Quotes & Sayings About Hockey Fans

I love to play hockey. I'm a huge hockey fan and I love to play as well. — Sterling Beaumon

Canadian hockey fans ... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA. — Brett Hull

These are tough games to play. We shared the puck and we wanted everyone to get a chance to score. Tough games to play in. We want close games. That is why we train so hard. We want to show our fans some even games. — Caroline Ouellette

We can make fun of hockey fans, but someone who enjoys Homer is indulging the same kind of vicarious bloodlust. — Steven Pinker

Canada is a country where the serious writers are hockey fans and readers of comic books. They don't play chess. — Louis Dudek

My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans and bring wins to the Chicago Blackhawks. — Patrick Kane

I was always interested in sport. My family are big sports' fans. We always had all the locals round watching big sporting events. I wasn't particularly sporty myself. I played a lot of hockey and rode, still do ride, but I just had a general interest in it. When I was given the opportunity to do sport stories I used to grab them. — Jill Douglas

We have a lot of rookies in the lineup. More than anybody, I would say. Its going to be something new for them. They have to understand that it's totally different hockey in the playoffs. Starting with the fans, the intensity of the game, every mistake counts. — Jaromir Jagr

I just want to remind the owners and the players: you guys make money because you have a whole bunch of fans out there who are working really hard. They buy tickets. They're watching on TV. Ya'll should be able to figure this out. Get this done. — Barack Obama

The place was always cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck. — Andre Dawson

Ranger fans are the rudest and they're proud of it, I'm sure. — Byron Dafoe

Every spring, this happens: People discover hockey when daylight lasts longer and men grow beards and tie games do not end in shootouts but rather continue until a goal is scored. The seventh game only heightens the mood for players and fans alike. — George Vecsey

My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good. — Gary Bettman

It's always good to have the building filled - even if it's with low-IQ Rangers fans. — Mike Milbury

Most fans go wild when they see a goalie make what looks like a great save, but the chances are what they are seeing is a save that was made from being out of position. — Mike Richter

Its an honor to be chosen to represent the best hockey game in the world, ... Hockey fans are looking for the most authentic experience and NHL 2K6 delivers it. — Brian Boitano

The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a hockey player, I kind of wish everyone could go through that and experience what it is to play there. It's very unique. — Saku Koivu

The model for an NHL without fighting is right there in front of us. The [playoffs are] the time of year that fans love best; when the best hockey is played ... [The] enforcers don't play. Even mini-enforcers ... remain on the bench. Teams and coaches can't afford anything stupid and unpredictable ... With no one to fight back for them, players go harder into the corners, more determinedly to the front of the net. If they want to fire up the crowd and their teammates, they have to do it themselves. And in the playoffs, they do. — Ken Dryden

Wait'll next year! is the favorite cry of baseball fans, football fans, hockey fans, and gardeners. — Robert Orben

The whole world knows that American TV companies have monopolized Olympic broadcasts and in order to please the fans in their country they do everything they can to keep American viewers interested in what is going on at the hockey rink in Sochi. According to their logic, Americans should always win, no matter what. It was absolutely obvious that [Fyodor] Tyutin's goal yesterday should have been allowed. This was clear to the whole world except the American referee, American TV and those officials with American passports who rule international hockey, grossly neglecting all Olympic principles. — Ivan Ilyin