Subject: Sports » Hockey (Page 11)

We've made a final offer. We hope [player] Ziggy Palffy will come to his senses. We have NO hope his agent will.

American player, coach & general manager

I knew I was in trouble when I heard snap, crackle, and pop, and I wasn't having a bowl of cereal.

Canadian hockey player

I wanted to go through the TV and strangle Terry Crisp. I wanted to punch Chris Gratton in the face. And when Petr Klima took a penalty, I wanted to send him back to Czechoslovakia.

Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager

Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded – accordion-style – back to full stature, without any lasting side effect.

(1966 – ) American journalist & novelist

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

He should know better than that. He knows I only drink scotch.

Canadian professional hockey goalie

If I knew the answer to that I'd bet $10,000 on the game and retire from coaching.

Montreal Canadiens coach

It must be the body. It’s chiseled out of marshmallows.

American hockey player

He's as old as some trees.

Canadian hockey player & coach

Was Wayne Gretzky sick?

Canadian hockey player

I don't want to get into a 'He said, she said' with the refs… I'm the 'he.'

Canadian hockey player

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

Canadian hockey player

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

Canadian hockey goaltender, politician, lawyer, businessman & author

To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

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

It's going to be nice to be embarrassed in practice instead of games.

Canadian hockey player

That puck would have gone in the net if not for the goalie.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer

I’m not a cancer, I’m a Gemini.

American ice hockey player

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

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

I used to pray to the Lord every night to make me a hockey player. Of course, I forgot to mention the NHL so I spent 16 years in the minors.

Canadian hockey player, coach & commentator