Derian Hatcher
Derian Hatcher
Derian John Hatcheris an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguewith the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers. He currently serves as the head coach of the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth4 June 1972
next ready
This is what it's going to be like. You better get ready for the next one.
baseball believing doubt football gets goes happen hard hockey last owners players season smart time understand
That's why I have a hard time believing the season will be canceled. The owners are smart businessmen. If it gets canceled, you don't even know how long it'll last because I doubt anything would happen over the summer. I think the players understand hockey isn't baseball or football or basketball. But I don't know where it goes from here.
outlook starts
That's how he does it. That's the outlook of the team, and it starts with him.
ahead lies playing
We know what lies ahead of us. We know who we're playing and where we stand.
knew player remember
I remember that pretty vividly. We knew what we had to do and every player wanted to do it. That's what it's going to take.
basically games guess lose took win
I guess they'd probably have to lose all their games and we'd have to win all of ours. We basically took it out of our own hands.
afford guys hit penalties
Hey, it's the playoffs. Guys are going to hit and guys are going to be hit. You have to take it. You can't afford to take penalties at this point.
issue keeps sees takes turns
He sees me, turns away. You can't stop. If he keeps going and takes the hit, it's not even an issue right now.
anyone felt
I don't know if anyone felt that he could come back.
couple love supposed
I don't know if you're supposed to love your coach. Right now I love him, but we'll see in a couple weeks.
He's very intense. That's where it starts, his intensity.
believed deal family five good hitchcock ken moving terms time
He believed in me a long time ago. I had five good years with Ken Hitchcock in Dallas. And the terms of the deal mattered, too. I have a family and I didn't want to be moving around every two years.
barely carries gotten hit momentum ran
He barely hit him. Sometimes, your momentum carries you. I don't think he hit him hard. If he ran him, he would have gotten 20 games.
guys worried
I don't think they should have done that. I know all of our guys were worried about him and a lot of their guys were, too.