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
hockey thinking play
It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.
chasing excuse game god good great needed point reason teams thank total ways whatever win
For whatever reason we did get complacent. For a game we had total control, we were winning, great teams find ways to win and keep leads, especially at this point in the season. There's no excuse for it. But thank God it wasn't a team that (was) chasing us or needed the points, which was a good thing.
mentioned ted until
Ted never mentioned any of them until he got caught.
gate great guys realize
I think it's really important for the guys to realize how important it is to get out to a great start. We've got to come out of the gate ready.
special
I think it's pretty special and he's having a blast.
call depends guess negative players support
It all depends on how the referees call it. We've been through that before. All the players are told to support it and not be negative in the beginning, so I guess we'll just go with that.
discourage obscure people players possible
That's the most obscure place you could have it. Most players won't go. I think he set up to discourage as many people as possible from going.
happy played
I thought we played well enough to win. We aren't happy with our results, but I think we happy with our effort.
nike
Nike is renting it out for the whole week.
doubted playing
If you would've said 10 years ago that I'd be playing at this level, I would've doubted it very much.
democracy determined ensure fully informed matters members membership players relating responsibility return veteran younger
The players are determined to ensure that all NHLPA members are fully and completely informed about matters relating to their membership and their futures. This is about democracy and transparency. As veteran players we want to return the Association to its members. It is our responsibility to the younger players.
calling consistent guess national promote television tight trying
You have national television and you're trying to promote scoring. Calling it tight and making the calls, it's all part of it right now. As long as it's consistent and even, I guess that's all you can ask.
coming
We're getting better every game. I don't think any of us can be getting frustrated. But we've got to do something constructive coming out of the round-robin.
hockey
When no one else signs me.