"Until we get an apology we're not going to win a game. We vow not to win until we get an apology from Bettman."-Buffalo Sabres winger Dixon Ward
Buffalo Sabres Head Coach Lindy Ruff on Mathew Barnaby-"Matthew's got that fearless attitude and he can laugh at danger
and laugh at any type of fear," "He's a guy that can spark you at any time. He does everything.
He agitates, he's a good playmaker."
"People think there is something wrong with Mike(Milbury). But there's method in his madness." - Scott Lachance describing his former head coach
Milbury on former Ranger enforcer and rival Ulf Samuelson-"Jerk that he is, he's always wearing that smirking grin that makes you want to punch him in the face."
"Screw the Rangers, and screw the Devils; I work for the Islanders now, and I could care less about them!"-Mike Milbury on the triple rivalry between his Islanders, the Rangers and Devils
Vancouver Canucks Dave Scatchard on Mark Messier's first game in New York's Madison Square Garden as a member of the Canucks- "I was fighting back tears, so I could only imagine what Mark was going through. You really feel what Mark meant to the city and what the city meant to him. How could anyone watch that and not feel emotional? He brought their team the Stanley Cup. Thank God he's on our team now."
"When I left here I left everything here. It's time to move on"-Mark Messier
"There are certain things about my game I don't want to change,
but I think it's about time that I realized I can't fight every battle.
Three hundred minutes in penalties is way too many. Way too many."-Rick Tocchet
Dave Reid of the Dallas Stars talking about the new look Detroit Red Wings line-up- "Chelios and Clark are good players, but they?not 25 anymore. They?not going to throw that team on their backs and carry them."
"Lose a game in this town and ewveryone wants to put bullets in the boat. You guys (media) think this is easy."-Pat Quinn, Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coach
Detroit Red Wings Foward Brendan Shanahan on trying to score against Maple Leafs goalie Curtis Joseph-"I think he knows all my tricks. Or the fact I don't have any tricks."
"Ranger fans are the rudest and they're proud of it, I'm sure."-Byron Dafoe
Ron Tugnutt on Gretzky's last game in Canada against the Ottawa Senators-"I'm hoping for a bench clearing brawl during the warm up so I can go out and grab his stick."
After hockey legend Phil Esposito allegedly told a female reporter to perform a sexual favor, a couple of writers stated, "It was a sexist remark", to which someone replied, "No it wasn't, Phil talks to everyone that way."
Shawn Burr on Eric Lindros-"Man that guy is ripped! I mean, I've got the washboard stomach, too. It's just tht mine has about two months of laundry on top of it."
Phonenix Coyotes General Manager Bobby Smith after a Coyote 7-2 loss to Dallas-"Anytime you hold Dallas to a one touchdown, it's not all bad."
Center Mark Messier (then playing for the New York Rangers) - "Biologically, I'm 10. Chronologically, I'm 33. In hockey years, I'm 66."
Detroit Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood on his thoughts about facing Wayne Gretzky coming on a breakaway:
"I don't think. I've told you guys before, goalies don't think."
Detroit's Darren McCarty on putting Konstantinov out against Lemieux: "They will do a lot of talking, but I'm not sure they will understand each other."
"Two or three years ago, every game I want to score. And after
I score a goal I have a spark and I'm so happy I want more. Now I'm
kind of different. I'm not saying I lost my spark - I still have it - but I
don't chase the goal as much as I used to. I'm playing for the team and
I still know I can score, but it's different than two or three years back.
Look at great teams like Detroit a couple of years ago; they win
the Stanley Cup and guys only score 25 goals, nobody has a really
big season. You have to play defense, that's how you win."-Peter Bondra
Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly on the hockey fever in Colorado, during the Avalanche's first season in Denver: "I don't even recognize myself anymore. I'm saving up for a Zamboni. I'm looking for a summer home in Medicine Hat. I'm shaving with a Lady Byng. I wanna torch my stick. I wanna kiss the post. And to think I used to think a Stanley Cup had something to do with an athletic supporter and a drill. I admit, I'm still learning. For instance, I'm having a little trouble seeing the blue dot on the puck when I'm actually at the games, but I'm picking it up on TV pretty easy, that's for sure. And best of all; no Li'l Penny!"
Bruins General Manager Harry Sinden after his team was eliminated from the playoffs, "The remedy, right now, is two scotches and an aspirin, I think."
Ranger President & General Manager Neil Smith on the spending habits of the St. Louis Blues: "If you show up five minutes after the store doors open, they are in a Blues uniform."
Robert Dirk, after being accesed the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim's first ever instigator penalty, " All the records were gone. So I figured here's one record I can get."
"It's too easy when you're not winning to look for excuses and point at others for reasons. You can say: 'Oh, well, it's this guy's fault or they don't do this well.' Or you can say: 'I've got to play better and contribute more.' You've got to find another gear and come up with big games." -Sean Burke
"Why is a puck called a puck? Because dirty little bastard was taken."-New Jersey Devils Goaltender Martin Brodeur
"I'd trade Larry Murphy for a shaved monkey who could skate and a bucket of pucks."-angry Toronto Maple Leafs fan
Tampa Bay's Petr Klima on his habit of breaking his stick after scoring a goal - "I only have 1 goal in each stick."
Tommy McVie on not being hired as the next Bruins head coach, "It hit me like one of Joe Frazier's left hooks, I felt like Dr. Richard Kimble. I felt like for all these years, I've been chasing the one armed man, and I finally caught him, and it turned out to be the wrong guy."
Tom McVie talking about his activities during the lockout: "I go from locker to locker, pretending the guys are here. You know, give them a little bit of a pep talk. It must be working, because we haven't lost a game yet."
Bobby Hull on a longtime Montreal Canadien rival-"I wouldn't urinate in his ear if his brain was on fire!"
LA Kings Head Coach Barry Melrose describing his 1994-95 team, "Now we've got men 6'1' who look small. Now a guy like Marty (McSorley) doesn't even standout on the ice, except for his beautiful blond hair."
Head Coach Pat Burns on the three-way trade involving Steve Thomas, Wendel Clark and Claude Lemieux- "I'd rather play against Claude Lemieux four times a year than play against Wendel or Steve Thomas four times a year ."
Brett Hull on former Blues coach Mike Keenan- "I would be sitting there, thinking about [Keenan] and how I wanted to kill him...in my mind, I'd be cutting his eyes out with my stick."
New Jersey Devils Head Coach Jacques Lemaire in the Ken Daneyko - Kevin Kaminski fued - "Daneyko got mad when Kaminski said he was going to knock his teeth out. Dano has only two teeth left, so you can't say that to Dano."
"Everyone says there is only the trap on this team, but there is a lot more. Go to hell with the trap." -Jacques Lemaire
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy on the octopus throwing Red Wing fans Detroit: "I think they bring me luck...I guess I'll have to like seafood now."
"Catch Us While You Can!"-Hartford Whalers 1987-88 Pocket Schedule
Chris Chelios after taking a hit from Calgary Flames defensemen Glen Featherstone-"He just got me in the right spot. In the small of the back. A good, clean, dirty hit...not that I didn't deserve it."
Ron Hextall on teamate and fellow goalie Garth Snow, after Snow challenged both Rob Ray and Brad May in a game- "He's nuts!", speaking with a grin. "I've got to teach him to settle down."
Mark Crawford's response to how long Patrick Roy had been pronouncing his name Roo-aw.
"Ever since he's been a little boo-aw."
After a pregame warmups scuffle in the 1999 Playofs broke out between New Jersey Devil Lyle Odelein and Matthew Barnaby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Barnaby had this to say about Odelein: "Cornelius as we like to call him gets under your skin. Planet of the Apes. Look at him. Seriously. He looks like Cornelious." Odelein responded by saying: "He should take a look at his wife. She?od-awful to look at."
Rob Ray of the Buffalo Sabres speaking to a reporter after he got into an altercation with Georges Laraque of the Edmonton Oilers: "What are you, the fight doctor now or something? You?never been in a fight in your life, so what are you talking about?"
Toronto Maple Leaf's Dimitri Yushkevich with his bleached blond hair pondering the idea of dying it blue for the playoffs- "Maybe I?anging around with Dennis Rodman to much."
"Part of the learning curve in Edmonton is learning to hate Calgary."-Steve Smith, former Oilers defensemen
Avalanche goalie Patrick Way after attempting to score an open net goal against the Oilers-"I guess they respect my shot because they were all ready at the blue line."
Terry Jones, columnist of the Edmonton Sun commenting on the play of Oilers goalie Tommy "Wild Thing" Salo in the playoff opener, "Wild Thing made their hearts sing. But he couldn't top everything."
Several witnesses informed Toronto Police that they saw a man carrying a sign in the downtown area which read: "Will hit Claude Lemieux from behind for food."
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