They do a lot of talking, but I'm not sure they actually understand each other. — Darren McCarty Copy Share Image
Put the kids in with a few old pappy guys who still like to win and the combination is unbeatable. — Conn Smythe Copy Share Image
I don't want to get into a 'he said, she said' with the refs...I'm the he. — Chris Pronger Copy Share Image
Aw, don't worry about that Doc. If it happens I could always come back as a forward. — Harold Snepsts Copy Share Image
Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
Right now I'm scoring goals and I'm the king of the world. And a couple weeks ago I was almost in the… — Alexander Ovechkin Copy Share Image
It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
The OHL compared to the NHL playoffs, I don't think they really compare. You can't really rely on that experience. — Connor McDavid Copy Share Image
I used the N-word instead of calling him Trevor. I used it just not thinking... I told Trev this is an old… — John Vanbiesbrouck Copy Share Image
If the world somehow actually ends tomorrow, let all forget about the Mayans and just agree it's the NHL's fault — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
We profoundly regret the suffering this has caused our fans, our business partners and the thousands of people who depend on our… — Gary Bettman Copy Share Image
I got a lot of grief from my teammates about that. It might backfire on my mom. Hopefully, my brother will have… — Scott Niedermayer Copy Share Image
It seems like yesterday I was up there watching my first NHL game, and I was skating on the ice this time.… — Sidney Crosby Copy Share Image
The hockey lockout of 1994 - 1995 has been settled. They have stopped bickering... and can now get down to some serious bloodshed! — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates, and the name on the front is a hell of… — Herb Brooks Copy Share Image
I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have… — Patrick Roy Copy Share Image
The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem. — Harry Sinden Copy Share Image
I went to a couple of Rangers games at the Garden, and someone at the NHL had seen me and figured I… — Eddie Cahill Copy Share Image
Rocket had that mean look on, every game we played. He was 100 percent hockey. He could hate with the best of them. — Gordie Howe Copy Share Image
It is an immense privilege to be able to play in the NHL. I was very blessed and a lot of things… — Pat LaFontaine Copy Share Image
How would you like a job where, if you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo? — Jacques Plante Copy Share Image
The first thing I noticed about him was that he was born the same year I was drafted. ... That's a pretty… — Al MacInnis Copy Share Image
We're scared of losing. That's why we win. We know what it's like to lose and we hate it. We enjoy being… — Bob Bourne Copy Share Image
By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go,… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
I refuse to confirm or deny anything about any deal to purchase an American NHL franchise and move it to Canada until… — Jim Balsillie Copy Share Image
You've just got to go out there and try to control the things you can control. Deal with things and stay mentally… — Jonathan Toews Copy Share Image
To his US Olympic team - Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow. — John Mariucci Copy Share Image
You have to remember that when you're in the NHL, you have the platform, and you'll never have a bigger platform than… — P.K. Subban Copy Share Image
If I was on a third or fourth line I would probably be in the NHL, because you don't have to produce… — Jaromir Jagr Copy Share Image
I go from locker to locker, pretending the guys are here. You know, give them a little bit of a pep talk.… — Tom McVie Copy Share Image
Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have… — Paul Coffey Copy Share Image
Hockey is a fast, body-contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet. — Paul Gallico Copy Share Image
It was the kind of light blow that is exchanged without notice or consequence hundreds of times in a game. — Ken Dryden Copy Share Image
Sources also confirm that there is no one left in Canada who can remember when hockey was a simple game, played for… — Roy MacGregor Copy Share Image
He's a gutless puke, that's what Travis Green is. That's why he doesn't wear an Islander uniform any more. — Mike Milbury Copy Share Image
I look at it as a challenge, ... I'm not going to put too much added pressure on myself. I want to… — Sidney Crosby Copy Share Image
When you're playing in the NHL, every time you score a goal it's exciting. But I had a blast when I scored… — Johnny Gaudreau Copy Share Image