When it was my turn, I just skated out and heard this huge cheer. It was very touching considering the bad circumstances under which I had left the team and that I had been away for four years.

I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players.

What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners.

My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded.

At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.

My first season Butch Bouchard accidentally sent me to the hospital for three days with a concussion, but I never backed away from Butch or anyone else after I came back.

A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit.