Episode 18: Rick Tocchet - a podcast by Pittsburgh Penguins
from 2020-05-26T15:31:44
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Highlights include:
- Tocchet’s memories of joining a new team and replacing Mark Recchi, a popular player he would later befriend.
- His special role as Mario Lemieux’s right winger and the adjustments he had to make in his game to accommodate the Penguins captain.
- His approach to providing protection for Lemieux and his other teammates.
- Some humorous stories from the days of the NHL players strike that interrupted the teams drive to the playoffs.
- Lessons he learned as a player that he still applies today as an NHL coach.
- The thrill and satisfaction he still feels to this day from winning the 1992 Stanley Cup against the Chicago Blackhawks.
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