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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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?
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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.
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We're going to try to make it better for everybody, period, end of subject. And if you don't realize that, then don't come.
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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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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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We tried to give Andy what he wanted. We were like an energy line.
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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.
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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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So look for him to come up with something. I know in Minnesota, Jacques is trying to do the same thing. It's interesting to see what's going to work. We're going to have to work in a lot of systems to try to counteract no red line. It's probably going to drive me out of my mind, but they're going to have to find something to counter long-ice passes and guys cheating through centre ice.
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My heart is really hurt, ... Philly is a tough place to leave because it's one of the best organizations in pro sports. They have some of the classiest people in management and without a doubt the best owner. It hurts to know that they are going to have a good team this year and I'm not going to be a part of it.
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We're a strong union, but we are frustrated with the lack of communication, the lack dialogue and negotiation by the NHL,
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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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Playing with Cammalleri and Frolov, I have to work a little harder, ... They're speedy.
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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.