...always looked like a good player, but he tends to be a little bit inconsistent. Backman is a nice steadying presence for coach Ken Hitchcock. Derick Brassard, C, Columbus Blue Jackets 2008/10/11: Columbus Blue Jackets rookies Derick Brassard and Jakub...
...first. Columbus couldn't recover from eight first-period penalties. "You can't take penalties on the road like we did," coach Ken Hitchcock said. "We constantly dug ourselves into a hole. I thought we came alive in the second period, but their third goal...
...Its all-consuming presence could be a source of frustration and jealousy for the Blue Jackets. But don't count Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock among those cheering against OSU on Saturdays. "I don't agree with that thinking at all," Hitchcock said....
...Blue Jackets' forward lines -- not surprising given the number of new faces added over the summer. The good news, as coach Ken Hitchcock sees it, is that he has enough NHL-capable players to give him lots of possible combinations. "We couldn't say that...
...at any point during training camp. Last night, after a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild in Nationwide Arena, Blue Jackets coach Ken Hitchcock gave the top line of left winger Rick Nash, center R.J. Umberger and right winger Kristian Huselius his stamp of...
...Before the Blue Jackets open the regular season, coach Ken Hitchcock plans to give backup goaltender Fredrik Norrena a tentative work schedule for the entire season. The hope is that a better-prepared Norrena will be a better-performing Norrena. "We want...
Background
Ken Hitchcock (born December 17, 1951 in Edmonton, Alberta) also known as "Hitch" is an NHL hockey coach and pro scout, and current head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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