W. Hull
W. Hull
felt tough
We felt like we had to come out strong. This is a tough place to play.
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To play in the National Hockey League as a red blooded American kid... a Canadian kid, we all dreamed about it and I made a boyhood dream come true.
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When I left, I got on the bus to go to Tokyo with Chris Chelios and Gary Suter and some of the guys, we were kind of sour because of what we heard had happened. I want to go and make it better and rebuild a great thing, which is USA hockey.
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They formed the WHA in 1972 because they thought certain areas in the U.S. and Canada were being neglected by professional hockey.
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They have no right to own property in the United States because they have no right to be here in the first place.
favorite song
Mandy... that's my favorite song of all time. Man, oh, man.
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I've never repeated, you know? We went to the finals back-to-back in Dallas, but we didn't win the second time. We lost in the final to Jersey. But if you have the same group, because of the knowledge you have, yeah, I think the journey is easier.
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Guys sit there and say they don't want their son to be a goalie. He's 8 years old right now, and he likes to play goalie. Go ahead, play goalie-but I want you to also play forward and learn how to play the game.
dallas next
I want to be back in Dallas next year.
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Scoring a goal is a euphoric feeling-and it's not so much the puck going in. It's the reaction from your teammates, the opponents and the fans-like, to shut up a crowd or to have your fans go berserk is the greatest feeling. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
takes
It's more than music. It takes you to a different place.
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I had so much fun coming to the rink day after day,
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I had so much fun coming to the rink day after day, ... I wish no one had to do this because it's so hard; it's hard because you never think you're going to grow older and be unable to live up to the expectations you set for yourself. I just thank everyone who ever touched my life in the game.
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The Coast Guard has a long history of operating jointly with the Department of Defense forces in matters of national security.