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
hopefully locked
We're locked in now. Hopefully we can make it really interesting.
hopefully locked struggle
We're locked in now. Hopefully we can make this interesting. Sometimes we struggle to get emotionally connected, but we're locked in now.
far hard trying
We're trying to play catch-up far too often, and that's a hard way to play hockey.
continue decisions hard people playing poorly screw tough
Those are the decisions that, when you don't have to make them or when you make them because people are playing poorly it's easy. The hard decisions are if we continue to play well, then it's going to be a tough thing to do, because you don't want to screw around with what's working.
goals good guys hard players puck reward score
Those are usually a reward for hard work. Good players score those goals. Guys like you and me, the puck would end up in the seats.
consistent gave road simple success talked
We haven't done the simple things well, and that's what we talked about today. We haven't done the things which gave us success on the road on a consistent basis.
adjustment both couple hopefully lose people played playing power weeks
There are a lot of new people playing there. You have people on the power play who haven't played there all year, and those things are going to happen. Hopefully in a couple weeks we'll be a lot better, but when you lose both your quarterbacks, you're going to have an adjustment phase.
almost becomes fear nobody
There almost becomes a fear factor. Nobody is used to what you can do and can't do. If you take one or two, then you don't want to do anything. Then you end up doing nothing.
advantage captain direction firm locker necessary thinking
When things are going really well, you're thinking that it's not necessary (to have a captain). But when things aren't going as well, you need to have firm direction in the locker room. ... If you have a captain with experience, why not take advantage of it?
center gets goals guy man player plays puck seen
When I look at Simon, I see the same player I've seen for two years. But now he plays with a center man who is a playmaker. I see a guy who gets to the puck who never got to it when he was here previously. He gets a lot of goals off the rush, which he never used to get before.
earned friday hard overall points today
We want first badly. As hard as we've worked, we've earned that right. At one time, before we were decimated by injuries, we were first overall in points. Today and Friday are points we must have.
backs becomes flashes open people puck shown skate takes
We want him to want the puck, to skate with the puck and find people open with the puck. Hopefully, he can do it. He's shown flashes where he takes off and goes, and sometimes he backs off and becomes conservative.
everybody goal goes sees top
When your top goal scorer goes out, everybody sees it.
assured ice nervous peter playing until whenever
Whenever there's something in the stomach, you get nervous but I've been assured it's nothing. I'm still going to be nervous until Peter is back on the ice playing pain-free.