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
effort hockey player second third
He's an intelligent hockey player who always has a second and third effort to his game.
kid
If I hadn't scouted this kid in juniors, I'd probably be a little more skeptical.
figuring full hard last maybe nearly ourselves tonight work
Maybe we got too full of ourselves after the last game, figuring we'd arrived. It's not about arriving. It's about working to get somewhere. And we didn't work tonight - not nearly as hard as we have to.
ability best courage dressing played plays protected puck
I thought he showed a lot of courage tonight. I thought he protected the puck as best he could and could make plays only he could make. He wasn't able to manufacture much offensively off the shot. He played to the best of his ability and it was important to have him in the lineup and in our dressing room.
coach hunch invest moment paradox playing sort
I'm sort of playing a hunch as much as anything. That's the paradox of coaching. You have to coach for the moment to get wins, but you have to invest when you can in the future.
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.
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.
experience relatively
The big thing for us is that we've all made it through this experience relatively healthy, just tired, fatigued more than anything else.
minutes team
The first 10 minutes suggests something was amiss with our team and our approach.
blue came finally moments shots
He may not have been in the blue when the shots finally came in, but there were moments when he was in the blue paint.
cheating pass trying
It's cheating. It's trying to make the 60-foot pass and not collaborating on anything that has to be done.
huge obligation
I think we may be a little apprehensive. They just feel this huge obligation to be something special.
certainly changed complexion confidence create develop goal looking
It certainly changed the complexion of our team. We're looking to develop some confidence and create some momentum. If we got a goal there, that's probably it.
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.