SAN JOSE -- Pete DeBoer and Ken Hitchcock go back a few years, but neither coach is showing any interest in rekindling their relationship during the Western Conference finals.
As the Sharks and the St. Louis Blues trade wins in a series that's tied 2-2 heading into Game 5 at the Scottrade Center on Monday, the teams' coaches are also exchanging jabs through the press, heightening the intensity of an already hotly contested series.Is the war of words simply gamesmanship between two coaches who once shared a bench with Team Canada at the IIHF World Championships? Is there real hostility between DeBoer and Hitchcock?Rival coaches Pete DeBoer and Ken Hitchcock heat up Sharks-Blues series
