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Heika: Ruff vs. Hitchcock is a battle of philosophies, wills, and old friends

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MONTREAL, QC - JUNE 25: (L-R) Team Canada's 2010 Men's Olympic hockey head coach Mike Babcock poses for a photo op with his assistant coaches Jacques Lemaire, Lindy Ruff and Ken Hitchcock during a press conference to announce Team Canada's 2010 Winter Olympic Men's Hockey coaching staff June 25, 2009 at the Hilton Bonaventure hotel in Montreal, Canada. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

At the Olympics in Sochi, Russia in 2014, Lindy Ruff and Ken Hitchcock shared a small dorm room.

Sleeping in twin beds about two feet apart, the veteran coaches learned to survive.