Craig Patrick
Craig Patrick
Craig Patrickis an American former hockey player, coach and general manager, the son of Lynn Patrick and the grandson of Lester Patrick. During the 1980 Winter Olympics, Patrick was the Assistant General Manager and Assistant Coach under Herb Brooks for the United States men's national ice hockey team, which won the gold medal and defeated the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice". From 1989 to 2006, Patrick was the General Manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins where he oversaw back-to-back...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth20 May 1946
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John is a big, strong winger who is a proven and consistently productive goal-scorer. His presence further strengthens the group of forwards we're assembling here in Pittsburgh.
climb gain guys playing starting time
Guys are starting to gain a lot of confidence. Hopefully, it's time to climb up the ladder, and if we keep playing like this, we will.
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He's started his medication already and it will solve his problem. He's in great shape and he's in great spirits. This has been something that has been lingering on and off and they finally figured out what it is.
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It was real simple. I surrendered right away. It's great to have his name on a contract, and now, we can move forward.
talk
You know I don't talk about that stuff.
starting
We look pretty on paper, but what are we? We'll find out what we are, starting today.
paper
We look pretty on paper but what are we? What are we? I don't know, but we're going to find out.
good hoping
We want to give him a good look here, see what he can do. We're hoping he can show us something.
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We're delighted to have Kevin back where he belongs, with the Penguins. Kevin brings a passion to the game that is second to none.
best enter hospital precaution
We thought the best precaution was to have him enter the hospital for observation.
passed problems
We didn't sense that there was any problems with the shoulder. He passed the physical.
waiting
We're done negotiating. We're just waiting for the answer.
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We're down to a bare-bone operation in terms of players. After this weekend, we'll be down to 12 forwards, six defensemen and two goalies, and any time you get in that situation and have an injury, you can bring people up (from the American Hockey League) on emergency, and it doesn't affect what's going on down there in terms of being able to go back and play in the playoffs. That's important for us because we want to see these guys as much as we can this spring and make some decisions on them for the future and for our lineup in the future.
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We're starting to get used to each other and play more like the way I thought we'd be able to play. But we get a good lead and we're still giving up some goals I wish we wouldn't give up.