When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the kids, especially at that level.
It doesn't matter whether I'm in an NHL arena, at a local rink, or on a sheet of ice in the middle of a baseball stadium: when I'm around the game, I feel at home.
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 grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.
I grew up trying to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, not Team Canada. Didn't even know it existed.
Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do.
I always played hockey, I was always a hockey fan, but I was never bitten by the hockey bug... I never looked into playing it professionally.
Hockey is the dream of all Swedes. They get the girls.
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 grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.
The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a hockey player, I kind of wish everyone could go through that and experience what it is to play there. It's very unique.
As long as I could remember, since I was 5 years old, I watched the Stanley Cup. I stayed up, made a point of watching it presented, watched the celebration in the locker room, and always dreamed that maybe I'd get there.
I'm just a hockey player. I want to play every day.
I have been practising since I was 4 or 5 years old, but that wasn't really practice. I was just having fun.... I just loved to play hockey.
Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so I am obsessed with hockey since I was a little kid.
My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars.
I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.
I'm a die-hard NHL fan. I can't get enough.
I want to reward this city. Pittsburgh is a great hockey town.
When I was at the end of middle school and the beginning of high school, I fell in love with hockey in a serious way.
It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.
We're a huge hockey family. I took to it really quickly, and I was in love with it.
My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.
Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.
Outdoor hockey is what it is all about.
