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
bottom humiliated ourselves
We humiliated ourselves here today. We embarrassed ourselves. That's probably the bottom line, I don't think I have to say that much about it.
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We have to stay out of the penalty box to give ourselves a chance. The one thing I know for sure is that we are not going to beat the New Jersey Devils from the penalty box.
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We have to stay out of the penalty box. Five-on-five, if there's a team that has the advantage it may be us. We have to be patient and avoid frustration.
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I thought he showed a lot of courage tonight. I thought he protected the puck as best he could and could make plays only he could make. He wasn't able to manufacture much offensively off the shot. He played to the best of his ability and it was important to have him in the lineup and in our dressing room.
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I thought Kevin played very well and deserved the opportunity to come back and get another start. I thought we developed sort of a flow and pace to our game that showed we were in sync, and I didn't want to mess with that.
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I'm sort of playing a hunch as much as anything. That's the paradox of coaching. You have to coach for the moment to get wins, but you have to invest when you can in the future.
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I'm sort of playing a hunch, and there's a history as well. I like to make informed decisions and do my research.
philly realistic
We need some pop. Going into Philly (tomorrow) ... we want him to get some realistic work.
playing time
We need him. This time of year, it's more about playing than practicing.
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We haven't played our best hockey the last few weeks. We have to be much better on Saturday if we are to prolong this thing.
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We haven't played our best hockey the last couple weeks. Let's not kid ourselves.
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We've earned the privilege of feeling good about what we've done. But we have won nothing. We know we need our A-plus game in the playoffs, and now is the time that you make sure you're there when the time comes.
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We sure hope that we've identified with one thing and that is stability, and the level of, I guess, confidence that goes along with that so you can even push the envelope further and squeeze the cloth a little bit more to bring even more out of people.
proud
We were sloppy, but we didn't give up. I'm proud of that.