Jack Hughes Quotes

It's an honour and a thrill and a privilege just to play in the NHL.

My goal was to play in the NHL, because that is the best hockey in the world.

I was lucky enough to have a hockey career in the NHL.

It's a big step to be drafted. Ultimately, it's everybody's dream. That's where you start thinking about making the team, maybe about winning the Stanley Cup.

If I weren't acting, I think I'd want to be a professional hockey player.

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.

Listen, everything I have in my life is because of the NHL and because of hockey, and I love the game and I loved every minute of being a player, I loved coaching, I loved being involved in the NHL.

I hope one day I will be able to play in a game in the NHL, not just practice.

Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.

I was impressed all my life. Because of the Montreal Canadiens' past, it means a lot because it was a team I cherished as a kid. It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.

As a hockey player, playing for an Original Six team at Madison Square Garden, where it's packed every night, there's nothing like it.

Playing 10 years in the NHL, almost 600 games, there's going to be some wear and tear for everybody.

Here in Denver, we want to thank Jeremy Jacobs for the way he runs his business. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten Ray Bourque and won a Stanley Cup.

I still love playing the game, and it's amazing we can do this as a so-called 'job,' and it's amazing we can come to the rink every day and play the game we love.

I think Ovechkin is everything the NHL needs.

I was fortunate to have talent, play on a good team and make the NHL.

Anyone who plays in the NHL dreams to win the Stanley Cup and I dreamed as well to be one of them and raise the cup in Washington and bring it home to Moscow and celebrate with my friends and my parents.

I'm in the NHL and I'll take whatever reputation I can to get here and to stay here.

Maybe playing in the NHL would be pretty nice, but that's more of a pipe dream for me.

I played on a line with Theo Fleury and German Titov, and I was actually center on their line.

Russ Courtnall was my absolute favorite player. Patrick Roy was there, too, of course.

I played professional hockey in Europe. I played in the German third league and the Dutch elite league.

For me, my hockey career is all about the Devils.