Mark Recchi

Mark Recchi
Mark Louis Recchiis a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional player. He is currently the player development coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins Recchi played 22 years in the National Hockey League. Recchi was a member of three Stanley Cup-winning teams, the 1991 Pittsburgh Penguins, the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes the 2011 Boston Bruins. In game two of the 2011 Finals, he became the oldest player ever to score in a Stanley Cup Finals series...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth1 February 1968
CityKamloops, Canada
dressing gave guys help next takes team whatever worth
You don't want to let these guys down in the dressing room. You want to show them you're worth whatever they gave up and help this team do whatever it takes to get to that next level.
kiss
He was so excited, I thought he was going to give me a kiss out there.
honestly punch reach
Dumb. I honestly don't know if I could reach him, if I even wanted to punch him.
desperate played toronto
They played better than us. Toronto was much better than us. ... We weren't as desperate as them.
fun great
I think it's going to be great for the game. It's really going to be a fun thing.
enjoy people
I think the people here are pretty realistic. They want to see effort. And I think they enjoy this team.
answers team
I don't have answers anymore. I've never been on a team like this. I really don't understand.
eventually playing turn
If we keep playing the way we are defensively, and competing, eventually it will turn our way. It has to.
net puck putting
I really like what we're doing. We're just not putting the puck in the net right now.
brought fill grow guys huge identity jersey marty obviously players reason successful veteran younger
They're going to have to grow that identity with some younger players and some of the veteran guys that they brought in to fill that void. You know, the one thing obviously in Jersey is Marty is there. That's a huge reason why they've been successful for so long, as well.
composed deal focused gets good knows media prepare tremendous
He's very composed at what he does. He's very focused and he knows what he has to do. He knows how to prepare for games. He's very good at it, he doesn't get sidetracked, he knows what he has to do to deal with the media and gets it done, then focuses on what he has to do. He's tremendous at it for 18 years old.
easy losing team trying wear
It hasn't been easy what he's had to do. The team's losing more and he's trying to keep the team in Pittsburgh. It's got to wear on you after a while.
biggest edge hockey kept people playing terrific
He's a very intelligent hockey player, No. 1, that's his biggest thing. He made people better around him. He had a terrific competitive edge to him that kept him playing for a long time.
dig great guys hard holes nice night obviously ourselves prepared quitting sign starts sure trying yourselves
It's great we didn't quit, but it sure would be nice to put ourselves in a different position. It's obviously a nice sign when the guys aren't quitting and still trying to do the right things. But obviously we have to be a little more prepared for the starts of games. It's too hard to dig yourselves into holes like this and try to come back every night like this.