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
gaining less nights noted respect slip
This is one of our less disciplined nights this season. We've been noted for gaining respect from our opponents, and we don't want that to slip away.
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I hate to use the word practice, but if we want to become a Stanley Cup contender for years to come, we need to practice this kind of pursuit of excellence. Winning division titles, winning conferences, winning Stanley Cups. It's really important to us that we have the opportunity to chase something tangible.
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Henrik doesn't seem to be in awe of any opponent. If I know Hitch, they'll be ready. It's a good test for us. I hope they throw the kitchen sink at us and that we're able to respond to it.
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They really care about where this team is going. They have an ear to the past and what's happened here, but they've also really assumed the responsibility for where this team is going to go - the effort we're trying to make to gain respect back from our fans and from the NHL.
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Maybe we got too full of ourselves after the last game and figured we had arrived. I'm not going to blow a gasket, but I'm angry that we didn't respond to a really terrific challenge for us.
found hockey
They've found a way to play that's comfortable for them. It's Flyers hockey, basically, but Flyers hockey with these new rules.
adversity cliches define group moving time valuable
All the cliches fit. It's a very valuable time for us if we get through this adversity, because it's going to galvanize our group and define our organization moving forward.
cares helped language talks time
Jaromir really cares about this kid. He's helped him with his language; he talks to him all the time in English.
bringing three
They've been terrific. Bringing the three of them up is not out of the question.
assess both careful chances hard less playing putting scoring sure system within
As long as we're working hard and playing within our system we should be able to get scoring chances with him out there at less than 100 percent. But we're going to be really very, very careful here and make sure that we give him a chance to assess where he is, both psychologically and physically, before we even contemplate putting him back in.
delivered explained needed opportunity player rules second within
As it was explained to me, he didn't think a second player delivered another hit. It was an explanation I have to live with. We needed an opportunity to play 5-on-3, and I thought within the rules we should have had it.
giving serves
I thought we would probably do Henrik well by giving him a breather before he went over to Europe, so it serves two purposes.
feels guy leads team wants
He wants to play and he feels responsible for this team and where it's going. He wants to be the guy that leads them.
goals good stop
I thought they scored some pretty good goals . If you can't see it, you can't stop it.