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
five good groove last player six
He's been a real good player for us and he really started to find his groove the last five or six games.
kiss
He was so excited, I thought he was going to give me a kiss out there.
eventually playing turn
If we keep playing the way we are defensively, and competing, eventually it will turn our way. It has to.
answers team
I don't have answers anymore. I've never been on a team like this. I really don't understand.
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.
great guys help kids teach
We have a lot of great young kids here and there will be a need for some veterans, some guys who have been through it and if I can help teach some of them some of what I've learned, that would be tremendous.
age-and-aging hate kid looks mario reminds shoot
You hate to say it, but the kid really reminds you of Mario at that age. He's big, can skate, can shoot and looks like he has something of an edge.
hard kids wants
You can tell he competes very hard and wants to be successful. Like Sid. I think that's why these kids are that good. They really want to do well. They really want to compete. And they really want to be difference-makers.
care guys philly playing situation trying
We all care about one thing and that's trying to win. I was in the same situation in Philly and there are always enough pucks, guys are playing their roles.
continue five focused games positive stay sure work
We have to continue to play like that. Five on five we were still a better team. We just have to make sure we stay positive and stay focused and work on the things that are actually costing us games right now.
bit capable focus helps obviously team trying
Obviously, it helps you feel little bit better because you want to help the team and do the things you're capable of doing. But obviously you want to get more wins. Right now my focus is on trying to do the right things.
competing guys
We're competing a little harder. And the guys who aren't competing aren't going to play.
everybody last learned learning paid wrong year
One of the things we haven't done very well this year is learning from our mistakes. Everybody makes them, but you have to learn from them. That's what we did in our last two games, learned from what we'd been doing wrong and it paid off.
absolutely everybody none shock surprised throughout
None of us would have any idea about something like this, no, absolutely not. I was just as surprised as everybody else was and, you know, I think it was shock throughout the whole league, really.