Hockey Quotes

You think American professional hockey players, paid in the millions, will risk being put in handcuffs to come play in Turin? Come on. Let's be realistic. - Mario Pescante

You should have your best players on the field. The whole offense suffered from him not being out there. We lost, that's the bottom line, but people saw what he can do. - Jeremy Shockey

You should also see some phenomenal playground, or pond hockey players, who know the game that's not as physical. - Fred Haberman

You saw the fans. Everybody just stood up and was anxious to get it going. I think it's good for hockey. - Alex Tanguay

You never want to forget where you came from, and for this team, remembering November is a very important thing because we were not doing well, we were not having fun and we were not playing good hockey. To turn it around like we have is very nice, but we still have to remember that in November, we were a terrible hockey team and we have to remember the reasons why we were a terrible hockey team. It's because we weren't doing the little things that we're doing now. - Jamie Thompson

You need to produce top level hockey every game you play and I think some of the top players were just not up to scratch tonight. - Lindsey Carlisle

You need breaks. The hockey god was not on our side. - Michel Therrien

You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations. - Joe Sakic