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
behind bench brings coming game great hockey league leverage national perfect stand wayne
Having him stand behind the bench is a great thing for the game of hockey, and we need that coming out of the lockout. He has so much pizzazz, and he brings so much leverage to the game that it's a perfect thing for the National Hockey League to have Wayne more involved.
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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.
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?
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.
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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.
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.
game hard last night poised ready shows team
Last night was really deflating. For us to come back with an energy-filled game shows that this team is ready and poised for a lot of hard work. It's really gratifying.
everybody game guys hard jealous tried
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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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.
game goal good
It was a fluky goal they (the Wings) scored on the game-winner. But they're a good team.
game goal good
It was a fluky goal they (the Wings) scored on the game-winner, ... But they're a good team.
sports nhl games
I'm obviously into the sports. The NFL games and the NHL games.
kids games goes-on
With my kids I have to get involved in the Scooby Doo games and the basic kid games that go on. I find myself getting on it more and more just because of my kids.
hockey ice games
Obviously ice hockey's much faster. You play street hockey, most likely, with a ball. Where the puck is more difficult to maneuver with. There's not too many things that are different. Playing on the ice is totally, totally different than playing on the street. It's totally a different game in that aspect.