Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.
When I walk down the street in New York, I swear to God, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will yell, 'Hey, you hockey puck!'
Hockey is the only thing that I'm not good at that I love.
No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.
I've been playing hockey since I was five years old. It's a part of my life.
I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.
Every day is a great day for hockey.
I am an arena creature - by birth, I think. Most of my life has been spent as a rink rat.
Here's how much I know about hockey. Mike Royko and I were in a tiny bar one winter night, and the radio kept reporting goals by the Blackhawks. I mentioned how frequently the team was scoring. 'You're listening to the highlights,' Royko observed.
Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature, without any lasting side effect.
I love hockey, and I go to a lot of the games.
I really did love hockey. It was one of my favorite things to do.
You can't play hockey with a bald spot, so I'm hanging up the skates.
Hockey is a tough game.
I'm a big hockey fan.
I'm just a hockey player. I want to play every day.
I really wanted to play hockey. My mom thought figure skates looked easier to use, so she put me in the learn-to-skate program.
I'm a regular hockey guy.
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.
I am a huge hockey fan.
Would you believe I never went to a hockey game when I was living in Canada?
A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.
We're a huge hockey family. I took to it really quickly, and I was in love with it.
You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.
I was lucky enough to have a hockey career in the NHL.
