every night we do give ourselves a real good shot at winning the game. That's part of the evolution. I'd like to get to the point where we know we can win.
guys helps identify people physical playing puts themselves winner
Some people find themselves in harm's way, other people put themselves in harm's way. Usually the winner puts themselves in harm's way; Kaspar helps us identify with that. We need a physical presence. We need more guys playing like that anyway.
body check eat takes
Often times, it takes more than one person to check him. You have one person on the body and the other person on the puck. If you try to play him one-on-one, he'll eat you up.
build game ground hard level played
This is a game to build on. The first one was too, but we were in a hole. Now, we're at ground level and we need to keep building. I think that we played hard and showed character.
direction generally played solid step towards
I thought we played a solid game. I thought we were, generally speaking, pretty complete. I'm going to look at this as a step in the right direction towards the playoffs.
goals good stop
I thought they scored some pretty good goals . If you can't see it, you can't stop it.
huge obligation
I think we may be a little apprehensive. They just feel this huge obligation to be something special.
cares helped language talks time
Jaromir really cares about this kid. He's helped him with his language; he talks to him all the time in English.
coaching feels habits honored hope player respect shows teammates treats work
I think everyone feels honored to be part of it. Jaromir comes to work every day and displays what you could only hope for in a player like that, with his work habits and the way he treats his teammates and the respect he shows the organization and the coaching staff.
feels honored
I think everyone feels honored to be part of it.
acceptable help ice intention level performance time today understand worked
Our intention is that every time we go on the ice we have a purpose, and there is a level of performance that is acceptable and one that isn't. Sometimes we help them understand what acceptable is. Today was no problem. They worked hard.