Quotes & Sayings About Nhl

The fighting in the NHL, especially, and, I think, in some of the minor leagues, it's usually the loudest and the most excited the crowd gets during the entire the game. — John Branch

I smile. "Mr. Perfect Beautiful Hockey God?"

"Oh, shut up. You know it's true," she replies in a flat tone. "You should be the face of the NHL. They should put you on billboards in Times Square. You're hot and your charm levels are through the roof. — Victoria Denault

This is really a new NHL and it's built on speed and young guys. — Mario Lemieux

Wrapping Christmas presents is tough. Even peeling a Mandarin orange is tough. I have to get my kids to help me. — Brendan Morrison

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. — Wayne Gretzky

You know what? I did! I impressed myself just making it. — Brett Hull

I Didn't Drop My Gloves. They Were Pulled Off Me! — Mike Modano

I'm not planning a career change - not unless they need someone who constantly falls on the ice and is out of breath all the time. — Scott Wolf

I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it's a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you're in the NHL. — Wayne Gretzky

It seems like yesterday I was up there watching my first NHL game, and I was skating on the ice this time. It brings back memories, but at the same time it's something I'll remember forever. — Sidney Crosby

Maybe's he's just jealous I have hair. — Alexander Ovechkin

I went from junior hockey to the World Junior Championships to the combine and the draft, to the Blackhawks camp, and then a full NHL season and then the World Championships. At nineteen, that's exhausting. — Patrick Kane

Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we're Thanksgiving turkeys. — Wayne Gretzky

By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of an NHL playoff series. — Steve Rushin

It is an immense privilege to be able to play in the NHL. I was very blessed and a lot of things went my way to be able to make it. — Pat LaFontaine

The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem. — Harry Sinden

The greatest athletes in the world play in the NHL there is no question about that. — Joe Bowen

If We Lose ... We're All Screwed. — Tony Amonte

He's one of the most coachable players out there. — Jonathan Toews

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. — Carol Alt

Anybody who says they don't like fighting in the NHL have to be out of their minds. — Donald Stewart Cherry

I am not afraid to stop the puck with my head. I try to do it sometimes even in practice; not everyday but once in a while, I say to my teammates, shoot me in my head and I'll try to stop the puck. I am not afraid at all of the puck, so sometimes, if the shot comes at my head, it's an easier save to make with your head. Maybe the people think a different way, but for me, I do it with my head. — Dominik Hasek

Arrive at the net with the puck and in ill humor. — Fred Shero

That's right, Mitt Romney took on Evander Holyfield in a boxing match for charity, and it was a pretty one-sided fight. But it was still not the worst boxing match we've seen this month. This weekend Vladimir Putin played in an exhibition hockey game with some former NHL players and scored eight goals. Even Evander Holyfield and Mitt Romney said, 'That looks fake.' — Jimmy Fallon

They left us together for a reason. Let's show them why. — Patrick Kane

When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much. — Wayne Gretzky

Maybe there wasn't much hot water in the showers. I'm not sure. — Scott Stevens

Um no, but kind of ... — Joffrey Lupul

If I had to pick three players to start a franchise, I'd choose Hasek, Peter Forsberg and Eric Lindros. — Wayne Gretzky

I found during my time covering the NHL that the enforcers were some of the most accessible guys and the most low-key guys. I think that's somewhat of a natural thing. I don't know if that's because it's the big guy that everybody fears, and then you're sort of surprised and taken by the fact that he's actually a nice guy. — John Branch

I don't want to talk about today's market anymore because nobody can make sense of what the market is. It's all over the map. There's a bunch of lunatics out there throwing money away. I'm sick and tired of it. It's lunacy. Punch me in the head and tell me I'm stupid, but that's the way I feel. There's no sense to it anymore. — Kevin Lowe

What I found interesting about Slava Fetisov was that he went through three different generations of Soviet hockey. In the late 70's, he experienced the Miracle on Ice, and then in the 80's became with his teammates the Russian Five, the most dominant team in the history of hockey, and then helped bring down the hockey system when the Soviet Union collapsed and became one of the first players to play in the NHL, and then ultimately came back to Russia. — Gabe Polsky

A lot of people don't realize that I started my career in sports and was a sports reporter long before I was on television. I used to be an NBA reporter and an NHL reporter. — George Stroumboulopoulos

I went to a couple of Rangers games at the Garden, and someone at the NHL had seen me and figured I was a fan and decided to approach me about having a blog during the playoffs. — Eddie Cahill

You never have enough competition at any position, ... Several of the players listed at right wing have played center in the NHL, like Trevor Linden. Some can play both wings. I've been skating on a line with the Sedin twins. They are a lot more skilled than some people give them credit. Look at their point totals and they are right up there in their point-per-minute averages. My job will be to complement them and try to get our line to provide secondary scoring behind the big line of Naslund, Bertuzzi and Morrison. Those guys look good and I expect they'll be the top line in the NHL again. — Anson Carter

Every time I see you naked, I feel sorry for your wife. — Jaromir Jagr

Peter Forsberg's skills and determination made him one of the most powerful forwards in the NHL during the best years of his career. Hearing of his retirement is sad news but one day every athlete has to come to this decision. He should be very proud of all he accomplished throughout his career. — Patrick Roy

I'm not sure Mario is going to get accolafes he deserves, especially from outside the game. But from within, the players, the people who follow closely, realize exactly what he's broughtto the table, exactly what he has done. People tend to forget ... hockey was dying in Pittsburgh before he got there. I played there. It was almost dead. I'm sorry, but the NHL would not have a franchise in Pittsburgh today had Mario not come along. Think about it, no hockey in Pittsburgh. — Wayne Gretzky

On sheer ability, Mario is good enough to win scoring titles with a broken stick. On pure talent, he's the best there is. But Wayne almost never disappoints you. He comes to work every night. — Bobby Orr

The NHL's opinion of itself is so high ... Let them get drunk on their greatness. We'll see how many Euros look our way. — Alexander Medvedev

Ever since he's been a little boo-aw. — Marc Crawford

You know there are so many people that have touched your life both on the ice and within your career in the NHL whether it be owners, GM's, coaches, players, trainers, all the way down. And that doesn't even account for all of the people that you encountered outside of the game that you met along this trip, too. — Ron Francis

Oh, yes, I love sleepless nights. — Larry Robinson

When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL. Now it's kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can't be a good coach because I was a great athlete. — Wayne Gretzky

So here I am running at guys who aren't taller than 5-foot-8, and I'm the one who tears up his knee. — Chris Chelios

The kids just aren't the same today. — Doug Gilmour

We get nose jobs all the time in the NHL, and we don't even have to go to the hospital. — Brad Park

There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it's just important that you know how to handle expectations. — Carl Hagelin

My first season Butch Bouchard accidentally sent me to the hospital for three days with a concussion, but I never backed away from Butch or anyone else after I came back. — Ted Lindsay

It had been a great career. I mean, how many guys can say they averaged two points a game in their careers? It's too bad he's retiring too soon. The league is going to miss him. The fans are going to miss him. A real classy person and a great guy. — Johnny Bucyk

I applied a lot of the same principles I used in hockey into my acting. I might have had some naive ambitions of making the NHL, but thank God, playing hockey gave me a good foundation for everything else. — Vincent Piazza

I need to see where I am physically and practicing with NHL players is the best way to find that out. — Mary Lynn Rajskub

A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate. — Guy Lafleur

Over the years, Steve has come to understand I need the clicker. He says it's my security blanket. — Brendan Shanahan

When you take off that sweater, your jersey, after today's game, you will be the last player in the NHL to ever wear 99. You have always been and you will always be 'The Great One,' and there will never be another. — Gary Bettman

The only difference between the Coyotes and 'Days of Our Lives' is that nobody has been shot on our team yet. — Jeremy Roenick

Yes, and I also like jumping out of tall buildings. — John Vanbiesbrouck

Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal. — Bobby Orr

I can't wait for the crowd, the noise, the energy in the building. I can't wait to take that all away from them. — P. K. Subban

If I was on a third or fourth line I would probably be in the NHL, because you don't have to produce every night. — Jaromir Jagr

As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be. — Ron Francis

I had a few fights last year, but I need to take boxing lessons. I need to, because in the NHL it's required. — Maxim Kuznetsov

Ovechkin does not play like a Russian. He plays like an NHL player. — Vladislav Tretiak

It's only game. Why you have to be mad? — Ilya Bryzgalov

It's good for the NHL to implement different things - the 3-on-3, money that'll go to players - to try to get us to play at a higher level. — Patrick Kane

I played with Joey Mullen back in Salt Lake City before he got called up to St. Louis. He was the first player ever to score 20 goals in the American League and 20 in the NHL. I've kept in contact with him and he's a great guy. — Alain Vigneault

Playing 10 years in the NHL, almost 600 games, there's going to be some wear and tear for everybody. — Mike Comrie

Wild Thing made their hearts sing. But he couldn't top everything. — Terry Jones

The NHL is the best league in the world, but it's a grind. You sometimes forget, especially if you are losing, or missing the playoffs ... how fun this game can be. — Thomas Vanek

It didn't feel like it was anything too major, but if you had to look at one hit that would be it. — Sidney Crosby

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

It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL — Wayne Gretzky

Matt Cooke may be the worst fighter in the history of the National Hockey League. — Dave Nonis

I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard. — Wayne Gretzky

Just use the same quotes. It's the same story. — Bryan Murray

When he gets mad, it's like he's in another world. He'll look at you with those big eyes and they'll be going around in circles. — Barry Beck

Orr is the greatest young hockey player that's come along since I've been here. — Bobby Hull

This is a sad, regrettable day that all of us wish could have been avoided. — Gary Bettman

My teeth weren't that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones. — Duncan Keith

I think the deal is not great for the players. It is definitely an owner-friendly deal. — Jeremy Roenick

If you jump out of a plane without a parachute, does that make you brave? No, I think that makes you stupid. I will never play without the mask again. — Jacques Plante

As opposed to living the rich life and consuming as much as possible, people have to take a step back. Instead of buying the biggest diamond or having 18 cars, do other things. Buying the biggest thing is outdated and there is no excuse for it. — Andrew Ference

Mario Lemieux is Mr. Pittsburgh. — Andy Van Slyke

The first thing I noticed about him was that he was born the same year I was drafted ... That's a pretty scary thought. — Al MacInnis

I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have interest in me. — Patrick Roy

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

It was the kind of light blow that is exchanged without notice or consequence hundreds of times in a game. — Ken Dryden

By no means could I play at the level of these kids who play in the NHL now but as 50-year-olds go, I feel really good and I feel blessed that I'm still healthy. — Wayne Gretzky

Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera - or an NHL game. — Margaret Atwood

I look at it as a challenge, ... I'm not going to put too much added pressure on myself. I want to play in the NHL, and after that [happens], I can worry about things beyond that. — Sidney Crosby

Dad, they used to tell Wayne Gretzky that he was to small, and that he would never make the NHL look at him now I replied — Mike Leonetti

I feel more comfortable confidence-wise. You get to the NHL, and you're nervous about trying things. With experience, you're not as afraid of being creative. — Martin St. Louis

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL. — Wayne Gretzky

The NBA and NHL have different agendas: The NBA is much more protective of its players and its brand; the NHL has less to lose, and it's in their best interest to generate buzz any way they can. — Bill Simmons

A big part of my decision is not made about whether I'm able to coach in the NHL or if I'm ready to step up and take that challenge. Basically, it's about my family, it's about my children, and this is where my decision is going to have to be made. — Patrick Roy

I told her they must all be sold out. — Wade Belak

What scares me is how easily it happened. — Mark Recchi

My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world. — Jaromir Jagr

Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. — Doug Larson

I'm obviously into the sports. The NFL games and the NHL games. — Jeremy Roenick