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
build game maybe minor terms
It's a game to build on. Maybe the first one was, too, but we were in a hole. In terms of execution, it was some minor things, but it was pretty good.
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It's a reference point, that's probably the biggest advantage we created for ourselves out of tonight. We did come from behind to beat a real good hockey team and we have to use that for what it's worth.
certainly gone point
It's a little unexpected, obviously. Certainly this has gone to this point better than I expected.
experience heck paid school ultimate
It's a heck of an experience for them. We paid the ultimate price. But we're not in school anymore.
bad shot
The only bad shot is one you don't take.
conversation sharing
We had a very professional conversation. It was not any kind of confrontation, it was just sharing thoughts.
attack fell needed rubber
We did not attack the way we needed to. It started to get away from us when we fell behind. We didn't put enough rubber at the net.
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We really felt the last 20 minutes, and how we chose to approach that, could set the stage for the rest of the series. We wanted to make sure we continued to play hard and honest and not compromise ourselves. We gave our opponents something to think about going into Madison Square Garden. Our objective was to be every bit as intense as we had up to that point and execute the best we could. We tried to send a message.
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We're sort of playing a hunch as much as anything. He's played New Jersey well, and our last good game of hockey was here against them with Kevin in goal, so I don't think that is unreasonable at all.
bigger couple course game stay
We're going to stay the course and keep working at it. We had a game as we have had a couple of other times. We don't want to make it bigger than what it is.
point thinks
We have to get to the point where he thinks he could play, and I don't think we're at that point.
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We have to get Kevin going, get him rolling. I wouldn't mind giving him a chance to go back and play the Islanders. He had a tough game the last time he was there.
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We want him to stay out of the penalty box. At the same time, it's a fine line, because you don't want him to change his game. He can certainly influence a game, and I thought he did. I thought we created a bit of an advantage for ourselves by the way he came out to play, and maybe he took New Jersey off their game, at least initially.
stuck
We stuck with it. Definitely, we had to compete.