First place Quote by Ryan Reynolds

I'm not a hockey fan, which is probably why I had to leave Canada in the first place.

— Ryan Reynolds

“Fact: If you want to get ahead as a Canadian, you're going to have to leave the country. Especially if you have the gall…

— Laura Roberts

“I love Canada. I miss the heat of India, the food, the house lizards on the walls, the musicals on the silver screen, the…

— Yann Martel

“Hockey is a simple sport: when your desire to win is stronger than your fear of losing, you have a chance. No one wins…

— Fredrik Backman

Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of…

— Stephen Leacock

Thank you for reminding Canada that I'm a disappointment to them. I like hockey, I love it, but I'm not an avid hockey -…

— Dustin Milligan

“Those born in the last quarter of the year might as well give up on hockey too.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“My brain just…wandered off. Like an American hockey player in the finals against Canada at the Olympics.”

— Julia Kent

There are some passionate fan bases in the NHL and Canada is a different level.

— Johnny Gaudreau

When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky.

— Joe Sakic

When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky.

— Joe Sakic

Sources also confirm that there is no one left in Canada who can remember when hockey was a simple game, played for fun.

— Roy MacGregor