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
honestly punch reach
Dumb. I honestly don't know if I could reach him, if I even wanted to punch him.
fortunate great opportunity
It's been a great 20 years. We all should be so fortunate we had the opportunity to be around him.
backwards games good step stretch taken turning
I thought we were turning the corner. We had a good stretch of games, and we've taken a little step backwards now. We have to find a way to get back again.
couple fun smooth steps watch
He's going to be all right. He's pretty smooth out there. It's fun to watch him. His first couple of steps are incredible.
kiss
He was so excited, I thought he was going to give me a kiss out there.
answers team
I don't have answers anymore. I've never been on a team like this. I really don't understand.
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.
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.
nhl scare concussions
What scares me is how easily it happened.
advantage
When you get goaltending like that, you have to take advantage of it.
couple focused frustrated games goes next older responsibility saw stays
(Yesterday) was really the first day I saw him frustrated in practice. We'll see how it goes the next couple games and if need be, the older guys, that's part of our responsibility to see that he stays focused on the right things.
finding guys instead lose night start team ways winning
We're finding ways to lose instead of win. (Monday), we didn't have enough guys competing. When you play a team like this, you need everybody. We were much better the other night at home. We have to find ways to start winning these.