““Some people say hockey is like religion, but that's wrong. Hockey is like faith. Religion is something between you and other people; it's full of interpretations and theories and opinions. But faith...that's just between you and God. It's what you feel in your chest when the referee glides out to the center circle between two players, when you hear the sticks strike each other and see the black disk fall between them. Then it's just between you and hockey. Because cherry trees always smell of cherry trees, whereas money smells of nothing””
![“In a weird way, [hockey] is like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one.” quote by Michael Vartan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/53d/michael-vartan-38899_church_in-a-weird-way-hockey-is-like-church-and_2220124.jpg)
