Subject: Sports » Hockey (Page 10)

Street hockey is great for kids. It’s energetic, competitive, and skillful… and best of all it keeps them off the street.

Canadian hockey player

I don’t live in the fast lane – I live on the off ramp.

(1925 – 1990) Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager

They do a lot of talking, but I'm not sure they actually understand each other.

Canadian hockey player

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.

(1961 – ) Canadian hockey player & owner

He just got me in the right spot. In the small of the back. A good, clean, dirty hit… not that I didn't deserve it.

American hockey player

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.

Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager

Daneyko got mad when Kaminski said he was going to knock his teeth out. Dano only has two teeth left, so you can't say that to Dano.

Canadian hockey player & coach

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

professional hockey player

Since my kids were born, I put on a shield. I wanted to keep on seeing them.

Russian hockey player

I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.

(1924 – 1987) American stand-up ‘deadpan’ comedian and actor

I only have one goal in each stick.

Czech ice hockey player

He had better get married soon, because he's getting uglier every day!

Canadian hockey player

I have nothing to say, and I’ll only say it once.

Hockey coach

If you take your eye off Gretzky, he'll bank it off your skate, your back, your helmet or your wife. I could hang a nickel in the net and he'd hit it every time.

Canadian hockey player

I don't think you ever stopped Bobby Orr. You contained him.  He was too talented and too great a player.  When we played the Bruins and Bobby had to give up the puck it was a good play.

Canadian hockey player

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

Canadian ice hockey goaltender

Goaltenders are three sandwiches shy of a picnic. From the moment primitive man lurched erect, he survived on the principle that when something hard and potentially lethal comes toward you at great velocity, get the hell out of it's path.

Canadian hockey player

No big deal. I just watched the game. I had the best seats of anyone in the crowd. It was awesome.

Czech hockey player

All the records were gone. So I figured here's one record I can get.

Canadian hockey player

He's so strong, he doesn't call the cattle in… he carries them in.

(1928 – ) Canadian professional ice hockey player

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

Boston Bruins general manager