Chris Chelios
Chris Chelios
Christos Kostas Chelios, better known as Chris Chelios, is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently the Executive Advisor to Ken Holland, the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, a role that Steve Yzerman held before leaving to become general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He is one of the longest tenured players in the National Hockey League...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth25 January 1962
CityEvergreen Park, IL
special
I think it's pretty special and he's having a blast.
desire handle
It's not his desire, it's how he can handle it physically. He hasn't told me a word.
exciting game held home
It's not often that game is held in your home city. It will be exciting around here.
almost front knew nervous played playing
I almost played my way off that team, probably because I was so nervous playing in front of Don. I knew I was on the bubble.
difficult information ted
Ted is censoring the information that we want put out to the players. He has made it difficult for us to communicate.
excuse game good teams time total
There's no excuse for it. We did get complacent. We had a game in total control, it was there to win, and good teams keep leads, especially this time of season.
concern everybody game issue last physical
Everybody said it was a big concern going into the last Olympics, but the international game is not as physical as the NHL, so it's not the same. I don't think its going to be an issue at all. It wasn't the last time.
chance gold olympic position thankful
I didn't think I would be in this position in September. I'm just thankful for another chance at an Olympic gold medal.
confidence country game higher level lose putting realize slovakia thick top upsets win worry
Our confidence level should be a lot higher now after putting out a game like that (against Kazakhstan). If you look at the upsets that have happened, you realize that every country is in the thick of it. If you win a game, you are on top of the world and if you lose one, you are back in the pack. We have to worry about Slovakia and win that game.
credit good great lawyer player school team veteran
It's good to see a veteran player get a job. Great team guy. Credit to him to go back to school and get his degree. Better (to) have Stu there than some lawyer we don't know.
chance city coming forward home leading looking people super week
It's not too often you get a chance to be in your home city for the Super Bowl. I'm looking forward to it, anyway, the week leading up to it, all the people coming into town.
agreed deal hurt market marquee million taking
That's taking $90 million out of the market place for players. That lowers the market for everyone. That's going to hurt our marquee players. It's contradicting the deal we agreed to.
bad power score special stay took total
Our special teams, again, we didn't score on our power play, they did. We took some bad penalties. We stay out of the box, no problem, we're in total control.
asked dreams playing wildest
In my wildest dreams I would have never, if you had asked me 10 years ago, thought I would still be playing at this level.