4. “I liked Patrick’s quote, (that) he would have stopped me. I wanted to know where he was in Game 3. He was probably getting his jock out of the rafters of the United Center.”
– On Patrick Roy after Game 4 of the conference semifinal between Chicago and Colorado in 1996. Roy’s retort: “I can’t really hear what Jeremy says, because I’ve got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears.”
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1. “It’s not my fault (Snow) didn’t have any other options coming out of high school. If going to college gets you a career backup goaltender job and my route gets you a thousand points and a thousand games, and compare the two contracts, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out whose decision was better.”
– On Islanders goalie Garth Snow’s response to Roenick complaining about the officiating during a Flyers-Islanders game during which Snow said Roenick wasn’t “that bright.”
via The Hockey News: THN.com Top 10: THN.com Top 10: Roenick quotes.