Stickhandling Quotes

I couldn't wait to get on the ice. I couldn't wait to get to practice. As a kid, I couldn't wait to shoot pucks or play in parking lots, or play on the river or play on the bay.

I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles.

You can't get big in hockey. You need to be pliable... they've even taken fighting out of the game, so there's no more of those big huge guys who just fight.

I can play wing.

I like to have the puck when I have speed. You know, then I'm dangerous.

I like to play the puck. I like to be creative a little bit around my net, and now it's been taken away.

The players don't play the position game as much as we used to play. A lot of young guys go up and down, shoot the puck, go for the rebounds. You're getting tired quicker because the body has to react where the puck is going to go. You cannot read it, because you don't have the puck on your stick.

When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.

I play hockey in a pickup league. I grew up playing, so it's nice to get on the ice whenever I can.

To me, the make-up of a modern defenseman, the No. 1 thing is the processing skills.

When you play hockey, you don't have any fear. As soon as you step on the ice everything goes away and you're focusing on the puck and focusing on the play.

I want to be shooter, be competitive, go to the net, so it has changed, but it hasn't changed that much. It's more skating than it used to be for sure.

Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.

I stickhandle a lot at practice. I watch a lot of hockey, so I try to either pick up something from other players or watch some video and see what kind of move would work in the same situation.