Excellent Quote by Mark Messier

The shoot-and-chase approach had become big in hockey. Teams would come up to the blue line and shoot the puck around our boards deep…

— Jacques Plante

It would have been worse if we hadn't blocked the kick after Toronto's second touchdown.

— Alex Delvecchio

Sometimes the pass is perfect, but you can't shoot the puck. Sometimes it's a bad pass and you do a good shot.

— Alexander Ovechkin

My focus was always first and foremost to stop the puck. I never let the other players on the other team get to me.

— Andy Moog

For me, when I came in, I was always worried about making the other guys happy and giving them the puck and almost giving…

— Brad Marchand

If you're putting the puck in an awkward place for someone, that's right away, advantage: you.

— Connor McDavid

I think when I first came into the League, I was blowing the zone all the time, just kind of expecting pucks to get…

— Connor McDavid

Our four defensemen all had flaws: one couldn't skate backwards, one couldn't turn to his left, one couldn't turn to his right, and the…

— Jacques Plante

I've always thought it was a beautiful game and that the ball should be passed around. I also believe you can create goalmouth excitement…

— Chris Kamara

“The essential task for a defenseman in his own end is to not allow an offensive player room to create, and to force that…

— Greg Wyshynski

All that matters is that you find a way to put the puck in the net. It doesn't matter how. I learned that from…

— Jaromir Jagr

You have to close quickly, you have to eliminate time and space and you have to try to deny them the puck. When you're…

— Chris Pronger