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| Quotes from the All Star Game | |||||||||
| "I've been in this just about every time they've held it. And you still get nervous. The fans still expect me, with my reputation, to win it, so the pressure's on," MacInnis said proudly after the competition. "These guys, you know you look around the room, they're so big and strong now. I don't know if this will be the last year I'll be able to maintain the record or not, but it was nice to be involved." | |||||||||
| "It's kind of that benchmark, you know," MacInnis said of surpassing 100. "The kids ask you 'What's the hardest you've ever shot?' Before I reached a hundred a couple of years ago, I always had to say 98.7 or 99-whatever, but at least I can say a hundred." | |||||||||
| "A lot of action, a lot of shots," Turek said of the almost nonstop up-and-down flow. "I think it's more like European hockey." | |||||||||
| Asked to predict the score, World team goaltender Roman Turek of St. Louis said, "15-14." | |||||||||
| "If I do what I always do, I won't hit the net," MacInnis said. "He'll be pretty safe in there." | |||||||||
| "I saw it prior to going out on the ice and it was a `Wow,'" said Quenneville, who served as coach Scotty Bowman's assistant on the World team today. "And when I saw it again on the big screen, I almost had a tear going down my cheek. It was a special moment, and it was a great idea." | |||||||||
| Pavol Demitra of the St. Louis Blues, on why he likes the All-Star Game: "This is so much fun. There is no hitting. Everybody is just trying to make nice moves and playing 1-on-1. It's so much fun." | |||||||||
| St. Louis Blues defenseman Chris Pronger, on the impact of the Rams' Super Bowl championship: "It's motivating, sure. It was great for the city and obviously for the Rams. After the last four years, it's kind of hard the way things went for them, but everything kind of went great for them. It's like a picture-perfect season. For the city to finally get a Super Bowl, and all the excitement from (Mark) McGwire to the Super Bowl, hopefully also a Stanley Cup." |
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| "I can't give my secret away, it's something I've always had, it's something I've always worked on, MacInnis said. "I'd rather be shooting than trying to block it. I've been in this competition before and this is only the second time I've been over 100. (Rob) Blake was 99, (Chris) Pronger was 99, John LeClair got 100. I thought, 'I'm in trouble this year.' I think as you get older, they should allow you to move closer to the net." | |||||||||
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