Hockey Quotes

Based on Chub's recent epiphany that "Rangers fans suck" - we wanted to re-visit a treasured moment in NHL history. 
The video is below, and the great quote:

“I was already on my second beer.”


- Former Bruins goalie Gerry Cheevers on why he didn't get involved in the infamous Mike Milbury "shoe incident" in which some Bruins players went over the glass and into the crowd.

Great hockey quotes????

Steamer Summer 2009. JVR gets the puck at center ice and accelerates into the zone. A lumbering left wing tries, but can't clear the zone.

• Tripod - "Dude, you've got to slow down so I've got time to get out of there!"

But really, a great quote from football was from former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John McKay....

• Reporter: "What about your team's execution?"


• McKay: "I'm in favor of it!"

Hockey quotes - # 8

The former Boston Bruin forward (who - as seen here - went into the stands at Madison Square Garden), and current Colorado Avalanche color analyst, Peter McNab: "I don't care who you are, or at what level you play, everyone remembers their first goal!"

Hockey quotes - # 7

"I play hockey and I fornicate, 'cause those are the two most fun things to do in cold weather."

- Matt 'Skank' Marden - Mystery, Alaska

Hockey quotes - # 6

Former Boston Bruins D-Man # 6 - Gord Kluzak (seen here with Hall of Famer Ray Bourque) while doing color commentary for a Bruins game, was asked to comment on a very unispiring fight.
Q: "What did you think of that one Gord?"
A: "That was a real purse swinger!"

Hockey quotes - # 5

"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk."
- Tuco - from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

Hockey quotes - # 4

"Hockey sticks are like Hattori Hanzo swords - you can never have too many of them!'

-- Quentin Tarantino as paraphrased by Joe White

Hockey quotes - # 3

"First period - confuse. Second period - confuse. Third period - go to net, shoot puck. It's hockey!"
Valeri Kamensky - Colorado Avalanche 1996

Hockey quotes - # 2

Barry Melrose - "A shot on goal may not always be the best play, but it is never a bad play. There is no such thing as a bad shot on goal."

Hockey quotes - # 1

Ray "Chicken Parm" Ferraro - "Players are either goal scorers are they are not. You can not teach the skill of finishing. You can, however, teach players to hustle and get themselves into good places and better positions to score."