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
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We're going to be really very, very careful here and make sure that we give him a chance to assess where he is, both psychologically and physically, before we even contemplate putting him back in.
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When you look at the third- and fourth-line guys, in a lot of ways they define what you want to take pride in and what we believe this city will appreciate, too. Flat out hard work, good honest work, (and) trust and care in each other.
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They really care about where this team is going. They have an ear to the past and what's happened here, but they've also really assumed the responsibility for where this team is going to go - the effort we're trying to make to gain respect back from our fans and from the NHL.
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As long as we're working hard and playing within our system we should be able to get scoring chances with him out there at less than 100 percent. But we're going to be really very, very careful here and make sure that we give him a chance to assess where he is, both psychologically and physically, before we even contemplate putting him back in.
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Jaromir really cares about this kid. He's helped him with his language; he talks to him all the time in English.
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There are teams in the league and teams I've coached in the past for which the puck is inconsequential - we're not really built that way. We want the puck as much as we can. We want to make sure we are the ones taking care of it, not Pittsburgh.
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I don't think so. I've asked myself the same question. We've really been careful in how we schedule our days off. Many of those are kind of spontaneous decisions to cut out a practice here or a morning skate. I think we've done the right things. I think one of the reasons we've been relatively injury-free is because of our general team fitness.
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In the nature of the game, things have a way of balancing out. We've got some pretty good shooters, we've got guys who can score in the shootouts. That's just the way it goes. I think we have to be real careful we don't analyze ourselves to a standstill.
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I guess they all do at this stage of their career, those that sort of have been able to illuminate themselves for a great rookie season. But we're talking about an icon in the game at that position. Let's just watch his career unfold and see where it takes him.
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The entire bench understands that these people really care and enjoy a good effort.
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We talked about it as being a playoff-like game for us.
contingent respect
We just thought we'd show even more respect for our contingent that what we have. It's an international game.
found intense win
We weren't intense enough. There was no real flow. We found a way to win and it wasn't pretty.
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We were reactive, as opposed to proactive. We were always trying to respond. In the offensive zone, I thought we were the better team than they were. But off the attack, they were outstanding. They kept getting odd-man rushes.