quotations about hockey
Conn Smythe always said hockey was war, and those Original Six teams battled hard. It wasn't about money. Most guys took home very modest salaries and had second jobs to feed their families. And it wasn't just about a hundred guys doing everything they could to keep their jobs. It was about heart.
WAYNE GRETZKY
99: Stories of the Game
A puck is a hard rubber disc that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.
JIMMY CANNON
attributed, Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Sporting Quotations
Hockey is like a disease, you can't really shake it.
KEN WREGGET
attributed, Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada
I exchanged my flannel shirt for a Rangers jersey and zapped the television on. Probably I should make more phone calls, but the Rangers were playing and priorities were priorities.
JANET EVANOVICH
Three to Get Deadly
At some point the sticks came into play, which is to say that when players got irked, annoyed, angry, or blinded by vengeance, they might as well choose to use them for weapons. This was frowned upon at the time, though maybe not as much as now.
STEPHEN SMITH
Puckstruck