Ken Hitchcock
Ken Hitchcock
Kenneth S. Hitchcock, nicknamed "Hitch", is an NHL hockey coach and pro scout, currently coaching the St. Louis Blues. He has also served as head coach of the NHL's Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, and Columbus Blue Jackets. He coached the Stars to a Stanley Cup victory in 1999...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 December 1951
CityEdmonton, Canada
natural
Patrick is a natural center, not a wing, and we have too many centers. That's all this is about. We had too many centers.
jon time
In my opinion, Jon should have been a 30-goal scorer a long time ago,
chops league whoever wood
That's what this league is going to be -- whoever chops the most wood at the end of the day is going to win.
curious defining excited games message next series whether
I am excited and curious to see how we respond. In games 5, 6 and 7, you get a defining message on what you are going to be down the road, whether it's the next series or whatever.
competitor rebound
He's a competitor -- that's why he got the start. He'll rebound nicely.
hero hockey job
He's kind of an unsung hero on the hockey club. He just does his job and competes every night. You know what you're going to get when he comes to the rink.
constantly difficult fans games playoff road seen win
I've seen our fans just will us in playoff games. I think home-ice is something you need. It's very important. It's real difficult when you constantly have to win road games in the playoffs.
guys hard hurt players
Players get hurt and we don't how long they're going to be out for. We're going to get a real hard look at these guys right away.
expect record tough wayne whatever
I can just tell you on record that whatever happens, we need and want Wayne there. He is our leader. He got us through some tough times in '02 and we expect him to get us through some tough times in '06.
continuity four great healthier lines practices
It was a great start. All four lines contributed. We are getting better every day now. You can see it in the practices and you can see it in the game. We are getting healthier and we have some continuity on lines.
dropped intensity level
I just think our level of intensity dropped and Toronto's went up, and that was the difference,
colorado envision players protect scoring worked
I try to envision what worked in Colorado and the thing I know that worked there is that (Forsberg) had scoring players who could also protect the puck,
finished hockey performed responsibility
I think we were overwhelmed the first 10 minutes. That's my responsibility. We were embarrassed, embarrassed by the way we performed and embarrassed by the way we finished the hockey game.
cleared doctor people
The doctor here cleared him to play but it was a little sore, so we did not take a risk. We'll have our own people look at him.