Meet my Coach!!

Ken Hitchcock, or more commonly referred to as Hitch became the coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets on November 22, 2006. Immediately you could see a difference in my boys. But, let me tell you a little more about Hitch. He was born on December 17, 1951 in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1984 he began his coaching career with the Kamloops Blazers he stayed there for six seasons and went 291-115-15 and lead them to two WHL Championships. In 1990 he was named Top Coach in all of the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League.

After being very successful in WHL Hitch became an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Flyers in 1990. After staying with the Flyers for three seasons he left to go to the Kalamazoo Wings mid third season he left to become the head coach for the Dallas Stars on January 8, 1996. In 1998-1999 Hitchcock lead the Dallas Stars to their first Stanley Cup. In 2001 Hitchcock was fired as the Stars head coach and quickly went back to the Philadelphia Flyers. In 2006 Hitchcock was fired as the Flyers coach and then came to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Hitch is a man who thrives on discipline. All Blue Jackets fans are absolutely thrilled to have this man on our team. Here is his NHL Coaching Record from the Blue Jackets website.

Year	Team	GP	W	L	O/T	PTS	PCT
2006-07	Columbus Blue Jackets	62	28	29	5	61	0.492
2006-07	Philadelphia Flyers	8	1	6	1	3	0.188
2005-06	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	26	11	101	0.616
2003-04	Philadelphia Flyers	82	40	21	21	101	0.616
2002-03	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	20	17	107	0.652
2001-02	Dallas Stars	50	23	17	10	56	0.560
2000-01	Dallas Stars	82	48	24	10	106	0.646
1999-2000	Dallas Stars	82	43	23	16	102	0.622
1998-99	Dallas Stars	82	51	19	12	114	0.695
1997-98	Dallas Stars	82	49	22	11	109	0.665
1996-97	Dallas Stars	82	48	26	8	104	0.634
1995-96	Dallas Stars	43	15	23	5	35	0.407
Totals		819	436	278	127	999	0.597