Tom Renney
Tom Renney
Thomas "Tom" Renneyis the president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada. He was previously an ice hockey Associate Coach with the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings and also served as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers, and Edmonton Oilers...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 March 1955
chance earlier expectation felt happening reasonable year
I felt we had a reasonable chance of making the playoffs. Earlier in the year when this (success) was happening to us, it was pretty neat. We have an expectation now.
kid
If I hadn't scouted this kid in juniors, I'd probably be a little more skeptical.
along kid scouts
If I hadn't scouted this kid along with our other scouts when he was in juniors, I'd probably be a little more skeptical. But he's such a competitor.
decisions jump penalty poor pressured puck
I don't think that we pressured well in our own end. I thought we made poor decisions on our penalty kill as to when to jump and when not to jump in and pressure the puck carrier.
almost baggage series shift work
I don't see us pressing, I don't see us having psychological baggage in our room. We have to work our way back in this series almost a shift at a time.
jet kevin protect tough
It's pretty tough to come back with jet lag. To protect all of us, especially the goaltender, my inclination is to have Kevin ready.
across certain fact horse league measure measured question quick raise sticks training type
Don said he had done it a certain way and that it was illegal. The horse is out of the barn. It's gone, it's over. Other than to raise the question of how in fact the sticks are measured and training staffs across the league measure sticks the same way. You need some type of quick seminar.
degree generate guess hoped might speaks sure
You try to generate some things that might be able to give you a push, I'm not sure we got it to the degree that we hoped to. Then again, we lost, so I guess that speaks volumes.
best heard hockey version
That's the best version of 'Sweet Caroline' I've ever heard in a hockey rink.
build character game ground hard level played symbolic team
It's a game to build on. Now we're at ground level and we can keep building. We played hard and showed the character that is symbolic of our team for most of the year.
build game maybe minor terms
It's a game to build on. Maybe the first one was, too, but we were in a hole. In terms of execution, it was some minor things, but it was pretty good.
advantage beat behind biggest created good hockey ourselves reference team
It's a reference point, that's probably the biggest advantage we created for ourselves out of tonight. We did come from behind to beat a real good hockey team and we have to use that for what it's worth.
certainly gone point
It's a little unexpected, obviously. Certainly this has gone to this point better than I expected.
experience heck paid school ultimate
It's a heck of an experience for them. We paid the ultimate price. But we're not in school anymore.