Subject: Sports » Hockey (Page 8)

When he put out his arms to celebrate, [after scoring his second goal] the rest of us skated immediately to the bench and left him there all alone.

Canadian hockey player

Aren’t all coaches interim coaches?

Canadian ice hockey coach

Hockey is a mans game children can play, the other sports are children’s games that men play.

I slept like a baby. Every two hours I woke up and cried.

Canadian hockey coach

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

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

professional hockey player

I was three-quarters down the list of guys I would be facing in my first game when I realized I was looking at our own roster.

Canadian hockey player

We have only one person to blame, and that’s each other.

professional hockey player

Sometimes you think they must have come out of the chimp cages at the Bronx zoo.

Canadian hockey goalie & coach

Anytime you hold Dallas to a one touchdown, it's not all bad.

Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager

I'd drink more.

professional hockey player

I go from locker to locker, pretending the guys are here. You know, give them a little bit of a pep talk. It must be working, because we haven't lost a game yet.

hockey coach

I’m hoping for a bench clearing brawl during the warm up so I can go out and grab his stick.

Canadian hockey goaltender

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

Hockey coach

Lunch is on me.

(1969 – ) Canadian ice hockey player & executive

The weak teams are Boston and New York; the strong ones are Toronto, Chicago, Montreal, and Gordie Howe.

professional hockey player

Kerry, don’t sell yourself short. You’ve made far worse calls than that.

hockey broadcaster

Was Wayne Gretzky sick?

Canadian hockey player

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

Canadian hockey player

I quit coaching because of illness and fatigue; the fans were sick and tired of me.

Canadian hockey player

They can say what they want, but playoff hockey is a whole other ballgame.