I played professional hockey in Europe. I played in the German third league and the Dutch elite league.
I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I was 7, and he was still playing.
Depending on how we start the season, I can play center or wing... It doesn't matter to me.
I've always gone through adversity in this game, and I've always overcome it. My middle school coach told me that I was probably a better hockey player than a football player, and that still drives me every day.
It's a dream come true to be part of an NHL team, to be a regular in the NHL, to live the life, to make the money and do all that stuff.
I wore No. 19 because of Bryan Trottier. I liked the overall aspect of his game. I liked the way he conducted himself on the ice. He was a quiet guy. He played really hard; just a good all-around, prototypical center man who could do everything.
I'm a dad first and foremost, then it goes hockey and then work, in that order.
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 always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor.
No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.
If I weren't acting, I think I'd want to be a professional hockey player.
I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete.
I am an arena creature - by birth, I think. Most of my life has been spent as a rink rat.
It's in my blood to be an athlete, to be a hockey player.
Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do.
I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates.
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.
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.
Orr is the greatest young hockey player that's come along since I've been here.
Mario Lemieux is Mr. Pittsburgh.
I don't just want to be a drag-flicker. I want to be become a complete hockey player.
People who know the game of hockey, who followed hockey, they know who Sandeep Singh is. They know I have been Indian Hockey team's captain, but they don't know about the struggle and the life after being shot.
After the hockey stick, Sardara Singh scores with the broom! A great effort by him towards a Swachh Bharat.
Sidney Crosby, our greatest player, I don't want to see Sidney Crosby in the penalty box. I don't want to see Sidney Crosby hurt. I want to see Sidney Crosby play.
Obviously my former place in Washington, you got stars like Alex Ovechkin. Those are great challenges because you're looking at a player who does something very unique and trying to grow him in areas.
