Kenneth S. Hitchcock (born December 17, 1951), nicknamed "Hitch", is an NHL hockey coach and pro scout, currently coaching the St. Louis Blues. He has also served as head coach of the NHL's Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, and Columbus Blue Jackets. He coached the Stars to a Stanley Cup victory in 1999.He also served as an assistant coach for the 2014 Canadian Olympic Hockey Team.
Coaches are like ducks. Calm on top, but paddling underneath. Believe me, there's a lot of leg movement.
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He most recently served as an assistant coach for Canada's 2002 Men's World Hockey Championship team and won a gold medal as an associate coach with Team Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games
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Named Head Coach Of The Philadelphia Flyers in May 2002
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Ken and his wife, Nancy, have three children, Emily, Alex and Noah.
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He led the Stars to five consecutive Division championships (1996-1997 through 2000-2001), two Presidents' Trophies as "the club finishing the regular season with the best overall record" (1997-1998 and 1998-1999), two Western Conference Championships (1998-1999 and 1999-2000) and one Stanley Cup Championship (1998-1999).
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He holds the Stars franchise records for most career regular season wins by a coach (277), most career playoff wins (47), highest regular season winning percentage by a coach (.610) and highest playoff winning percentage by a coach (.588).
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Coached Dallas Stars to 1999 Stanley Cup Championship
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Title
Year
Status
Character
It's Our Game: Team Canada's Victory at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey
2004
Video documentary
Himself
Gold Rush 2002
2002
Video documentary
Team Canada Assistant Coach
Known for movies
Gold Rush 2002 2002 as Team Canada Assistant Coach
It's Our Game: Team Canada's Victory at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey 2004 as Himself
$15 Million
