Rick Tocchet
Rick Tocchet
Richard Tocchet, nicknamed The Rocket, born April 9, 1964, is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals and Phoenix Coyotes. He is currently an assistant coach to Mike Sullivan of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning for two seasons. During the 2010 playoffs he served as an analyst on Flyers Postgame...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth9 April 1964
comment football time
I got a summons the other day about (it). It's not a hockey-related issue, it's a football thing. And at this time I can't comment any further.
asked
He didn't play a lot but he did what we asked him to do.
blue four outside remember third traded
I remember when I got traded there. I think my third game, I had four assists and I never made it outside our blue line. I still don't know how I got four assists that night.
adding elevates fun guy loves time
He's just a fun guy who loves the game. Any time you're in a lull, adding a guy like that to the lineup elevates people.
known needed nice stood teammates
In your career, it's nice to be known that you stood up for your teammates but it's also nice that when your team needed a goal, you were put out in those situations.
bored mind needs tells
Janet tells me he's bored out of his mind. He needs something to do.
block colorado early guys hard lead leadership night somebody takes
I would take a 3-0 lead every night. We didn't quit. Some guys think it's easy. It's hard to win. It's uncomfortable to win. I thought we were into it early and let Colorado off the hook. That's where your leadership takes over and you don't let it happen. In the end somebody has to go to the net. Somebody has to block a shot.
afraid answer best phone
You know, he's afraid to answer the phone sometimes. It's like, 'What's next? The best thing for him is being back in the rink. He's comfortable again.
gave guys tonight
We were on our nubs tonight and the guys just gave it their all.
easier knows normal
When you get things back to normal, it's a lot easier for him (Gretzky) if he knows everything is normal back here.
mind scoring stress ton tried win worry
We've got to try to win 2-1 right now. That's our mind-set. That's what we tried to stress today. (We said) 'Don't worry about scoring a ton of goals, just try to win 2-1' and we did.
barry confidence head last players playing scream smith teams
When your confidence is down the last thing you want to do is scream at the players too much. But we were playing tentative and (associate head coach) Barry Smith and I had to get on them a little bit. We were on our heels, and championship teams play on their toes, not on their heels.
baseball relief needs
Eddie is like one of those great relief pitchers in baseball who gets the strikeout at the right time. Belfour comes up with the great saves when you need them.
hockey fighting thinking
There are certain things about my game I don't want to change, but I think it's about time that I realized I can't fight every battle. Three hundred minutes in penalties is way too many. Way too many.