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
dallas line slow tried
That line was unstoppable. When we were with Dallas we tried so many things to slow them down and we just couldn't.
brief saw
I only saw it for a brief moment, but considering who it was it is not surprising.
guys needed suck
Guys going out all the time, we needed to suck it up.
concern game great performance waste win wore
I thought we got better as the game wore on. I think the concern is you don't want to waste a great performance by a goalie. You need your goalie to win those games.
settles tremendous
He settles everything down. He's a tremendous player. He's settles everything down.
break confidence game pressure suits ton
They were just flying. A game like this suits them well. The (Olympic) break did them a world of good. They have a ton of confidence and they put a lot of pressure on people.
primitive
There were some long games. There was some city-by-city emotion. There was a lot of anger. There was a lot of high-spirited competition. It was down to its most primitive level.
eaten taken teams top
They're the top dog. They've taken on all comers and really eaten up some teams this year.
countrymen guy neither playoff until
You've got two countrymen going at it and neither guy really blinked until we got into (overtime) at the end there. This was very much like a playoff game.
hooked penalties today
There were some penalties today that should have been called. We hooked and held, and that's what it is.
mentality opportunity
The mentality of our team, especially with the young guys, is that this is a real opportunity for them.
amends city fans home responsibility series team work
Look, it's my responsibility to get the team ready, OK? This is on me. We were embarrassed for our fans and for the city of Philadelphia with the way we played. We've got to make amends when we go back home and get this series back even. We've got a lot of work to do.
effort game hockey line penalties poor third took tremendous
The game is on the line and we took two poor penalties in the third period. You can't do those things. It's unnecessary. That's the hockey game. We had tremendous effort by people, but we took two poor penalties.
hopefully next ready week within
Hopefully within the next week he'll be ready to play.