Ron, The Capitals Fan

"I leaned in to the little crack [in the glass], and I didn't yell and scream, I just said it very calmly,"

"I leaned into the crack and I said, 'Nice job coach, your guys put up 15 shots and your [slang term for cats] couldn't even put in a goal.' And then he just went crazy."

Ron, The Capitals Fan, according to his account, before being doused with water by John Tortorella.

NHL Playoff Quotes

Hockey Playoff Quotes

Red Wings Coach Mike Babcock:

"There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or a manager or a player or a goaltender that gets it done, because to me, that's all part of sports. That's what you dream about when you're a little kid -- scoring the winning goal."

Montreal's Saku Koivu, who spent most of the season undergoing radiation treatment for cancer before returning for the playoffs and growing a playoff beard.

"I didn't have any hair anywhere for almost seven months. So now finally I've got some hair, I'm gonna keep it."

Toronto Maple Leaf's Dimitri Yushkevich with his bleached blond hair pondering the idea of dying it blue for the playoffs:

"Maybe I'm hanging around with Dennis Rodman to much."

Bruins General Manager Harry Sinden after his team was eliminated from the playoffs:

"The remedy, right now, is two scotches and an aspirin, I think."

Chris Osgood:

"I don't doubt myself ever, but people that don't know me do. I've been playing for 15 years, and have the most playoffs wins in Wings history for a reason, and not because I'm a bad goalie."

Steve Rushin:

“By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game One of the NHL playoff series."

After a pregame warmups scuffle in the 1999 Playofs broke out between New Jersey Devil Lyle Odelein and Matthew Barnaby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Barnaby had this to say about Odelein:

"Cornelius, as we like to call him, gets under your skin. Planet of the Apes. Look at him. Seriously. He looks like Cornelious."

Odelein responded by saying:

"He should take a look at his wife. She's God-awful to look at."

Terry Jones, columnist of the Edmonton Sun commenting on the play of Oilers goalie Tommy "Wild Thing" Salo in the playoff opener,

"Wild Thing made their hearts sing. But he couldn't top everything."

NHL Hockey Quotes

Alexander Ovechkin:

"My weapon isn’t my shot. It’s me."

Pierre Page:

"A player must be able to skate, have hockey sense, be able to shoot - not necessarily able to score - and have drive."

Sean Burke:

“It's too easy when you're not winning to look for excuses and point at others for reasons. You can say 'Oh well, it's this guys fault or they don't do this well' or you can say 'I've got to play better and contribute more'. You've got to find another gear and come up with big games."

Glen Sather:

"You can have all the talent in the world, but if the pumper's not there, it doesn't matter."

Hockey Quotes on Scoring

Wayne Gretzky:

"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."

Ken Dryden:

"There are two types of forwards. Scorers and bangers. Scorers score and bangers bang."

Brooks Laich:

"If you want money, go to the bank. If you want bread, go to the bakery. If you want goals, go to the net."

Hockey Quotes on Defense

Sydney Crosby:

“I need to work on defensive play, and being consistent."

Chris Chelios:

"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 be thinking."

Paul Coffey:

"When we've got the puck, they can't score."

"Hockey's a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have to take pride in yourself."

Hockey Quotes on Practice

Duke snider:

"What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems."

Eric Lindros:

"It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice."

Gordie Howe:

"Practice your Backhand."

Joe Paterno:

"The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital."

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