Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
MONTREAL (AP) Even after falling behind a second time, the Montreal Canadiens believed they could mount a comeback. The way his team has been playing with a lead, Columbus Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock knew it was possible. Marc-Andre Bergeron scored his second goal of the game 4:46 into the third, leading Montreal to a 5-3 win over Columbus on Tuesday.
Hockey Plumber (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
On Tuesday the Columbus Dispatch reported that "Blue Jackets rookie forward Nikita Filatov, who has struggled to remain in coach Ken Hitchcock's lineup, might be headed back to Russia, perhaps as soon as this week..." On Wednesday the Blue Jackets agreed to loan him to CSKA Moscow of the KHL for the remainder of the season. This situation is much more dicey than the team has let on. The...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Penguins -Jay McKee's truck is all nice and shiny thanks to Dan Bylsma . -Time to trade that bum Crosby . -The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins recalled defenseman Alex Grant and forward Joey Haddad from Wheeling of the ECHL . -Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock considers former Penguins forward Rob Brown ( above ) the best junior player he's ever seen . -Happy 54th birthday to former Penguins all-star...
Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
- The Sharks earned their 6th straight win, 4th straight on the road, with a tight checking 3-2 shootout win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night. Joe Thornton and Dany Heatley (PP) scored in regulation, and Dan Boyle scored the lone OT shootout goal to pad the Sharks lead for first place in the Pacific Division. San Jose trails Colorado by 1 point for the best record in the Western Conference....
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With the flick of his wrists, San Jose defenseman Dan Boyle kept San Jose's streak alive in a physical game against Ken Hitchcock's Blue Jackets.
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Yesterday, Blue Jackets Coach Ken Hitchcock told reporters that he did indeed tell his players to target Alex Ovechkin -- "Run, chase, hunt down, hit, whatever word you want to use that would be correct," he said -- in their game against the Caps on Sunday. "That's the name of the game," Hitchcock said. "Why, is that against the rules now?" Is it? Not exactly, but Ed Frankovic...
Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Yesterday, Caps Coach Bruce Boudreau said he thought the Columbus Blue Jackets were targeting Alex Ovechkin in Sunday night's game, ultimately leading to the star winger suffering an upper-body strain. "I think the game plan was, every time Alex touches the puck, that somebody run or hit him," Boudreau said. "That's what it looked like to me." Courtesy of the Columbus Dispatch's...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
from Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch, First, to Voracek’s hair. It’s not one of the “business-in-front, party-in-the-back” mullets that became, sadly, popular in the 1980s. No, Voracek’s mop is all party, similar to Jaromir Jagr’s ‘do in the early 1990s with the Pittsburgh Penguins. “Jake and Jaromir are both from Kladno,” Blue Jackets...
PuckUpdate (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Jake Voracek of the Columbus Blue Jackets seems like an awesome guy. He’s got long 70s hair and a love of 80s music. Coach Ken Hitchcock says Voracek is on the verge of becoming an elite player, although when Hitchcock says that, I kind of wonder if he means Voracek is some kind of amazing back-checker. The Blue [...] Related posts: Columbus Discovers Brathwaite Columbus Discovers an Announcer,...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Penguins ( Note: To the reader who said hello to us after last night's game, we apologize for being brief with you. We were in a rush to get to the locker room. ) -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . " That's why you play 60 minutes ." - Alex Goligoski. -The Columbus Dispatch's recap . " We took our foot off the gas, it's that simple ." - Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock....
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
POSTGAME -Wow. What a game. This was a near duplicate of last season's game between these two teams with one minor difference; The Penguins won. Either way, this was a spectacular contest that had the feel of a late-season playoff push. -The Blue Jackets let up in the third and paid the price for it. They quit pressing the attack and essentially were playing vintage Ken HItchcock hockey. Get the puck...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail at CTV Olympics, He was standing in the visiting coaches office in the Pengrowth Saddledome, putting forward a unique theory about the 2010 men’s Winter Olympics hockey tournament and what Canada can expect from the opposition. This was Ken Hitchcock, the thoughtful Columbus Blue Jackets coach, who doesn’t mind tilting against occasional windmills...
St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
by Tom Gannam - AP Insert Rick Flair noise here. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam) View full size photo uploaded October 17, 2009 Well hello. This dispatch comes from my parent's house. Their Internet is slower than Ken Hitchcock running to his cardiologist. There's a doily on the computer. I think it's supposed to look like a sewing machine. And I don't think I can use any blue language; the machine will surely...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, At 4-1, Columbus is off to the best start in franchise history. Except for a four-minute lapse against the San Jose Sharks that resulted in a 6-3 loss, they have been relentlessly consistent thus far this season. “We all have these ideas about how a team is going to play and how you want to play, but then you find out, you gotta drag one guy in at a...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
from Jim Gintonio of the Arizona Republic, Skate hard, don’t give up, have a good attitude - good qualities for hockey players that go a long way toward winning games. But Dave King was looking for more. King, a Coyotes assistant, is one of the foremost teachers in the sport, knew going beyond that threshold held limitless possibilities. For three-plus decades, as an NHL, Olympic and international...
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