Great thread, thanks for starting it. I played hockey for about 15 years, and stopped watching in the mid-nineties because it just became so slow, clutchy-grabby.
LOL, my favorite Herb Brooks quote was: "...You've got a million dollar set of legs and a ten-cent fart for a brain..."
Hockey is the greatest sport out there -- hands down.
Love the Brooks quote. You could fill pages with them. LOL.