Despite the fact that every sport this side of badminton worries about concussions that result in brain damage, CTE, the National Hockey League refuses to accept the overwhelming medical science. Good grief – the NHL still permits fights.
It wasn’t easy to act when dressed in the heavy ice hockey uniform – it was exhausting.
My brother Barry was into all sports, and so was my late father. For me, hockey was the one sport I loved and played. I didn’t really pay much attention to the other sports.
When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky.
It is a huge honor for me to be an ambassador for the entire Washington Capitals organization and the National Hockey League for this special trip to China.
I was sporty in high school. I played tennis and hockey, and was basketball captain. Then I went to university and stopped doing sport and started eating ice cream.
We have a very good history in hockey and when I look back into my own career, I know I do have a lot of FIH medals, I have medals almost in every tournament but not one in World Cup or Olympics.
My favorite personal hockey moment was probably when Mike Bossy scored fifty goals in fifty games. He was the first one to do it since Rocket Richard. I was young when it happened, but I remember it very distinctly.
I grew up in the Midwest, so we really didn’t have much hockey going on.
At times during hockey, I know myself, you get so wrapped up in it, you squeeze your stick a little too much, all those things, or you’re too focused.
I was in the football, rugby, cricket and hockey teams at school; bit of squash. Tennis obviously.
I’ve lived and breathed hockey my entire life.
If you play hockey, you might as well win.
Skating is big in Chicago. There’s a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.
I was a better hockey player than I was a baseball player.
But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey.
Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.
The fact is I’ve been the kind of parent who has been there at every single sports day, my kids are achievers at school, scoring fantastic grades, they’re part of the football and hockey team. In that aspect, people always saw me as a parent whose children have always gone from strength to strength.
Amitabh Bachchan and SRK are great actors, but I like the way Suniel Shetty has handled his work. He’s doing so many things at one time. He’s a sincere actor, he has his own production company, other businesses and he’s even the brand ambassador for hockey.
Hockey is definitely a huge sport in Boston.
I think the NHL has done a great job of building the sport as far as getting the people’s attention and letting them know what’s going on in hockey – especially when the powers meet each other.
A different type of human has to play that sport. Hockey players keep fighting – nobody cares what’s wrong with you, as long as you have one foot to skate on, you keep playing.
I’m so busy right now, it’s the beginning of the hockey season for my kids.
I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates.
When you play hockey, you don’t have any fear. As soon as you step on the ice everything goes away and you’re focusing on the puck and focusing on the play.
I’d been playing everything and decided that this was something I maybe wanted to make a career out of. I knew where some companies were, but I saw the name ‘Bethesda, Maryland’ on ‘Wayne Gretzky Hockey 3.’
To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.
I started ice-skating when I was about 12 or 13 and I was selected in the Australian team for ice hockey. I met my wife at St Moritz Ice Skating about 1955.
I think that in all aspects of the game, especially in professional sports but specifically in hockey, we want to grow the game.
I give a speech to the black freshmen at Harvard each year, and I say, ‘You can like Mozart and ice hockey…’ – and then I used to say ‘golf,’ but Tiger took over golf! – ‘and Picasso and still be as black as the ace of spades.’
Growing up, I ate, slept and breathed hockey. I got home from school, I shot pucks, played outdoor hockey, road hockey, go home for dinner… Remember this is pre-Internet, barely any video games, I had a Commodore Vic-20. If you weren’t doing your homework, you were outside playing hockey, most likely.
Confidence is something I hope to instill in my son, Taylor, who is studying classical civilisation at Exeter University and is a brilliant hockey player. His mum and I have parted, but I have nothing but admiration for her.
I was lucky enough to have a hockey career in the NHL.
I am not a big fan of hockey.
Whether somebody is really competent – whether he has a good hockey mind, whether he’s a good person to lead a hockey club – is something determined over a long period of time, not one tournament.
Hockey is my passion, and I cannot live without it.
I know everyone wants to see India winning on home soil, be it in hockey or cricket. But sometimes with expectations come pressure, which can affect our performance.
My first love was hockey, but it seemed the more I skated and danced with Tessa, the more I fell in love with the sport.
The trouble is that the hockey stick graph become an icon and deniers reckoned if they could smash the icon, the whole concept of global warming would be destroyed with it.
I’ve always played hockey to win, not to get shutouts.
People who know the game of hockey, who followed hockey, they know who Sandeep Singh is. They know I have been Indian Hockey team’s captain, but they don’t know about the struggle and the life after being shot.
I love hockey. That’s actually one of my favorite sports.
I found my prince – he’s a hockey player and we met at an NHL event, the last place I’d ever expect to meet someone, but there he was.
The little things are what get you to the next level. I believe in the little things. The screens you don’t see in the stats, the hockey assists. I’m a big believer in that.
I think I have a lot more respect for someone who will be bold enough to say, ‘I’m the leader of the hockey team, we’re going to go there and give our best game and we’re going to win the hockey game.’
I am grateful to hockey. As a CBC employee, I would be foolish not to be. Hockey Night in Canada probably pays a good chunk of my salary.
The excitement you can get in classical concert is as big, in a different sense, as you can get when you go to the ice hockey or baseball game.
I like ice hockey, but it’s a frustrating game to watch. It’s hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points.
It was a fun ride. I’ve enjoyed my time on the ice and I’ve enjoyed more and more people getting interested in the game of hockey.
The support from back home has been more than I ever expected. They always knew me as the lacrosse player or the girl playing field hockey. Now they’re seeing me on national TV, and they’ve been so supportive.
It’s an amazing honor to be the fourth Black hockey player to go into the Hall of Fame. It’s a huge thrill.
Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
I really don’t think you need a letter on your jersey to be a leader on a hockey club.
Every Christmas we went to my parents’ cottage. My big brother would bring his buddies around, and we would play hockey games in the driveway.
I’ve been playing hockey games since the Sega Genesis way back when.
You cannot make money with a hockey team. You cannot make money with a hotel, either, and you cannot make money with a golf club. I have all three of them. When you have a certain amount of money, you do silly things – because it’s pretty to have a golf course and it’s interesting to have a hockey team.
I started playing street hockey, but there were tennis courts near my house, and it was my father who suggested I try. I don’t really know why.
There were no women’s players I knew of. I didn’t even know women’s hockey existed.
Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.
I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports – I’ll watch everything except maybe hockey.
Some anthems are great for sports. You’ve got the Russian national anthem… ‘O Canada,’ how wonderful is that for hockey… but I chose the Italian national song because at my first World Cup, I saw the Italians play four times, and they won all four times – they won the championship.
I feel honored and privileged to have represented the USA program over the past 16 years. USA Hockey will always be a part of me and I will cherish the experiences and memories with this team.
Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun.
It is so important to me to have my time away from hockey. Obviously, hockey is my passion; I love it. But definitely for me, time away from the rink and time when my mind isn’t thinking about hockey is important.
