Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell
Retired hockey defenceman who played 11 years in NHL with teams like the Los Angeles Kings. He later became the NHL's Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations.
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth28 January 1953
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But this is going to stay for a while. We can't get lax this time.
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While all of the constituent groups will never reach complete agreement on what the changes should be, we felt it was our obligation to recommend a slate of changes that will succeed in doing one thing - entertaining our fans - both those in the arena and those watching on television.
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Our game reports are not for public dissemination and particularly not for politicians who may be using this whole disjointed affair to seemingly garner votes.
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This time, coaches, managers and players can't cut us up and beat us up in front of the fans we're trying to sell the game to.
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We didn't feel it was Tucker's intent to hurt Janssen with the helmet ... he was trying to get the helmet off and I don't think he was trying to use it as a weapon.
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The party would not accept the nomination if the candidate did not sign the nomination form.
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We want to keep the toughness in the game. You're allowed to check. You're allowed to bang. You're allowed to get in there and push. You're allowed to fight.
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We'll be focusing on rules changes that have been brought forth over the last year and a half. We understand certain changes have to be made, but we don't want knee-jerk solutions. We don't think the game is as bad on the ice as some people make it out to be. That's a side effect of our problems off the ice. But we do understand some changes have to be made.
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(The referees) have been calling (penalties) and sticking to them. They've been calling them when it's 5-on-4 and they've been calling it late in game and in overtime. It's made for a better game.
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If a big call is made in the last 30 seconds or five minutes of a game, if there's a call made that keeps a team out of the playoffs or knocks them out of the first round, and it starts costing teams money, that'll be the litmus test,
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But this time, because of the lockout, we had the whole year to sink our teeth into it. We discussed it with players, coaches, refs and managers, and this was (the edict) to come down.
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I find it quite disturbing and also surprising that in the legal world of all places redress is denied.
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He was very soft, sweet and he gave Diana all the attention she lusted after,
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He went way beyond the limits. He was going for the player's eye. He did damage to the guy's eye. That wasn't a punch, he was trying to grab the player's eye with his thumb - after he speared him first. And he's a repeat offender.