Keith Tkachuk
Keith Tkachuk
Keith Matthew Tkachukis an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey Leaguein a 19-year career with the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues and Atlanta Thrashers, retiring in 2010. He is one of only five American-born players to score 500 goals, and is the sixth American player to score 1,000 points and is considered to be one of the greatest U.S.-born players in NHL history...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth28 March 1972
CityMelrose, MA
belong business gives great guys happy kids lose mine opportunity understand
When you lose two guys like that, those are two great friends of mine and you're not happy about it. But you understand that's the business we're in and it gives a lot of these kids an opportunity to go out and show that they belong in the NHL.
compete cram expected games gold nice realize sure
We expected to go over there and compete for the gold medal, and that wasn't the case. Sure it's a disappointment. It would be nice for the NHL to realize that you can't just go over there a day before and try to cram in all those games like that.
bite game gets guy guys knew nose playing respect size works
We all knew that he could score, but I think he's playing with a little bite to his game now. I think that works for a young guy his size . . . because you get respect from guys you play with and you play against. He gets his nose dirty.
glad good happens hope louis next talk whatever
We had a good talk ... they want to win. I'm just glad I know that I'm going to be in St. Louis next year. Whatever happens after that, happens. But I hope we're in the playoffs. That's my No. 1 concern.
bay great means opportunity tampa tendencies
Obviously, John's a big guy, and it's a great opportunity for him. I don't know much about his tendencies because we don't play Tampa Bay very often. But I do know he's an American, and that means he's a competitor.
help penalty struggling team
Right now, I'm struggling on my penalty shot. I've got to help the team in that area.
chance giving matter matters points team
Points don't matter to me. Giving my team a chance to win, that's all that matters to me.
bit game goes good guys hard lead rising seems situation youth
Things are going pretty good for us right now. I don't know what it is. I mean, it's probably a little bit too late, but . . . I don't know what it is. We're going out, working hard and having fun. It just seems like we get the lead and we get better as the game goes a long. It's weird. We've got a lot of youth and I think a lot of guys are being put in a situation that they're not used to, and they're rising to the occasion.
great mike
These are young kids. This is the foundation. You need great goaltending, and that's what we've had over the years with Mike Richter.
great mike
These are young kids. This is the foundation, ... You need great goaltending, and that's what we've had over the years with Mike Richter.
cup demand example expect good guys lead tonight won
The old guys can still play a little bit. ... We've been around, we've won the World Cup in '96, and we demand a lot from each other. I think the young guys expect us to go out and lead by example. I think tonight was a good example of that.
missing
This is unbelievable. You don't want to use excuses, but it's a big part of it. We're missing some NHL-caliber players.
challenge huge miss replace rest
You're not going to replace Al. We're going to miss him. It's going to be a huge challenge for the rest of the way.
anxious anybody depending direction excited forward future move sit talk
Anybody would want to know what their future is ... we'll just see what happens. I'm anxious to sit down ... depending on which direction they want to go in. If it's move forward with me being a part of it, then I'm excited to go there and sit down and talk about the future.