Reggie Dunlop: They brought their [BLEEP'n]' TOYS with 'em!
McGrath: Well, I'd rather have em playin with their toys than playin with themselves
Reggie Dunlop: They're too dumb to play with themselves.
Johnny Upton: Jesus, what did the old man trade for these assholes, a used puck bag?
Reggie Dunlop: What are you guys doing?
Steve Hanson: Puttin' on the foil!
Jeff Hanson: Every game!
Jack Hanson: Yeah, you want some?
Reggie Dunlop: Suzanne sucks pussy!
Denis Lemieux: [after losing at poker] [BlEEP] I lose my blouse.
Jim Ahern: Shirt... shirt.
Denis Lemieux: Shit.
Tim McCracken: Dunlop, you suck cock.
Reggie Dunlop: All I can get.
Steve Hanson: Dave's a killer!
Johnny Upton: Dave's a mess.
Reggie Dunlop: But Dave's out. Who's gonna take his place?
Ned Braden: Is the answer Jesus?
The referee skates over to Steve Carlson during the playing of the National Anthem:
Peterboro Referee: I got my eye on the three of you. You pull one thing, you're out of this game. I run a clean game here. I have any trouble here, I'll suspend ya.
Steve Hanson: I'm listening to the [BLEEPing] song!
Jeff Hanson: Eddie Shore?
McGrath: Piss on Eddie Shore.
Steve Hanson: Old-time hockey?
McGrath: Piss on old-time hockey!
Cherry is no stranger to controversy. Since being hired by Hockey Night In Canada, Cherry's comments have brought protests from many parties - including French Canadians, Europeans, opponents of hockey violence and more. Except for a brief period when his comments were time-delayed, Cherry has kept his job and seen his popularity reach the level where CBC is currently producing a film about his life.
Don Cherry on neurologist Charles Tator.
"I don't give a [expletive] about him"
When approached for comment about Tator's claim that Cherry is a "negative influence" in the fight against head injuries, the star of Coach's Corner dismissed Tator's allegation with a series of profane remarks.
"The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and I love him."
On Visors:
"Most of the guys that wear them are Europeans and French Guys."
“I never, ever said 'don't wear a visor,'”
On Kyle Wellwood:
“Here’s Wellwood, Seven-and-oh in the faceoffs, plus-two, two assists, played 20 minutes, drew eight minutes on the power play, lost a tooth and a pint of blood. What a guy.”
On Fighting in the NHL
“Everybody loves fights, ... The fans love it.”
“Anybody who says they don't like fighting in the NHL have to be out of their minds.”
“Everyone knows everybody loves fights. They better start listening to the people who are at the game and pay the money than the twits upstairs who get in for free.”
“To run up a score like that, that is wrong. First of all it is not the Canadian way.”
“I never understand this. He's got 11 power-play goals, nobody touches him. He's got a cannon [of a shot]. If he doesn't put it in, he tears your ankles off. Get [McCabe] out there.”
“People think common sense is common - but it's not.”
"A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be."
"The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it."
"There'll never be another Howe. There'll never be another Orr. But there'll be another kid to compare them to."
“I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.”
"Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy."
"The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem." Harry Sinden
Hillary Duff,Mike Comrie's girlfriend in a Rachel Ray interview:
"I like to sit in the audience, you know I don't sit up in a box or anything, and people started to know that I'm sitting there, and they'll be like 'Mike sucks!' Or try to rile me up. And I'm like, 'Hey, watch it! I'll come up there, you know.'"
"What is the remedy? I don't know how you want me to answer that."
"Play [BLEEP'n] harder."
"I'll tell you right now, the thing that's unacceptable about tonight's game and we're trying to stay positive around here, trying to work our way through it, but when we play like [BLEEP] like that for 20 minutes in a game like this in a back-to-back situation, it's unacceptable.
I wish I could give you a [BLEEP'n] explanation about it. I can't."
Don Cherry on neurologist Charles Tator.
"I don't give a [expletive] about him"
When approached for comment about Tator's claim that Cherry is a "negative influence" in the fight against head injuries, the star of Coach's Corner dismissed Tator's allegation with a series of profane remarks.
Anaheim rookie Dan Sexton after scoring his first two NHL goals in his third NHL game ever.
"I'd say it was probably the coolest feeling. Take my coolest previous feeling and multiply it by 10, if not more."
"He'd be so keen at times he'd be in front of the net catching pucks in his teeth"
Mason Raymond on his family's border collie, Champ, on the outdoor rink on their family's cattle ranch in Cochrane, Alberta.
"I like a beer. I like to eat lots of food. Fact is, I need help.” Pat Quinn Joins Herbal Magic Program as Client and Spokesperson
"Chris Kunitz ... now there's a name I don't want to mispronounce!"
"The flightless birds" - the Pittsburgh Penguins
"The Cloven-Hoofed Ones" the New Jersey Devils
"The Muscular Fowl of Anaheim" - the Anaheim Ducks
Don Taylor's Bio from SportsNet:
"I'm a frustrated athlete-turned sportscaster. Loved hockey, loved lacrosse, loved football … pathetic at all of 'em. This did not go over well in a family of six kids that included three older brothers, all of whom were of the "how can you be so smart and so good at sports too?" type. I was outcast. As a result, I went into a shell. Literally. At the age of seven, I found a large clam shell on a Stanley Park beach and lived inside of it for several months. To this day, the combination of lemon juice and butter makes me nervous."
"Goalies are three sandwiches shy of a picnic" Jim Taylor - Hockey Writer