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
certainly expect himself needed offensive player secured spark stage unit
Did we expect him to be on our No. 1 power-play unit at this stage of the season? Maybe, but only as an interim thing or if we needed a spark or whatever. Certainly he's secured himself as an offensive player on our team.
change overtime
Disappointing change in overtime - that wasn't the players' fault.
composure lose
Composure is an important part of the game. If you lose it, you can lose the series.
appreciate others power puck shoot shot wish
We shot the puck a lot and I appreciate that and I wish others would shoot more. I think on the power play we could shoot the puck much more.
question
There's no question we'll be better prepared. We should be more competitive off the get-go.
chance doubt ourselves parade stuff
There's no benefit-of-a-doubt stuff in the playoffs. You're in the big parade now and you have to participate. If we give ourselves a chance to play five-on-five hockey, then who knows?
beyond decision depth dice kinds regrets roll shows sure
We wanted to make sure we could at least show New .Jersey that we had some depth on our PK. You roll the dice in those kinds of situations. He went beyond what I expected, but it shows he's a competitive person. I have no regrets on it. It's a decision I'll live with, though.
beat chance colors decent game ourselves quite sound wears win
We have to play fundamental, sound hockey, with him in or out of the lineup, quite frankly. And if we give ourselves a chance with whomever wears the colors to play five-on-five or better, we have a decent chance to win the game. Basically, we beat ourselves (in Game 1).
again dry feet hang keeps lazy looking move moving players puck rules zone
We have to keep looking at players over and over again because you can't hang someone out to dry if they're called for a penalty, with so many new rules to learn. One thing we are really looking for is players who can move the puck out of the zone quickly. Someone who keeps his feet moving and won't get called for any lazy penalties.
hurt puck quick support
That was the one thing that really hurt us. It's about quick puck movement, support and speed.
czech fact familiar game job offensive player puck
I wasn't as familiar with him as a player as I was with the other Czech guys. His contribution to our offensive game has been real good. I do like the fact that he understands what our job is off the puck defensively.
guts last rules sure
I think he'd be able to play there under the old rules too. I'm not sure he'd last through 60 minutes. But he's got more guts than a slaughterhouse.
gas
We put a lot of thought into our schedule. We need gas in the tank.
humiliated
We humiliated ourselves. We embarrassed ourselves. I don't think I have to say much more.