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
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.
nhl scare concussions
What scares me is how easily it happened.
hockey married
He had better get married soon, because he's getting uglier every day!
quality
I don't think they had 10 even-strength, 5-on-5 quality chances.
feels life obviously
He's got a lot going on in his life right now. And he obviously feels that this is the time.
city game keeping possible tough
It's tough to see that happen. He's done so much for the game of hockey, so much for the city of Pittsburgh, keeping the Penguins here, doing everything he can possible to keep them here.
fear might seemed
It might be a fear. You don't want to get embarrassed, especially at home. It's just something where the first one went in and we seemed to get a little life.
effort extremely
It's inexcusable. The effort part is something that can be controlled, and it's not there right now. It's really, really, extremely frustrating for everybody.
battling definitely early great holes kept nights ourselves team ways
It was just one of those nights early on. It's just hard. We kept battling and that's the one great thing about our team right now. We definitely don't quit. But we have to find ways to be better and not get ourselves in such big holes here.
definitely quiet throughout
It's been really quiet. It's been quiet throughout the whole league. I would have thought more would be done by now, but it's definitely been quiet.
air breath fresh lace wait
It's going to be a breath of fresh air for me. I just can't wait to get there, lace them up and get in the lineup with these guys.
definitely fast guys high move puck
It's very similar. There are a lot of guys that can move the puck and a lot of high scorers that are very fast and it's definitely a lot like that.
piece puzzle winning
I want to be a piece of the puzzle on a winning club.
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.