HOCKEY QUOTES III

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

Tags: Wayne Gretzky


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


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


Hockey is like a disease, you can't really shake it.

KEN WREGGET

attributed, Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada


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