Hockey Quotes

Best Hockey Quotes 2010

2011-11-15T16:39:00.000-08:00

Best Hockey Quotes 2010

"I believe we have a team that can make the playoffs"
~ Brian Burke

Pure Inspiration:

Respected hockey analysts Darren Pang said that P.K. Subban should model himself after another young defenseman -- St. Louis Blues player Alex Pietrangelo, who happens to be white. Pang meant to say that Pietrangelo plays the "right way." But what he said instead was that he plays the "white way." Thus the Freudian slip. Pang later apologized for the unfortunate remark

“Hopefully someone on their team addresses it, because, uh, I'm not saying I'm going to do it, but something might happen to him if he continues to be that cocky.”
~Philadelphia’s Mike Richards on rookie P.K. Subban’s early 2010-11 play and lack of respect for veteran players.

“I’m wearing pink for all the pinkos out there that ride bicycles and everything.”
~Don Cherry introducing the new mayor, Rob Ford. The mayor’s office got 200 complaints.

"I don't want to get into a 'he said, she said' with the refs...I'm the he"
~Chris Pronger

“He was yelling pretty urgently. There’s different pitches of yell and he was screaming.”
~Jarome Iginla on Sidney Crosby calling for the puck prior to scoring the overtime game-winner in the gold medal game at the 2010 Olympics.

“My teeth weren't that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones.”
~Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith after he lost several teeth during Game 4 of the Western Conference final.

“First of all, it’s a curse. Voodoo. As soon as a guy gets put on the cover of The Hockey News, it’s like Sports Illustrated. He goes right into the tank.”
~Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi on Dec. 14, 2009 cover boy Anze Kopitar, whose play tailed off precipitously afterwards.

"If he was charged with being a colossal a--hole, I would find him guilty. Of assault causing bodily harm, I find him not guilty."
~Prince Edward Island Judge John Douglas, on junior hockey player Chris Doyle, who punched a door that swung and broke a woman's nose.

Famous Hockey Quotes

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Famous Hockey Quotes

"In Canada, you're not a hockey player until you've lost some teeth."
Andy Bathgate

“I always tell Bobby he was up in the air so so long that I had had time to shower and change before he hit the ice.”
Glen Hall – on Letting in this famous Goal by Bobby Orr.

"I've been gifted. The world is full of people who not only haven't been gifted, but have had something taken away from them. All I have to do is see one of them, some little girl who can't walk, and then I don't think I'm such a hero anymore. I think that compared to them, I'm a very small article."
Bobby Orr

"Forget about style; worry about results."
Bobby Orr

"The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and I love him."
Don Cherry

"Most of the guys that wear them are Europeans and French Guys."
Don Cherry on Visors

"You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.”
Herb Brooks, 1980 US Olympic hockey coach.

"You're playing worse every day and right now you're playing like the middle of next week."
Herb Brooks

"People didn't know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line."
Al Michaels, describing Americans' knowledge of hockey prior to the "Miracle on Ice

"I hear they had our flag on their dressing room floor. I wonder if they’d like us to sign it?"
Hailey Wickenheiser after defeating the US women for 2002 Winter Olympic Gold Medal

“We only have one person to blame, and that’s each other.”
Barry Beck

"Just charge me with the usual."
Bob Probert's response to told police officers after he crashed his motorcycle into a car.

Langdon takes a whack at Probert.

“I'm on Fire.”
Darren Langdon after getting an assist for his first point in 32 games.

"There's no reason why a player is done at 33, 34. They train better, they eat better, they drink better. This isn't the old days when everybody sat around and drank beer."
Bobby Clarke

"I was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorced, and now I am a millionaire."
Bobby Hull

"We have to get families back in the game, get back where Saturday night, everything stops. A case of beer comes out and a bottle of rye and anyone who comes to the house, they better want to watch hockey."
Bobby Hull

"I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie."
Brett Hull

"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
Phoenix GM Bobby Smith:

"I just tape four Tylenols to it."
Boris Mironov, on playing with a sore ankle

"We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital."
Brad Park

"Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins."
Brian Burk

"I think the game has gotten better. (The two-ref system) keeps players from taking cheap shots behind the play. I never thought I'd like it, considering the way I like to hack.”
Brian Skrudland

"We're right next to Mile High Stadium. I'm no rocket scientist, but...uh...(smile)."
Brian Skrudland

"Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game."
Chico Resch

"I've told you guys before, goalies don't think.
Chris Osgood

“Monday was Anna Kournikova's 18th birthday. Or as hockey player Sergei Fedorov knows it, 'The day I can legally start telling everyone I am sleeping with Anna Kournikova.''
Craig Kilborn on the Late show.

"I've always felt we weren't physical enough on the back line. Now there's a no-parking sign in front of our net."
Dean Lombardi

"I know I'm not very popular on Long Island. I don't know who's less popular, me or Joey Buttafuoco."
Don Maloney, New York Islander General Manager

"Hockey's the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight."
Frank Deford

"When Maurice is worked up, his eyes gleam like head-lights... Goalies have said he's like a car coming at you at night. He is Terrifying."
Frank Selke - Canadiens Manager on Rocket Richard

"They were checking us so closely, I could tell what brand of deodorant they were using."
Gary Dornhoefer

"The three important elements of hockey are: forecheck, backcheck and paycheck"
Gil Perreault

"One road trip we were stuck on the runway for seven hours. The plane kept driving and driving until we arrived at the rink and I realized we were on a bus.”
Glenn Healy, on his time in the IHL

"The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem."
Harry Sinden

"Last season we couldn't win at home and we were losing on the road. My failure was that I couldn't think of any place else to play."
Harry Neale

”I know my players don't like my practises, but that's OK because I don't like their games.”
Harry Neale

"Hey, NY Islanders, where were you the night we played the Rangers? We, your loyal fans showed up! We braved freezing weather and came out looking for a great game. We came out to support you. Where was the energy, the excitement, the electricity, the intensity? Come on now... we deserve a better effort. It's a tough road ahead. Your fans are behind you... play with passion!!! Let's Go Islanders! -Islanders’."
An Islander's Fan that paid $24,000 to run this ad in a New York Newspaper.

"How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?"
Jacques Plante

"Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental."
Jim McKenny

"Hockey is murder on ice."
Jim Murray

"Hockey is like a disease, you can't really shake it."
Ken Wregget

"You try to squeeze a little more Charmin in the pads when you face him."
Kevin Hodson, goalie, on Al MacInnis:

"Every day is a great day for hockey."
Mario Lemieux

"I don't order fries with my club sandwich."
Mario Lemieux's response to Ron Francis who asked Mario what he did to stay in shape in the off season.

“Biologically, I'm 10. Chronologically, I'm 33. In hockey years, I'm 66.”
Mark Messier

"He's a gutless puke, that's what Travis Green is. That's why he doesn't wear an Islander uniform any more.
Mike Milbury

"I don’t know if Anna (Kournikova) told him to get tougher or what."
Mike Modano, on Sergei Fedorov breaking three sticks on Dallas players

"Only in America."
Miroslav Satan's response to the question: 'Is this really your name?''

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

"I guess they respect my shot because they were all ready at the blue line."
Patrick Roy, on his attempt at the Edmonton Oilers empty net.

"I could not hear what they say about me, my 2 Stanley Cup rings were stuffed in my ears."
Patrick Roy

"Jeses Saves. Espo scores on the Rebound!
Boston Bumper Sticker

"I tried to talk my daughter out of going with a hockey player but, he’s a good kid. He asked me if he could marry Carrie before he asked her. I said: "You want to what? I thought he was just going to ask for more ice time."

Phil Esposito, on his daughter Carrie getting engaged to Alexander Selivanov.

"This is the best. It's outdoors, there's 60,000 people. It's nice to see hockey where it came from, outdoors. This is better than Ski-Dooing or ice fishing."
Rob Biddlecombe

"I have to thank the guy who fired me because he was also the guy who hired me."
Serge Savard, on his firing from Montreal

"Part of the learning curve in Edmonton is learning to hate Calgary."
Steve Smith

"This is the only thing that has seen more parties than us."
Steven Tyler, Aerosmith's lead singer, after admiring the Stanley Cup:

"That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my &@!$# clothes."
Stu Grimson explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker.

”I just want to comment on how It's become a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in Love with my sloppy seconds”
Sean Avery

"I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with, and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea."
Ted Lindsay

"Winning is always fun, but the car is more important."
Teemu Selanne, on the importance of the All-Star game.

You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile.”
Teemu Selanne

"We are the sort of people who make health insurance popular."
Terry Sawchuk, former Red Wings goaltender

"They say you're not a coach in the league till you've been fired. I must be getting pretty good."
Terry Simpson

"Getting cut in the face is a pain in the butt."
Theo Fleury.- Calgaru Flames

"It must be the body. It’s chiseled out of marshmallows.”
Tony Amonte, on possessing the NH’s second-longest active playing streak.

"It felt like a golf swing and my head was on the tee."
Tyler Wright

"Some days, the sun even shines on a dog’s butt."
Wade Redden on Ottawa’s come from behind 6-2 win over Toronto.

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

More Hockey Quotes on Improving Your Game.

Vancouver Canucks Quotes

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Vancouver Canucks Quotes

"If I would have myself passing to me, I would have 24 [goals] too."
~Henrik Sedin, after helping brother Daniel reach the 24-goal mark on the season.

“Probably going to get in trouble for this, but they can go F@#$! themselves,”
~Mikael Samuelsson's reaction to not making the Swedish Olympic team.

Roberto Luongo:

“We had some mental mistakes, myself included.”

“When it was 7-0, I had to check the scoreboard to make sure it was right.”

"We don't expect to sweep every series"
After Loosing the second game in round 2 against the Blackhwaks, after sweeping St.Louis in round 1 in 2009.

"It was not an equipment problem. Let's leave it like that."

Nature calls unexpected going into overtime in 2007.

“Call Luongo the best goaltender in the league,”
~Blackhawks coach Denis Savard after his team lost in a shootout to the Canucks.

“Bingo, bango, bongo, his name is Roberto Luongo!”
~Canucks broadcaster Tom Larscheid

"Our playoff sex, uh, I mean success is much better than our regular season success...er.."-
~Marc Crawford

Be sure to check out Brian Burke quotes as well.

Famous Hockey Quotes

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Best Quotes of 2009

Slap Shot Movie Quotes

Don Cherry Quotes

Playoff Quotes

Goalie Quotes

Alexander Ovechkin Quotes

Brian Burke Quotes

Famous Hockey Quotes

“I always tell Bobby he was up in the air so so long that
I had had time to shower and change before he hit the ice.”
Glen Hall – on Letting in this famous Goal by Bobby Orr.

Broadcaster Quotes

Gretzky Quotes

Kyle Wellwood Quotes

NHL Hockey Quotes

Scotty Bowman Quotes

There's a good book full of famous hockey quotes called Shooting from the Lip: Hockey's Best Quotes and Quips.
It contains over 300 off-the-cuff comments and funny quotes. Here's a few gems from the book:

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take."
~Wayne Gretzky
"I was kind of hoping it would straighten it out."
~Rod Brind'Amour, after suffering his fourth broken nose
"I'm not dirty, just aggressive. Fighter pilots have machine guns. I have only my mask and stick." ~ Goalie Gerry Cheevers
"I don't want to tell you half truths, unless they're completely accurate."
~ Coach Alain Vigneault

Bobby Hull Interview

2010-12-04T16:44:00.000-08:00

Bobby Hull Interview 2010

20 questions with the Golden Jet, Bobby Hull

Now 71 years old, Bobby Hull is regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time and perhaps the greatest left winger to ever play the game. Hull was famous for his blonde hair, blinding skating speed, and having the fastest shot, earning him the nickname "the Golden Jet". He possessed the most feared slapshot of his day. In his 23 years in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association, he played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets and Hartford Whalers.

By the time he retired, Hull had led the Chicago Black Hawks to a Stanley Cup title (1961), while assuring himself a place in the Hockey Hall of Fame with 610 career goals and 1,170 points. His son Brett followed his path and plowed even further, finishing his career with 1,391 points.

Here are some quotes from his 2010 Interview:

How did you curve your first blade?

I Poured hot water on it, from a tap, until it got soft and lithe. And then I'd shove it under a door at the Chicago Stadium and put a chair up, underneath the handle, and left it there all night. When I came back in the morning, it was just like this-- [cups hand, like the letter 'C'] -- and then it was "top corner," or "second balcony." [chuckles]

What is the secret to getting a puck onto the street from inside Chicago Stadium?

[laughs] That was in the old Stadium. If you stood at right about the red line, against the boards in between the two benches, there was an exit diagonally across the rink. There was an exit that went out into the main corridor, on Madison Avenue, and there were glass doors on the other side of the corridor. Just a few of us could get that puck over the glass in the corner, and then out through that exit, where it would bounce and hit those glass doors -- and break the goddamn glass in the doors. [laughs]

The Winnipeg Jets gave you a $1-million signing bonus...

BH [interrupts] It wasn't the Winnipeg Jets. It was the World Hockey Association. There were nine teams in the league at that time, when we first began, and they all divvied up $110,000 or whatever it was. And the million came from all nine teams.

Who is more like the old Bobby Hull: Patrick Kane or Jonathan Toews?

[chuckles] No one has faster feet than Patrick Kane, or faster hands. But I think Johnny is, if you're going to compare, more like me. He's a 22-year-old in a 50-year-old man's head. He never does anything wrong, never says anything wrong. And what a leader he is. I would love to have him on my team, and he'd be the captain of my team, as well.

Write the first sentence of a story you would write about Robert Marvin Hull.

They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. Doing a little plagiarism from A Tale of Two Cities. And they were. It was the greatest time of my life. I've really never, ever had a job. I played hockey. And if you like what you're doing, it's not a job. And there were times in there when everything didn't go my way, but no one ever said that life was all a bowl of cherries.

Read more of this Bobby Hull Interview at:
20 questions with Bobby Hull

Bobby Orr Interviews Bobby Hull

Hockey Quotes on Improving Your Game

2010-11-20T14:45:00.000-08:00

Hockey Quotes on Improving Your Game

Quotes on Improving Your 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."
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 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."

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."

Bobby Orr Quotes

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Bobby Orr Quotes

"Forget about style; worry about results."

"I've been gifted. The world is full of people who not only haven't been gifted, but have had something taken away from them. All I have to do is see one of them, some little girl who can't walk, and then I don't think I'm such a hero anymore. I think that compared to them, I'm a very small article."

"I'm really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper."

Orr was once asked why did he have a protective cup, but not a helmet. Bobby's response:

"I can always get someone else to do my thinking for me!"

“I always tell Bobby he was up in the air so so long that I had had time to shower and change before he hit the ice.”

Glen Hall – on Letting in this famous Goal by Bobby Orr.

Detroit Redwings Quotes

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Quotes from Famous Detroit Red Wings

Gordie Howe:

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.

Age has nothing to do with it. Heck, I played until I was 52 so I could play with my sons, Mark and Marty. In fact, at 52, I was the leading scorer on the team until Christmas before they benched me.

Ted Lindsay:

I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.

I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.

Sergei Fedorov, at the conclusion of his final season as a Red Wing:

"I just don't know what to think. I play in Colorado, they tell me they like me, and I get traded. I play in Calgary, and at the end of the season the GM tells me he likes me, and I get traded. I just hope my fiancee doesn't tell me she likes me."

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NHL Coaches Quotes

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Quotes from NHL Coaches

Red Wings Coach Mike Babcock:

"They talk about five o'clock heroes and seven o'clock bums. There's guys who can deliver in batting practice, hit them over the wall or whatever, but when the game is on, they can't do it. That's not what you're looking for."

Oilers' coach Craig MacTavish, after ripping the tongue from the head of Flames' mascot Harvey the Hound.

"(Harvey) was in a place he shouldn't have been."

Jeremy Roenick Quotes

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

Roenick on Chris Drury included in the U.S. 2010 Olympic Team Roster:

"Not to take anything away from the guy because he's had such a great career, but for Chris Drury to be on the team, it baffles me."

On Patrick Roy after Game 4 of the conference semifinal between Chicago and Colorado in 1996.

“I liked Patrick's quote, (that) he would have stopped me. I wanted to know where he was in Game 3. He was probably getting his jock out of the rafters of the United Center.”

Roy’s retort: “I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears.”

On why San Jose’s away record was so much better than its home record through the first few months of the 2007-08 season.

“Because wives and girlfriends aren’t on the road.”

On the 2004 Lockout:

"Everybody out there who calls us spoiled becasue we play a game, they can kiss my ASS.

Sean Avery Quotes

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Avery, while still with the Dallas Stars after an early-season game versus the Rangers:

"You guys are all great. I love you all, but I have to go and take my teammates to dinner while they still like me."

”I just want to comment on how It's become a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in Love with my sloppy seconds”

Relive the moment if you like. A definite low-light in hockey history:

Brian Burke Quotes

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"No player is un-tradeable. Wayne Gretzky got traded."

On the US Men's 2010 Olympic team:

"If you went to Vegas before this tournament, there isn't going to be a penny bet on us."

”Hockey is a man's game. The team with the most real men wins.”

Burke, entering his first off season in charge of the Maple Leafs discussing the future makeup of his team:

"I don't give a rat's ass what they do in Pittsburgh or Detroit. There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless."

On Pavel Bure in Vancouver:

"We're not going to kiss anyone's butt to play here. We have a beautiful arena, our own plane, and, again a great hockey market and one of the best cities in the world, so I'm not kissing anyone's behind to play here, that's just not going to happen. He wants out, I'm going to move him."

On officials in a playoff series against Detroit:

"I want to point out to the officials that Todd Bertuzzi does not play for Detroit, it just looks like that because he's wearing two or three Red Wings sweaters all the time ...

I didn't know that tackling was an acceptable tactic, I didn't see it our in rule book ...

Sedin is not English for punch me, or headlock me in a scrum ...

Our goalie has large pads and a cage, he's clearly distinguishable from the rest of our players, and again he's the one goalie on the ice that doesn't dive when he gets brushed ...

Detroit has 12 captains and assistants to speak to the officials; we find that unusual, most teams have only two or three. It's amazing to me the number of players that are able to protest calls in Detroit uniforms."

On voting for shootouts:

"There is no way, as long as I am in charge of the Vancouver Canucks, there is no way we are going to vote for that. To me, it would be the same thing as if the National Football League decided its games by having guys throw footballs through a tire."

On Alex Auld not making the team:

"There is no way Alex Auld was going to be on this team this year, unless he flew to France during the summer and bathed in the holy waters at Lourdes."

A Nice compilation of the Burke's classic rants:

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Quotes from the Movie Slap Shot

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On the Hanson Brothers:

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:J Every game!

Jack Hanson: Yeah, you want some?

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:

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!

Denis Lemieux Interview: "You feel Shame"

Denis Lemieux: [after losing at poker] [BlEEP] I lose my blouse.

Jim Ahern: Shirt... shirt.

Denis Lemieux: Shit.

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Alexander Ovechkin Quotes

2009-12-17T14:48:00.000-08:00

Quotes from Alex Ovechlin

Reporter: "So who do you like to watch on the highlights?"
Ovechkin: "Me"

"My weapon isn't my shot. It's me."

"Today was a special day. I broke my nose, have stitches (and) score four goals. Everything (went) to my face."

"I'm okay. Russian machine never breaks."

"For me, it doesn't matter where I play. If coach says I must play goalie, I will play goalie."

"If people compare me to Michael Jordan, I'm glad."

"If coach says I must play goalie, I play goalie"

"I wear tinted visor not to trick other players, but so hot girls in stands don't see me looking at them"

On Crosby:

“What can I say about Crosby?” he said. “He is a good player, but he talks too much. I play hard and if he wants to hit me, he can hit me, not talk to you guys about who plays cheap and who plays dirty. That’s my game… If he doesn’t like it, it’s his problem.”

“What, I can’t play hard against him? What is he going to do, cry?”

Cute, young reporter: "Which one is better? NHL or Superleague?"
Ovechkin: "NHL, because after practice, pretty girl come to me. I give interview. I feel good." [wink] [smile]

Quotes on OV from Players and Coaches

"He's one of those guys that comes down on you one on one and you're actually a little bit scared."
John-Michael Liles, Avalanche defenseman

"I've got to tell you, I love the kid. He's the only guy I've ever coached against who scored a goal and blew me a kiss." Wayne Gretzky

"He's the kind of player that is worth the price of admission."
Jay Feaster, Senior VP/GM, Tampa Bay Lightning

"Ovechkin has the total package."
Barry Trotz, Predators coach

"Oh my goodness. Absolutely destroyed, by Alexander Ovechkin."
Joe Beninati, Capitals announcer

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Don Cherry Quotes

2009-12-16T16:00:00.000-08:00

Don Cherry Quotes

Don 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.

"When I was a kid, I used to pray the Lord to make me a Hockey player. But I forgot to mention the NHL, so I spent 16 years in the minors!"

Phil Esposito was called into the office of Boston Bruins' Don Cherry. Cherry told Esposito that he was going to be traded to another team. Esposito replied:

"Okay, but if you say New York Rangers, I am going to jump out that window."
Cherry looked as his assistant, "Bobby, open the window."

Don Cherry on neurologist Charles Tator.

"I don't give a BLEEEP about him"

"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.”

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Gretzky Quotes

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

"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

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Best Hockey Quotes of 2009

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Brian Burke was undeniably the most quotable person in Hockey in 2009. Here are a few of his gems:

In his first off season in charge of the Maple Leafs discussing the future makeup of his team:

"I don't give a rat's ass what they do in Pittsburgh or Detroit. There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless."

Burke again, after the Leafs began the season 0-6-1:

"I want to be in Toronto for a long, long time. I'd like this to be my last job in hockey. I just hope it's not after the next month or two."

"I will personally challenge anyone who wants to get rid of fighting to a fight."

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Brett Hull during his induction speech for the Hockey Hall of Fame:

"I accept this honour for all those playing pickup, beer league and senior hockey who never got the opportunity that I did. For every mom up a five who drives to practice; to every dad working overtime to buy equipment and a pair of tickets to take his kids to an NHL game. To every teammate that sacrificed, to every trainer that patched me up and every stick boy that brought me a cold one after a game."

"I can't complain because I was trying to sucker-punch (Alex) Burrows. It's karma."

Canadiens forward Gregory Stewart after being asked whether he was upset about being sucker-punched by Vancouver Canucks defenceman Shane O'Brien.

"Most teams still play cards, but we've just got a bunch of nerds on our team that play computers. The Nerd Herd - 'Take me to your leader.' "

Former Calgary Flames defenceman Adrian Aucoin.

"We're going to make him a lefty, so we are going to tie his right hand behind him and see if we can get him to throw lefts right off the bat.

Darcy Hordichuk on the arrival of his first child, son Braden Walker, in February.

"When he's not injured or acting like a self-centred little dink, he's a very good player,"

Mike Milbury on Buffalo centre Tim Connolly as he was describing highlights of a Sabres win over the Toronto Maple Leafs for NESN.

"He just plays stupid sometimes."

The L.A. Kings Sean O'Donnell on Dion Phaneuf after he slammed the head of Kings star Anze Kopitar into the glass.

Canucks Mikael Samuelsson on being left off the Swedish Olympic team for the 2010 games:

“I pretty much have one comment and maybe I'll regret it. But they can go BEEEP themselves. That's what I really think,”

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.'"

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John Tortorella:

Dec 16 / 09 after a loss against the Islanders:

"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.”

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"I saw those sweaters and I nearly barfed."

Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, discussing the wretched barberpole replica jerseys of 1912-13 that the Montreal Canadiens wore during a game in February.

"Dirty used to be elbowing a guy behind the play. . . . There were bites in the '80s. I witnessed a few. I saw one teammate get bitten right in the back. Cannibalism was in back then and it's here, too."

Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff, discussing Ruutu's bite of Peters.

"I met a couple of homeless guys on the street who know who I am. If a homeless guy knows his hockey, then you know you're in Montreal."

Hall Gill, an unrestricted free agent who signed a two-year deal with the Canadiens in the off-season.

"It's small-man's syndrome. We know we're better than Finland and they feel bad about that. It's been like that for a long time, but I think it's gotten better ... I've hung out with Finns, though you have to call the government to get permission to hang out with them."

Red Wings defenseman Andreas Lilja, on Finnish-born teammates Valtteri Filppula and Ville Leino.

"I actually told Luke (Schenn) that I was going to room Christian with him and they could play slot cars in their hotel room in Philadelphia, because I assume Christian takes slot cars on the road with him. He probably learned that from his dad."

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson on Christian Hanson, the son of Dave Hanson, who played goon Jack Hanson in the legendary hockey film Slap Shot.

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Famous Hockey Broadcaster Quotes

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Famous Hockey Broadcaster Quotes

Darren Pang's Freudian slip on TSN:

Canucks broadcaster Tom Larscheid:

“Bingo, bango, bongo, his name is Roberto Luongo!”

"Kirk McLean is so fundamentally sound. Look at how erect he is in the net."

"What are you...some kind of goof?"

"I just came from the Canucks dressing room and Pavel's groin has never felt better."

"Bure is such a great talent, if only he could play with himself out there, it will really give the fans a show"

"Bure goes around him like a drugstore Indian!"

At the following game:

"I would like take this opportunity to extend a sincere apology for offensive comments I made in the last broadcast..."

Don Taylor - SportsNet Broadcaster

"He bulges the twine!'

"He ripples the mesh"

“Top Shelf! Where Mom keeps the peanut butter”

"...gathering speed ... skating gingerly ... enormous save!"

"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

"Playoff hockey is not exactly hockey. It is hockey's older, snarling brother who just got out of prison."

John Keating of Fox Sports Detroit.

"That's good news for the Maple Leafs, who will have somewhere to watch the playoffs."

The Spectator, after hearing that a new 30-foot-by-50-foot HD video screen was being erected on the exterior of the Air Canada Centre.

Goalie Quotes

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"Goalies are three sandwiches shy of a picnic"
Jim Taylor - Hockey Writer

Roberto Luongo:

“We had some mental mistakes, myself included.”

“When it was 7-0, I had to check the scoreboard to make sure it was right.”

"We don't expect to sweep every series"
After Loosing the second game in round 2 against the Blackhwaks, after sweeping St.Louis in round 1 in 2009.

"It was not an equipment problem. Let's leave it like that."
Nature calls unexpected going into overtime in 2007.

“Call Luongo the best goaltender in the league,”
Blackhawks coach Denis Savard after his team lost in a shootout to the Canucks.

“Bingo, bango, bongo, his name is Roberto Luongo!”
Canucks broadcaster Tom Larscheid

Patrick Roy:

"I could not hear what they say about me, my 2 Stanley Cup rings were stuffed in my ears."

"I guess they respect my shot because they were all ready at the blue line."
Patrick Roy, on his attempt at the Edmonton Oilers empty net.

"Every time a puck gets past me and I look back into the net, I say, 'uh-oh.'"
Bernie Parent

"I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie."
Brett Hull

"I've told you guys before, goalies don't think.
Chris Osgood

"Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game."
Chico Resch

"Having a goal scored against youis like getting your pants taken down in front of 15,000 people"
Glenn Hall

"One road trip we were stuck on the runway for seven hours. The plane kept driving and driving until we arrived at the rink and I realized we were on a bus.”
Glenn Healy, on his time in the IHL

"You try to squeeze a little more Charmin in the pads when you face him."
Kevin Hodson, goalie, on Al MacInnis

"How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?"
Jacques Plante

"When I first put on the mask, the boys all told me I would scare the women.They wouldn't come to see the games anymore. I'll tellyou something, if I went on the way I was going, pretty soon my face wood look worse than the mask."
Jacques Plante

"We are the sort of people who make health insurance popular."
Terry Sawchuk, former Red Wings goaltender

"It seems the more shots he sees, the better he plays," Michael Cammalleri on goaltender Jaroslav Halak, who was brilliant in stopping 53 of 54 shots to force game 7 against the Washington Capitals in the 2009 / 2010 playoffs

Scotty Bowman Quotes

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"You wasted over 7 million in cap space for him?!"

Scotty not impressed with Campbell after allowing the Canucks to score in Game 1 during the second round of the 2009 playoffs

“There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing.”

“I've KO'd a lot of guys verbally. I've got one of the most vicious knockout punches with the tongue of anyone on earth.”

“Hockey is its own game. It's completely different than all other games, although it's getting way too close to soccer.”

“I love Barry Manilow .”

“'Mandy' ... that's my favorite song of all time. Man, oh, man.”

Kyle Wellwood Quotes

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Don Cherry during the postgame show after Game 1 of the 2009 Canucks - Blackhawks Playoff series:

“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.”

Alain Vigneault:

"Kyle was our best player on the ice. At least now he looks like a hockey player."

Ron, The Capitals Fan

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"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

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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

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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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