I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You're being paid to play a game! That's pretty special.
Hockey is a tough game.
Hockey is a tough game. With all the talk and everything that's going on right now, it frightens me a little bit that we are giving our players an excuse not to hit. I just hope that we don't take that out of our game at the pro level.
You hear all the time about European players playing the game. These players that come over at 17, 18 and 19, they just don't all of a sudden become skilled. From the time they were little fellas, they learned the fundamentals of the game. Let them create.
The love and passion I had for the game was my key. I never had that taken out of me by my parents or a silly coach.