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
advantage business care high home ice inside ladder playoffs
We've got to take care of business inside our division. For us right now, getting home ice advantage in the playoffs is critical. We want to get as high up the ladder as we can.
country either full holding injury might percent playing spot support sure until weeks whatever
Whatever he decides, we'll support him. But he's already said he's not going to play until he's 100 percent -- either here or there. Who knows? This might be a two-week injury and he might need a full two weeks to get healthy. I'm not sure if their country is holding a spot for him, but he's not playing until he's 100 percent.
peter whatever
Whatever Peter decides, he'll have our support. He's not going to play if he's not 100 percent.
built game good handle hard huge people played
When he's healthy, the way this game is played now, it's built for him. He's quick. He's smart. He's hard to get a handle on physically. He's a huge asset. It's not just him as a player, but he makes people around him better. He's a good teammate.
couple digging fighting guys lost
We are fighting through a lot of adversity. We lost a couple more guys and guys are digging in.
exhibition honestly until work
We?re going to have to make some adjustments. We honestly don?t know how this is going to work for us until we play some exhibition games.
beat everybody great
What a great play off the boards, ... He went one-on-two and beat everybody off the boards.
comment expect locker next players ready role room seconds speaking though
There are players who have been though this. And the comment was: 'You can expect this every night.' . . . Hatcher had a big role in that. He was speaking seconds after we got into the locker room . . . (reminding players to) get ready for the next one.
allow almost controlled dead hockey playing remember road shots work workers
This was as dead as we've been in a month. I don't remember us playing this poorly. We had no work ethic. Their workers controlled the hockey game. Our goaltender was outstanding, but when you go on the road and allow almost 50 shots on goal, it's not good.
meetings playing season team type
There are times during the season when you have to review. It was very, very productive. We don't have those type of meetings very often, but when we feel like our team isn't playing well, we do.
acted game loss
We know how important Game 3 is and know we're down 2-0. It was a frustrating loss for everybody. And we acted emotionally, me included.
bang change games guys knew locker played rooms switch
We knew they were going to play games for us, but to switch locker rooms before we even played a game, we never even thought about that stuff. We had our 23 guys and we thought that was it, then bang, bang things change dramatically.
games knew stake win
We knew what was at stake here. We need to win these games if we are going to improve.
deserved either game gone good heck hockey maybe played third
We played a heck of a hockey game. It could have gone either way. I thought we got better and better as the game went on. We did a lot of gritty, good things in the third period. We deserved at least a point, and maybe two.