Call them pros, call them mercenaries - but in fact they are just grown - up kids who have learned on the frozen creek or flooded corner lot that ho….

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 me….

I went to elementary school in Goodeve, Saskatchewan, a small Ukrainian town. I played a lot of hockey, a lot of ball. Because of that I fit in - eve….

There is only one way a boy can be sure to learn to play hockey - on the pond, on the creek, on a flooded lot. The foundation of hockey isn't really ….

Tomorrow, America's most famous hockey mom, Sarah Palin, will drop the ceremonial first puck at the Philadelphia Flyers game. Right afterwards, she'l….

Sure, Daniel wears number 22 and Henrik number 33..

I can't control what people say or anything like that. I have to focus on what I can control and that's what I'm going to do..

The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem..

No man is entirely worthless, he can always serve as a bad example..

Scary is time passing and sickness and dying and regret and isolation and loneliness and relationship problems - as opposed to a guy in a hockey mask….

I'm hoping for a bench clearing brawl during the warm up so I can go out and grab his stick..

I don't order fries with my club sandwich..

Detroit is still seen as the tough city, a city that has a reputation for high crime, ... The tough city thing is fine. Its always had a reputation a….

Usually, I'm on the bus by now, having a beer and waiting for everyone else. This is cutting into my beer time..

I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best….

Hockey taught me to challenge myself and be the best I can be on and off the ice..

I don't mind a little blood on the ice when it's a hockey rink, but I hate seeing blood on the ice when it's from baby seals..

Canada is a country where the serious writers are hockey fans and readers of comic books. They don't play chess..

You get a pretty good read by watching the play, and knowing what you would have done - having done most of the things that these guys are accused of….

The only job worse is a javelin catcher at a track - and - field meet..

Goals live on the other side of obstacles and challenges. Be relentless in pursuit of those goals, especially in the face of obstacles. Along the way….