People didn't know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line. — Al Michaels Copy Share Image
I mean the NHL never called me and wanted me to show up at the draft. — P. K. Subban Copy Share Image
I grew up trying to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, not Team Canada. Didn't even know it existed. — Adam Oates Copy Share Image
The only job worse is a javelin catcher at a track - and - field meet. — Gump Worsley Copy Share Image
The only way a kid is going to practise is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me. — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
No, that's not true. I didn't see his place that much, but he's a good kid and I had fun playing with… — Patrick Kane Copy Share Image
I'm incredibly grateful to be an NHL player, and to be making the salary that I make. I don't take it for… — Johnny Gaudreau Copy Share Image
Man is that guy ripped. I mean, I've got the washboard stomach, too. It's just that mine has about two months of… — Shawn Burr Copy Share Image
When you're a young kid and you come into the NHL, you're given money and fame, to an extent, especially in Boston. — Brad Marchand Copy Share Image
I've always felt we weren't physical enough on the back line. Now there's a no - parking sign in front of our… — Dean Lombardi Copy Share Image
Scoring a goal in the NHL is something really special. It's something every kid dreams of and so did I when I… — Leon Draisaitl Copy Share Image
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera -… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
There's no reason why a player is done at 33, 34. They train better, they eat better, they drink better. This isn't… — Bobby Clarke Copy Share Image
All the people that come out and show their support and their pride for your accomplishments, I think it really reminds you… — Jonathan Toews Copy Share Image
Most people have friends, but no money. I have the opposite. I don't have a chance to talk to my real friends,… — Jaromir Jagr Copy Share Image
There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or… — Mike Babcock Copy Share Image
I'm 100 percent sure this is it. I know that I'll never play in the NHL again. It's not a hard decision.… — Chris Chelios Copy Share Image
You know what happens to guys? There's what I call the individual time of their career, and the team time of their… — Mike Babcock Copy Share Image
Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two… — Gary Bettman Copy Share Image
I went from junior hockey to the World Junior Championships to the combine and the draft, to the Blackhawks camp, and then… — Patrick Kane Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I make a good save, I yell out, 'Woo-Hooo!' I'm not sure why, but it just feels good. I don't… — Marc-Andre Fleury Copy Share Image
Is hockey hard? I don't know, you tell me. We need to have the strength and power of a football player, the… — Brendan Shanahan Copy Share Image
Being in the flow of play, always follow the puck and be set early. It's something you don't think about because you… — Jake Allen Copy Share Image
What I found interesting about Slava Fetisov was that he went through three different generations of Soviet hockey. In the late 70's,… — Gabe Polsky Copy Share Image
The model for an NHL without fighting is right there in front of us. The [playoffs are] the time of year that… — Ken Dryden Copy Share Image
There are only four U.S. tournaments that the very best players in the world play every year - Palm Springs, Miami, Cincinnati,… — Jim Courier Copy Share Image
You never have enough competition at any position, ... Several of the players listed at right wing have played center in the… — Anson Carter Copy Share Image
I'm not sure Mario is going to get accolafes he deserves, especially from outside the game. But from within, the players, the… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
If we're going to change the game it has to start at eight, nine and 10 years old. When we were that… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
![“Being in the flow of play, always follow the puck and be set early. It's something you don't think about because you think you have all those little things mastered when you get to [the NHL]. It comes back to being ready for any shot, no matter where it is from the [centre] red line in, and always…” quote by Jake Allen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/258/jake-allen-68767_centre_being-in-the-flow-of-play-always-follow_249398.jpg)
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