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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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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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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We were positioned well for what we had to deal with, and it's worked out very well. For the first time around in this, it was hard to really anticipate what might happen, but we're very, very pleased.
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This is our third time around at it. It's going to work this time. The players will adjust and there will be a different game. Definitely.
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That's the one thing we've got to be careful of -- him feeling the pressure, putting it on himself to get back on the ice. We've got to calm him down from here on out, we've got to make sure it's right. We've got to not listen to him this time and say, 'No, Mario, not until we say you're ready.
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We did this for the first time in the summer of 2003, and we believe it's a good way for some of our young prospects to come into town and get to know a little bit about our organization and our city before training camp. We'll put them through a series of tests, and they'll also have a chance to meet with our coaches and trainers.
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I thought they did very, very well. The whole staff did. They had a lot of energy, they played hard and they did a good job.
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I think we'll take our time. The doctors said he could be working out in as soon as three days, but we'll monitor it and see how he's doing when he gets back.
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I think the more experience he gets, the better. He could play in a tournament like this every other week as far as I'm concerned. It makes you a better player.
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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.
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Jocelyn brings a wealth of experience to our goaltending corps and will help us tremendously as we move forward.
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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.
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We thought the best precaution was to have him enter the hospital for observation.
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You know I don't talk about that stuff.