My best friend had a hockey scholarship at Ohio State, so I would get a couple of pairs at the beginning of the season and send them down to him. They practised two hours a day. He'd skate in them for three weeks then ship them back.

When emotions are high, things are said, things are done. Ultimately, these players want to play. I know too many of them love the game too much.

We're in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle.

I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, "Geez, I didn't know that. That's pretty cool."

One hundred percent of shots not taken don't go in.

And people who know me would tell you that away from hockey I'm really not that competitive.

Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it