Hitchcock hat tricks are an impressive feat
/Back-to-back games for the St. Louis Blues with a player recording a hat trick, prompting this quote from coach Ken Hitchcock, via The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"I think for a guy to score three goals in a game right now, with the way that we are built, is impressive because we don't allow people to cheat the game to score," Hitchcock said. "Even when you're out there in the last minute of play and you've got two goals, we still want you to play the right way. So I think it's really significant for our team because of the way we kind of demand that the players play.
"We've had a lot of guys that have had very good seasons offensively and the reason they have, quite frankly, is because they've really bought into playing what we consider 'our way' or the right way and their offense and success is a direct reflection of playing the right way."
Same article. Fantastic quote regarding Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn, who played for Team Canada, where Hitchcock was an assistant coach.
"He got information that's going to kill us for 10 years," Hitchcock said. "I'm impressed that he won a gold medal and he was a great player (for Canada), but I'm a little disappointed that he's going to use it against me as a coach until I retire."