Answers Quote by Wayne Gretzky

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

Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full…

— Steve Rushin

A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.

— Jimmy Cannon

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

Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.

— Doug Larson

Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental.

— Jim McKenny

Street hockey is great for kids. It's energetic, competitive, and skilful. And best of all, it keeps them off the street.

— Gus Kyle

By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of…

— Steve Rushin

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

— Bob Plager

Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.

— Frank Deford

Playing goal is like being shot at.

— Jacques Plante

Yeah, I'm cocky and I am arrogant. But that doesn't mean I'm not a nice person.

— Jeremy Roenick

It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to…

— Chris Chelios

Hockey would be a great game... if played in the mud.

— Jimmy Cannon

If you've only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs. It'll seem like forever.

— Pat LaFontaine