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• Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an Acme anvil, then expanded–accordion-style–back to full stature, without any lasting side effect. — American sportswriter Steve Rushin, in Sports Illustrated, on the physical indomitability of hockey players
• There will never be a salary cap. I've told the players to be prepared for a long lockout by the owners. It may last a year, it may last two or three years, but we will never accept a salary cap. This isn't the NFL. I'm confident the players are prepared for whatever happens. — National Hockey League Players Association executive director Bob Goodenow, on the unwillingness of his union to accept, from the National Hockey League, a collective bargaining agreement of which a salary cap was a component, prior to the formal cancellation of the 2004-05 season
• This is great news for the game of ice hockey as a unifying agent. — International Ice Hockey Federation president René Fasel, on the 2006 contesting of a friendly match in Chuncheon between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of Korea
• The best players played to their ability and Mario was amazing the way he led the team. Every time you win, it's special, and this time was even more special because we won in Toronto. — Canada men's national team advisor Wayne Gretzky, on the side's winning the 2004 World Cup of Hockey on home ice and under the direction of captain Mario Lemieux, pictured, with the Pittsburgh Penguins
• I can't believe it. This is awesome. I felt good all game, not nervous at all. We've watched the movie Miracle many times, and I always imagine that I am Jim Craig. — Sweden women's national team goaltender Kim Martin, on her team's semifinal shootout victory over the United States team in the XVII Olympic Winter Games in 2006, the first victory over the United States by any side other than that of Canada in international play, in a game compared to that in the XIII Olympic Winter Games, styled as the Miracle on Ice, in which the United States defeated the Soviet Union

• Yes, I played in six of those games and scored two goals and had two assists, but nobody knows about that. — Canada men's national team left wing Jean-Paul Parise, on his having attacked referee Josef Kampolla–whom Parise nearly struck with his stick–who had called penalties for interference and game misconduct on Parise, in the eighth and final game of the 1972 Summit Series, in which his team ultimately defeated the Soviet Union, 6-5
• Hockey would not have the same appeal if it were played on ground or grass. Ice is what gives the coolest game on Earth...its distinguishing characteristics. — Université de Moncton adjunct physics professor Alain Haché

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