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
beat gold hill opportunity time win
To not have the opportunity to go back one more time and try and win the gold is obviously, in my opinion, very disrespectful. They can beat me down and say I'm over the hill or say that I don't have it anymore, but to me, I know that I do.
bike five six skated twice
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.
appealing game interview media message negative picked
But the media picked out the negative stuff. ... Don't show snippets of the interview; show the whole interview, the whole message. My message during the interview was: How do we make the game more appealing to the fans?
dates few guys help hopefully love lunch promote renew season sell stuff team
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.
lack
It's a lack of desperation and a lack of effort.
controlled defense exception four good huge minutes played second time win
It's a huge win in that it allows us to see where we are at this time of the year, ... We played a very controlled game. Our defense was very good with the exception of four minutes in the second period.
decide game trying
It's not that I want to get paid. I'm trying to decide if I want to play this game again, and right now I don't think I can.
blade good shoot skate willpower
It's precautionary. They don't want me to skate with a blade on, and I don't know that I have that good of willpower to not shoot a puck.
athletes best blue fact game hockey love players terms true ugly
It's unfortunate (the lockout) got as ugly as it did. I think our fans, hockey fans, are true blue fans. They love the game and they love the fact that the hockey players are probably the best athletes out there, in terms of being personal, and they're going to come back in droves.
chance last olympics took usa
I've done a lot for USA hockey. This is really my last chance to be in the Olympics and they took it away from me.
deal forever
Everyone makes such a big deal about him sometimes, ... If I didn't have my own thing going, I would forever feel that I was on the sidelines.
break couple everybody game good heal step struggling wins wounds
It's good to have a break now. We've been struggling and battling, so to get two wins before the break is nice. We need to step back away from the game and re-energize ourselves. I've got a couple of wounds I need to heal right now, and I think everybody else does too.
catalyst guys last league
It's a shame. These guys have been, for the last 12 to 15 years, the catalyst for what the league is all about.
afraid lack mistakes prevent total trying
It's a total lack of confidence. We make too many mistakes because we're afraid of doing something wrong. You've got to play to win. You can't play like you're trying to prevent losing.