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She grew up a tomboy, ... She actually played on a boys' hockey team. I remember once somebody asked her if she thought she could compete with the boys. She never thought she couldn't.

Most players on the team only have one or two years experience. Soccer and field hockey strategy as far as field positioning is very similar. The only difference is that you're hitting the ball with a stick instead of your foot.

Mike was a rink rat as a kid. This shows there is much more to hockey than just playing.

Mike was outstanding. We asked him to do a lot, and he came through. He has been playing good hockey for us. Eric also made some big saves. We needed those two guys in the final period.

Mr Moore has come in and he is absolutely everything I wanted. He is cool, calm and collected and he scored two great goals tonight. He is poised on the puck, a good goal scorer, has a great shot, and is going to be a great addition to this hockey club.

Mr. Speaker, Minnesota is truly the State of Hockey, and the members of the University of Minnesota women's hockey team are true national champions.

My little tirade, that doesn't help, absolutely not. That's a bad coaching reaction. That doesn't help the hockey team right now. I have my feelings, but it does not have to be presented that way at this point with this team.

My favorite sports are soccer, hockey and volleyball.

My focus is just to get the kids on the ice. Some play hockey on one end, and I let them free skate on the other end if they want to.

No complaints, no regrets. The better team won tonight. They are an outstanding hockey team. We have no reason to hang our heads.

One positive thing is we don't have to travel very far. Maybe our fans will be in the building. Maybe it will feel like seven home games. It's good for hockey and it's good for New York. More people are going to get interested in the playoffs.

One of my friends introduced me to the idea of in-line skating. I laughed at the beginning but realized that if I could play hockey and tennis, why not skate too?

Obviously, we're competing against a city's hockey team. We're offering a project that is the redevelopment of a neighborhood, which is much different in scope than a new arena with a casino.

Obviously, we knew some teams behind us were starting to gain some ground. We know what has to be done. We don't need to look at the standings to realize we aren't where we want to be. We need to be a desperate hockey team. This was something to build on, and we've got to continue to do that.

Obviously, we had planned to have Sergei as part of our hockey club. Things happen behind the scenes, and you have to make adjustments. It's unfortunate that Sergei got hurt. He did everything right from the beginning of training camp, performed at a high level. I can't say a bad word about him.

My experience, so far, since I've been here, is that it's tough to know which team will show up. In the third period, we proved that we're not a bad hockey team. We're a great team, when we come to play.

My Dad used to draw boats all the time and I've found his drawings in my grandparents' attic. I found one picture he drew of hockey players.

Maybe they'll play differently against us; I don't know. I thought both teams (last night) were generally very trapping hockey teams and they waited for opportunities.

Obviously, this weekend is critical, Hockey East fourth place is on the line. As far as the national picture goes this is huge for us too. We can't lose to teams that are as high as they are.

Obviously I am very pleased and happy to be coming to Philadelphia. I am coming to one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference so I am very excited to play for the Flyers. This year has been kind of frustrating as far as offensive production so hopefully I can help Philadelphia and start producing offensively. I want to help the team win hockey games and ultimately the main goal, to win the Stanley Cup.

Obviously, Canada cares so much about hockey. That will be totally different in Vancouver. Hockey will be front and center, on center stage, and it should be a good opportunity to showcase the game.

No ceremony could fully pay tribute to what Ron Francis meant to the Hurricanes organization and the National Hockey League.

Philippe has been a consistent performer for our hockey club, and we are looking forward to the next three years with our organization.

Only four of the Canadian players were in the top 30 in NHL (North America Hockey League) scoring. They just couldn't score goals.

NHL players are amazing hockey players, and you watch and go, 'It doesn't look good. They don't skate very well,

Next year will be a really bright year for the Florida Panthers. The Panthers are on the right track, have their house in order and have the hockey guys in charge.

Nina has a great hockey education, especially from being a part of the Washington Wolves club team. She understands the game very well and should fit well into our style of play.

Nobody in hockey should be making that much money. There's no TV revenue to speak of, and why people think there is, I have no idea. I have a problem with everybody begrudging a group or individual that has paid $100 to $150 million for something making 2, 3, 4 percent on his money. To begrudge that and say the owners are lying ... well, I've been on both sides, and I can tell you the owners aren't lying.

One of the biggest things that people say is that kids love football, they love baseball, they love soccer, they love basketball, but put a hockey stick in their hands and we'll find out where their true love is.

I was rooting for him, one, because he's black and two, because he's from Chicago. I don't care if he was playing hockey or ice skating, I wanted him to outdo his competition.

I grew up playing hockey and baseball, so I wish I had time to get back into it, but living in L.A. and North Carolina, you have to take advantage of the golf.

If we're together, if we have a full lineup, I think we have a pretty impressive team. If we play .500 hockey the rest of the way, we might not be in the playoffs.

I got to continue my collegiate hockey career and we played against a lot of the Ivy League schools at Rensselaer.

If this is not decided in the next few days, I'm scared we could be looking at a year, a year and a half, two years, not just three months like a lot of people thought in September. From April to October, the players don't get paid, so I can't see us coming to an agreement in August or September. If we don't find a way to make everyone who is part of this sort of happy and get a deal done, we could be looking at a long, long time before hockey is played in the NHL and that's very alarming too. I hope in the next couple of weeks we can come to an agreement.

I don't how they do it. It's the start of the playoffs and we had guys going up to the (American Hockey League), and they had guys coming down.

I didn't anticipate anything I was just showing up and seeing what the town and people were about, but it was a very welcoming sight. I'm sure the energy and excitement in town are going to rub off on the players. It's nice to see everybody's so excited about getting hockey started.

I don't even think it was reality four years ago. I was 20 years old. Mike Richter's been the guy for USA Hockey for 15 years.

I'd much rather go out at night and have a blast at a hockey game with your buddies. Sit in the warming house for an hour, talk about hockey, thaw your feet out ? you can't replace good times like that.

I'd like to host one someday. It's a wonderful event. I think they knew the level of support they would get from the people of Green Bay, and to be able to pull something like this off and put hockey at the forefront, for a day at least, is great.

I'd like to think I have enough self-awareness to know when my time as a player is done. But if for some reason, unbeknownst to me, that I couldn't see when the end was for me, I have a support group of high level hockey people, family, teammates, and friends, who give me honest assessments of my game all the time. They would tell me.

I'd like to thank Alex and Brian Lawton for notifying us of Alex's decision prior to the arbitration hearing tomorrow in Toronto. This was not unexpected and I respect Alex for making this family decision. This creates the opportunity for additional ice time for players like Marco Sturm, Niko Dimitrakos and Milan Michalek. If and when Alex decides to return to the National Hockey League, we look forward to him playing for the San Jose Sharks.

I'd like to think we're better than any one player. I think that's the sign of a great hockey club.

I did what I had to do. Play as hard as I can until the last minute. I knew we weren't going to win the hockey game ... It might be a long series. Every shift can mean a lot later on.

I don't know why Shanahan plays so well against Nashville. He gets all excited because Nashville is such a good hockey team.

I don't care if you were watching your first hockey game ? you could tell they were way better than us. If you take as many penalties as we did, you're not going to win many games, maybe one out of every 10.

I couldn't sell this as a stand-alone hockey deal, and I wouldn't try,

I dare say, he did more (publicity) in the preseason than any hockey player ever has,

I am a Devils fan, but more than that, a hockey fan. I love to watch whatever game happens to be on. To be honest, while it is a shame that they are not playing, I have found other things to do. At this point, I really don't care if or when they come back.

I am having discussions regarding the mandatory use of visors in our league with the stakeholders in our league, which includes the team owners, league personnel, the players' association and the National Hockey League. Unfortunately, it takes an incident like that to refocus attention on the issue.

I am really excited about going out there and playing with some of the guys from different regions and playing with the best. Just the opportunity to represent the Academy in hockey and our league is just awesome.

I am very excited about the opportunity to defend the United States' title during a tournament as prestigious as the World Cup of Hockey, which features the best players our sport has to offer. I look forward to working with USA Hockey to assemble another potential championship team.

I am so proud of my brother. My dad's focus in life has always been to focus on improving your weaknesses because it will also improve your strengths. He is bringing the philosophy to his own team and it's a lesson that carries through not only as a hockey player but for everything you do in life.

Certainly, I wouldn't be opposed to any of that if the right opportunity came along, I would certainly look at it. But right now I'm under contract to coaching 11-and 12-year-olds on a boys' hockey team this year - my son's team. Between the boys and hockey and my daughter, who's actively involved in volleyball at school, it's been nice to make it to all their practices and games and watch them. It's been fun being with them.

Certainly it was tough to lose, it was a great game though and I credit Amity because they played a great hockey game against us tonight.

Certainly I think it's better for college hockey when you have things spread out, but it doesn't always work that way.

Certainly he delivered what he needed to do for us from that point of view. I'd like to have gotten him a little bit more minutes and that'll happen in the future. Just watching his game, he's got good hockey sense. We'll continue to work with him . . . and develop him even further.

Certainly after the last four games against Ottawa there is misery but the majority of the year there was winning. Any time you're playing baseball, golf or hockey and you're winning, there is a lot of sense of satisfaction and enjoyment.

Bryan's focus is on playing good hockey -- that's the top priority right now.

Chris's name was the first name mentioned by everyone. That just speaks volumes for how he's respected in the game of hockey, and for what he's done not only in the National Hockey League, but for what he's done for USA Hockey over the years.

I loved ice hockey. I used to play ice hockey. So, you know I wanted to be a hockey player.

I have been dreaming of playing in the National Hockey League all of my life, and to get one step closer to that goal is special.

I have been drawing since I was very little and I have been playing hockey for five years.

I felt like we were pretty solidly in third for most of the season, so I'm really happy that we fought our way back. To me, it's a sign that we are playing good hockey here at the end of the season, and that's what we're looking for.

I felt like we certainly got a lot of breaks and have been very fortunate. They're a very good hockey team and this series could easily be 2-1 the other way. But we're getting the bounces right now, we're skating well, and for us to be successful we have to keep working harder and harder.

I felt Dave could have gone two or three ways with this decision. Hockey is a difficult business. I think he could have made a strong decision in a number of ways but I'm comfortable where he's gone.

I find it scandalous. Even a hockey player doesn't get that kind of money sometimes. Compensation should be lined up with results. How can you get compensation if you didn't do the work?

I feel really confident and I think I have adjusted pretty well to this league and the speed of the players. But I also know I have a long way to go to become a better hockey player.

I feel like the message we want to send is that we're going to be moving up the standings board. Going into Wisconsin and playing 120 minutes of solid hockey is our goal. We want to go out and get some league points this weekend.

From a facility standpoint, it was a big positive in getting hockey back. That gets a permanent tenant back here. And, getting the arena football team gives an additional permanent tenant. With the (Florence Symphony) Orchestra, that gives us three. So, 2006 will be an important transitional year.

From that experience, I can promise you that the likelihood of a sale to qualified buyers who want to keep the team where it is, is hugely impacted by how few liabilities, long-term, are on the books. I know it's tempting to play fantasy hockey and say this player or that player would certainly add to the value of the franchise.

From our standpoint, 'Hockey Night in Canada' is unique and can't be replaced. Certainly, we felt some impact from (the lockout). But I think the hockey fans here are ready to celebrate the game coming back. There is a great appetite for it.

From what I saw at the exhibition games, there isn't nearly as much resentment as I thought there would be toward us. I think that shows you how hockey fans feel. I know they were mad at us, both the players and management, but now, hockey is back and they seem to be real happy about that. It's a fresh start, and hopefully, a new season that will be a good one for us. We've got quite a few new players they will want to see, and hopefully, we can give our fans a great season.

I don't remember the last time in Pirate hockey history that we had back-to-back 10-goal games.

If anyone is going to ask me about the officiating, I have no comment. We spent eight of the last 20 minutes trying to kill penalties. It's tough trying to maintain control of the hockey game when you have to kill penalties like that.

If a guy like Jeremy Roenick or a Brian Leetch goes out and plays great, I would think they're going to be on the team. USA Hockey is going to go with the best players, whether you're 45 or 25.

I don't think we've played our best hockey yet. But they are finding ways to win.

I don't think we've played our best hockey yet.

I don't think you can blame the goaltending. We were awful. They were all over us. We tried to play open hockey and we just got killed.

I expected the hockey fans to want hockey. The question is will they be able to expand the business. The stronger teams are going to be in good shape. We'll see what happens to more marginalized franchise.

I don't think it's that big of a deal. Of course, I want to be the guy in the net, but at the end of the day, you have to win hockey games.

I don't think it's anything with Edwardsville in particular, except they seem to get more fired up to play us than we get to play them. It's just one of those things. Sometimes in hockey it's a crazy bounce of the puck that makes the difference.

I don't think our approach will change that much because we're up 3-nothing. We just don't want to give them life. We are definitely scared of that hockey club.

For me, the Number 1 thing is to play hockey and the rest of the things will work out.

For two periods we were right with them. If it wasn't for the penalties I thought it was an even hockey game. Everything just went against us.

Given this hockey club and the years and the growth, I think it's just great for the organization. A big part of this decision revolves around things like building and growing together, continuity and stability.

Goaltending was solid throughout the game and after the first period we started playing hockey like we were capable.

He turned out to be a great hockey player with a lot of achievements. I'm very happy for him. He carried it very, very well.

I always say, it doesn't matter how busy I am and how early in the morning it is. The one thing I can always manage to get energy for is to see my kid (Ben) play hockey. I love my job as prime minister, but if you could be a hockey player, I mean, what could be better than that?

He was unbelievable. When you get 55, 56 shots, you hope to win hockey games. It's a game we should've won.

He scored 34 goals in juniors (with Kingston of the Ontario Hockey league in 1997-98). He's more than capable of scoring 30-plus or 40-plus goals in our league. He just needs to get it set in his mind, and I think he's believing more and more than he has that ability.

He's been a big part of USA hockey for a long time. It's surprising. He's kind of synonymous with USA hockey.

He's a young guy. When you have the privilege of playing for the greatest hockey country, there are only so many players. It's not that he's not worth being there, it's just because he's in a situation that Team Canada has a new wave of young players.

He had a shutout against Marian, and it really started to boost him up. He's playing his best hockey right now.

He had to gain a much better understanding of when to try one-on-one hockey and when he could try some of the moves he has.

He has been successful with his experiences at several levels of play, including playing for the Czech National Team and representing the Czech Republic in the World Junior and World Championship tournaments. We feel he is ready to make the transition to professional hockey in North America.

He has a workmanlike attitude as every member of their hockey club does. You have to credit them with their work ethic.

He has great hockey sense and he can score. He rarely gives up scoring chances against him.

He has given us a big lift by being in the lineup and logging so many minutes. He is on our top power- play unit. He has great hockey sense. He loves to play the game and is such a tough competitor.

He has everyone in the National Hockey League surprised. We didn't expect him to be this physical or this dominating so early in the season,

He has brought a far more professional approach to hockey in Scotland, and his knowledge and dedication to the game has the respect of the players.