Jeremy Roenick
Jeremy Roenick
Jeremy Shaffer "J. R." Roenickis an American former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League. He played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks over the course of his 18 NHL season career and represented Team USA in numerous international tournaments. On November 10, 2007, he became the third American-born playerto score 500 goals...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth17 January 1970
CityBoston, MA
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The owners can sit there and do giveaways and lower ticket prices to get the fans back to the game knowing that what they are really doing is taking it out of our pockets, ... It's important to get people back into the arenas to watch hockey, but it is a lot easier to do when (the owners) know they still get money back because they are taking it out of our paycheck. In essence, the players are paying for all the giveaways and free stuff that the owners are doing. Which is all well and good, but you don't hear about it.
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I'm a little shook up. When you take two shots, point blank to the face like I have in the past two months, it's a pretty scary thing. I have to see how the neurological stuff turns out and how my body reacts before I do anything.
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But seriously, ... I love doing all this stuff and I try to do as much for the team as I can. Like tomorrow, we're going on a few lunch dates with some guys to renew their season tickets. Hopefully my being there can help sell a few season tickets. I want to do as much as I can to promote our team.
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I think they were holding the fact I haven't played in the last two World Cups against me. I'm a lot better player than my points indicate. I'm one of the guys that have (got) the USA to where it is today.
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I say personally, to everybody who called us 'spoiled,' you guys are just jealous . . . we have tried so, so hard to get this game back on the ice.
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Our team has been awesome, ... I've been very pleasantly surprised at how awesome every guy in our locker-room is. I've just had a great time with these guys.
playing work
Playing with Cammalleri and Frolov, I have to work a little harder, ... They're speedy.
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Just when I was starting to get into a groove and getting things in the right place, this happens. But, oh well, what are you going to do?
lack respect state
I think it indicates the state of our game, the lack of respect especially in preseason,
lack respect state
I think it indicates the state of our game, the lack of respect - especially in preseason,
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My whole point was that there's a time and a place to make hits like that. I'm a firm believer that pre-season isn't the time for those kinds of hits. And both of us are guys that been around, our jobs aren't at stake.
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I think our team put forth a hell of an effort. I thought we dominated the hockey game.
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When we watch hockey games and see 8,000 fans in (Washington) D.C., you cringe as a player, ... Those cities that aren't pulling their weight in terms of drawing fans and revenue are hurting everybody as a whole, not just that city.
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To be on the (stationary) bike every day, sometimes twice a day, and just being skated without pucks for five weeks, six weeks, that (expletive) is for the birds.