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
comeback goals importance
He scored so many big goals for me in Dallas, ... It was frightening how many big goals he scored. The '98 and '99 seasons, he had comeback goals, clinching goals, important goals. That was it. Not the goals he scored, but the importance of the goals he scored.
biggest fans goal stands sure
I'm sure the fans in the stands were, 'Oh no, here we go again. I think for us, that was the biggest goal of the series.
brought goal team
That goal brought our team back into the game.
biggest goal
That was the biggest goal of the series.
goal pass third
But that pass and that goal at the end of the third period... the goal was great, the pass was unbelievable.
giving goal hockey last lose seconds tough
It was a tough way to lose a hockey game, giving up a goal in the last 5 seconds when you're not in any real danger. That last one was a tough one.
goal second took winds
That power-play goal at the end of the second took the winds out of our sails.
alive bench biggest brought building feeling goal huge quickly stands sure
It was huge. We were on our heels. I'm sure the feeling in the stands was, 'Oh, no, here we go again.' To get it back that quickly was huge for us. It brought the building alive again. It brought the bench alive. I thought it was, for us, the biggest goal of the series.
comeback goals importance
He scored so many big goals for me in Dallas. It was frightening how many big goals he scored. The '98 and '99 seasons, he had comeback goals, clinching goals, important goals. That was it. Not the goals he scored, but the importance of the goals he scored.
activity amount angles energy game goal higher looks plays quality shot shots tremendous
Let's see how he looks when he comes back over here. This is a different game over here. Angles are different and there's a tremendous amount of activity around the goal here; a lot more than there is in the Olympics. The shot totals are a lot higher here and the quality of shots is a lot higher in the NHL. Let's see how he plays when he comes back here and let's see how his energy is.
bizarre
It was a really hard, really bizarre game.
category lead league nature
It's the nature of our season. We're in first place in one category. We lead the league in the unfortunate category of injuries.
plus
It's huge. He's a point-a-game guy, a big-time plus player.
pulled saw sore talking
He has a sore groin. I saw him talking to the trainers so I pulled him out.