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
ahead assume experience might road sure tougher
It is important to experience everything that you might see in the playoffs. But having said that, we have to make sure that we don't assume anything...And if we play the way we did tonight, it's going to be a tougher road ahead of us than we think.
I think they know how to play us, obviously.
maybe skate
I think they've been a little tight, maybe now they'll be able to skate freer.
anybody environment surprised trick
I think the trick was getting him in an environment that he could flourish. I still think there's a lot there. I don't think anybody should be surprised by this.
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.
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.
advantage doubt good presented strong took
Overmatched? I doubt it. I just thought we had a strong game. We took advantage of some things that were presented to us and I thought we were as good as we've been defensively all year.
couple power puck work
Our power play got us a couple of big ones and our PK did what it had to do. Keep the puck to the outside. They work very, very hard.
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.
extremely valuable
Right now that could be an extremely valuable point. Tonight, it is.
certainly changed complexion confidence create develop goal looking
It certainly changed the complexion of our team. We're looking to develop some confidence and create some momentum. If we got a goal there, that's probably it.
giving serves
I thought we would probably do Henrik well by giving him a breather before he went over to Europe, so it serves two purposes.
concerned delays overly
It interrupts things . . . delays things a little bit, but I don't think we need to be overly concerned by that.