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
nailed question rise
He nailed the big one. The question was, can he rise to the big game? And he did.
question
There's no question we'll be better prepared. We should be more competitive off the get-go.
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.
direction generally played solid step towards
I thought we played a solid game. I thought we were, generally speaking, pretty complete. I'm going to look at this as a step in the right direction towards the playoffs.
goals good stop
I thought they scored some pretty good goals . If you can't see it, you can't stop it.
huge obligation
I think we may be a little apprehensive. They just feel this huge obligation to be something special.
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.
coaching feels habits honored hope player respect shows teammates treats work
I think everyone feels honored to be part of it. Jaromir comes to work every day and displays what you could only hope for in a player like that, with his work habits and the way he treats his teammates and the respect he shows the organization and the coaching staff.
feels honored
I think everyone feels honored to be part of it.
acceptable help ice intention level performance time today understand worked
Our intention is that every time we go on the ice we have a purpose, and there is a level of performance that is acceptable and one that isn't. Sometimes we help them understand what acceptable is. Today was no problem. They worked hard.
couple power puck work
Our power play got us a couple of big ones and our PK did what it had to do. Keep the puck to the outside. They work very, very hard.
extremely valuable
Right now that could be an extremely valuable point. Tonight, it is.
guts last rules sure
I think he'd be able to play there under the old rules too. I'm not sure he'd last through 60 minutes. But he's got more guts than a slaughterhouse.
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.