Hockey's Greatest Quotes

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

Hockey's Greatest Quotes

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

"I'd rather fight than score"

Dave "The Hammer" Schultz

lol.

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

"It's nice to get a standing ovation in Montreal."

Scott Mellanby, on smacking his mellon into the boards, knockin' himself out cold and coming to on the stretcher with the whole building applauding.

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

"Winning DOES solve everything."

Joe Sakic

*this has nothing to do with the subject, but I read about this online game in the Globe and Mail this morning and if you understand busness at all, it's alot of fun...www.mcvideogame.com

barry33 · Guru

"Come contract time they do not ask how...just how many"- Dave Andrychuck when told he does not score many highlite reel goals

Zulrath · Senior Member

"It's a pathetic performance. Half of the team doesn't care. Pfut. You know, it's like, are we gonna be happy to play 8 minutes? I'm not gonna be happy to play 8 minutes. What those guys will say if we take 40% of their salary because they're only playing – or 50% of their salary – because they only play 50% of the time? That's enough. That defensive squad – I think their goal – I really start to believe their goal is to be the worst defensive squad in the league. And they're doing such a great job to be the worst defensive squad in the league. They turn the puck over, they have no vision, they're soft, like – I've never seen a bunch of defensemen soft like this. So, you know, you put the two combination, and… … hey, there's a lot of guys don't care. They pretend to care, but they don't care. Pft." [Q: Is this the first team like this you've had to work with?] "It's a game of emotion, it's a game of hard work, it's a game of passion. You know, there's – hey – Kovalchuk, what he did the other day. There's not one guy who was close to do something. Maybe Maxime Talbot at the end, with 1 second left. He's about 5 foot 8. Did they think that, as a coach, that I got the feeling that the team cares for each other? Wow. You know, try to have a good ambience with the team yesterday. ~Phut!~ Hey. So I guess we're gonna have to come back with the old recipe, you know. It's like – they make my job miserable, so I now make thier life miserable Pfut, so it's give and take. What can I do? Hey." [question] "I'm so disappointed about lots of guys. Very disappointed. Because they don't care. If they care – tonight it looks like men against boys. Hey." [question] "Aw, Mark, Mark (Fleury). He's playing good for us. Thank God."

- Michel Therien

CupJunkie · Member

"Four."

Jim Roberts replying to an interview question about how many games the 1975-76 Stanley Cup final series was going to last against Philadelphia. The interview was between the first and second period of the first game in the series for which HOCKEY fans will be forever grateful to Les Canadiens for saving the game from the Broadstreet Bullies. Bobby Clark and his band of bullies had won the Cup the previous two seasons with their intimidation tactics.

Those who saw the game will recall Larry Robinson hitting Gary Doernhoffer with a clean check as he came over the blue line in the first period -- Doernhoffer piled into the boards and broke a panel. They had to stop the game and repair the boards; no penalty was called. That hit set the tone for the game, and the series. One final point, Montreal had already beaten the Flyers at their own game during the exhibition season in Philadelphia -- a donnybrook broke out and Montreal taught the Flyers a lesson: if you wanna rock 'n roll, you'd better like loud music. After that, the Habs skated away from the Flyers. Guy Lafleur was the Conn Smythe winner. Forgive the lengthy post, mes amis -- during times like these, I get a little wistful.

AB Habman · Guru

Really good stuff guys!

I also like the one when Roy sarcastically said he couldn't hear because he had a stanley cup ring in his ear. I forget the actual phrase!

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

"I'd have to answer to my mom."

Rob Niedermayer on what would happen if he hit his brother Scott.

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

"I'm on fire."

Darren Langdon after getting an assist for his first point in 32 games.

lol.

Nil d · Guru

"The New York Rangers."

Who said that and what was the question? Hint: this is Hab-related.

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

Nil, I need another hint.

Nil d · Guru

jeanthehabtiste wrote:

Nil, I need another hint.

A former Hab goalie said it..........

Nil d · Guru

OK, here it is: It was Gump Worseley, when asked which NHL team gave him the most trouble. Why is this funny? Because he was playing for the (very bad) New York Rangers team at the time!

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

AB Habman wrote:

Really good stuff guys! I also like the one when Roy sarcastically said he couldn't hear because he had a stanley cup ring in his ear. I forget the actual phrase!

"I can't hear what Jeremy says because my ears are blocked with my two Stanley Cup rings."

Patty Roy, responding to a Jeremy Roenick remark. LOL.

flowerpower · Veteran Member

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog

Not hockey related - quote came from Jerome Betis commenting on the road to the superbowl.

I like this quot alot - shows heart - something the Habs lack :)

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

"I see you finally got a number that matches your IQ."

Oiler assistant coach Bobby McCammon, to Marty McSorley, who was wearing number 5.

plouf · Guru

found online:

"It wasn't pretty what I said. Basically, I told him, 'I've been in this league a long time and I have about two years left, so I've got nothing to lose.' I said to him, 'You've got your whole career ahead of you. You try that ____ with me again and I'll _______ take you out for good. Your career ends. You think I'm kidding?'"

- Retired Czech defenseman Petr Svoboda recalls a conversation with Pavel Bure during the 1998 Olympic Gold medal game. In a previous game Bure hit Svoboda in the face with the butt end of his stick, just missing Svoboda's eye and leaving a long abrasion on his cheek. (Philadelphia Inquirer, March 31/98)

I miss Svoboda.

habs93 · Veteran Member

Phil Esposito playing for Chicago the season before getting traded to Boston - was benched for most of a lopsided loss and then put out in the last minute of the game as he was going over the boards says to his coach Billy Reay do you want me to win it or tie it (the game)...........

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

"Broad Street Bullies and all of a sudden he's turning Pope on us."

Jeremy Roenick on Bobby Clarke's suggestion that todays players use their sticks too much.

barry33 · Guru

Zulrath wrote:

"It's a pathetic performance. Half of the team doesn't care. Pfut. You know, it's like, are we gonna be happy to play 8 minutes? I'm not gonna be happy to play 8 minutes. What those guys will say if we take 40% of their salary because they're only playing – or 50% of their salary – because they only play 50% of the time? That's enough. That defensive squad – I think their goal – I really start to believe their goal is to be the worst defensive squad in the league. And they're doing such a great job to be the worst defensive squad in the league. They turn the puck over, they have no vision, they're soft, like – I've never seen a bunch of defensemen soft like this. So, you know, you put the two combination, and… … hey, there's a lot of guys don't care. They pretend to care, but they don't care. Pft." [Q: Is this the first team like this you've had to work with?] "It's a game of emotion, it's a game of hard work, it's a game of passion. You know, there's – hey – Kovalchuk, what he did the other day. There's not one guy who was close to do something. Maybe Maxime Talbot at the end, with 1 second left. He's about 5 foot 8. Did they think that, as a coach, that I got the feeling that the team cares for each other? Wow. You know, try to have a good ambience with the team yesterday. ~Phut!~ Hey. So I guess we're gonna have to come back with the old recipe, you know. It's like – they make my job miserable, so I now make thier life miserable Pfut, so it's give and take. What can I do? Hey." [question] "I'm so disappointed about lots of guys. Very disappointed. Because they don't care. If they care – tonight it looks like men against boys. Hey." [question] "Aw, Mark, Mark (Fleury). He's playing good for us. Thank God." - Michel Therien

HAHAHA- Thanks Zulraith..one of the guys on my pond hockey team this weekend was french from Tracadie (used to play at STU because U de M did not want him lol. Anyway with his thick accent, he had the Therrien rant down pat!! I laughed all weekend. I was talking to a woman at the bar Saturday night , doing my very best to impress her.,.,and my buddy Rene comes up and says "Barry is soffft...I never see a guy so soffffft". Barry moved on to other prey after that.

Nil d · Guru

"Ooooooooohhhhh, my stomach hurts, my head hurts....................'scuse me, I have to .....RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAALLPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHHH......................."

- - Barry33, Feb/06

barry33 · Guru

Nil d wrote:

"Ooooooooohhhhh, my stomach hurts, my head hurts....................'scuse me, I have to .....RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAALLPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHHH......................." - - Barry33, Feb/06

Actually Nilsey, Kirk Firlotte, my goaltending partner at ST. Thomas, reminded me of one of the greatest quotes of all time (from him of course). Kirk had the dryest sense of humour ever. You had to, to be a goalie at St. Thomas in 1981. Regularly we would be outshot 70-10. Kirk would start the games until he melted into the ice form exhaustion and then the coach would throw me to the wolves. I remember one game at your old Alma Mater, St. Mary's. Kirk had just given up his 8th goal and knew he was gonna be yanked anwyay. The SMU fans were on his case the whole game, calling him names, etc.. Kirk proceeds to go to the blueline, faces the fans, puts his goalie stick between his legs and begins to make obscene gestures moving his hand up and down it (I will levae the details t your imagination)

Anyway- after the game, the reporter from the Chronicle Herold (Halifax paper) comes into the dressing room. I am getting undressed and Kirk is sitting next to me, all showered of course since he got the heave ho in the 3rd.

Reporter: "Kirk, what posessed you to do something like that? YOu know you will be suspended and it is very out of character for you"

Kirk thinks for a minute..kinda looks at the floor and answers:

Kirk: "Well I guess the hamster just kinda fell off the wheel".

To this day..the funniest thing I have heard in a dressingroom. But maybe ya had to be there

Nil d · Guru

barry33 wrote:

Nil d wrote: "Ooooooooohhhhh, my stomach hurts, my head hurts....................'scuse me, I have to .....RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAALLPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHHH......................." - - Barry33, Feb/06 Actually Nilsey, Kirk Firlotte, my goaltending partner at ST. Thomas, reminded me of one of the greatest quotes of all time (from him of course). Kirk had the dryest sense of humour ever. You had to, to be a goalie at St. Thomas in 1981. Regularly we would be outshot 70-10. Kirk would start the games until he melted into the ice form exhaustion and then the coach would throw me to the wolves. I remember one game at your old Alma Mater, St. Mary's. Kirk had just given up his 8th goal and knew he was gonna be yanked anwyay. The SMU fans were on his case the whole game, calling him names, etc.. Kirk proceeds to go to the blueline, faces the fans, puts his goalie stick between his legs and begins to make obscene gestures moving his hand up and down it (I will levae the details t your imagination) Anyway- after the game, the reporter from the Chronicle Herold (Halifax paper) comes into the dressing room. I am getting undressed and Kirk is sitting next to me, all showered of course since he got the heave ho in the 3rd. Reporter: "Kirk, what posessed you to do something like that? YOu know you will be suspended and it is very out of character for you" Kirk thinks for a minute..kinda looks at the floor and answers: Kirk: "Well I guess the hamster just kinda fell off the wheel". To this day..the funniest thing I have heard in a dressingroom. But maybe ya had to be there

Great line, Kirk! Actually, I remember his name from his university days. Sadly, the Red Devils were not very good back then, but they eventually became a powerhouse.

Key Lime · Guru

This one is recent but it has to go down as a classic:

Chris Drury, after a July trade from Calgary to Buffalo...

"I just don't know what to think. I play in Colorado, they tell me they like me, and I get traded. I play in Calgary, and at the end of the season the GM tells me he likes me, and I get traded. I just hope my fiancee doesn't tell me she likes me."

jeanthehabtiste · Senior Member

"My brother Dash hit me on the head with five textbooks in a gym bag."

Tie Domi, asked about the hardest hit he's ever recieved.