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
people stick
There are times you want to take your stick and whack people and you just can't.
fragile questions
Obviously, right now we're a fragile team. I don't think there are any questions about it.
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.
adjust bigger blaming channels flip hard players problem rules sets tv
(Consistency) was a problem before and now with the new rules. I think it's going to be a bigger problem. You flip the channels on TV and it's a different set of rules in every game. I'm not blaming the referees, but it's hard for players to adjust when there are different sets of rules every night.
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.
blowing found happy lead needed points question third wishes
We needed the two points that's for sure. There is no question about it, no one is happy about blowing the lead in the third period, but we needed the points. We got the win, and everyone wishes we didn't give up the lead, but we found a way to win the game.
consistent teams win
We have to be consistent, because consistent teams win in the playoffs.
game pour pressure steal win
We're going in there and we're going to have to win a game. You don't even think about Game 2. You pour it all out there for Game 1. If you can steal Game 1 the pressure really switches over to them for Game 2.
pace
The pace we're on, sure, anything could happen.
ahead lies playing
We know what lies ahead of us. We know who we're playing and where we stand.
dragging means playoffs season shift starts
There are times you go through the season and, I'll say it, it starts dragging a little. The playoffs, every game, every shift means more. It always means something, don't get me wrong, but in the playoffs it just means more.