1.   As much as I love hockey, spending this kind of money for so much hockey seemed a little excessive.

2.   A natural athlete who loved hockey, Chris followed his brother and late trainer Odie Clelland, his mentor, onto the Maryland circuit before he began to ride.

3.   But even to more dispassionate analysts, the argument that this recent arrival from the NBA does not really love hockey has a disturbing air of truth to it.

4.   But my girlfriend loves hockey.

5.   Disney CEO Michael Eisner signed off on this deal, I am convinced, not because he has always loved baseball but because he has come to love hockey.

6.   He does love hockey.

7.   Hooker loved professional hockey.

8.   If she had been loving hockey, she might not have minded the other things she was missing.

9.   Jagr loves hockey, loves the rink, loves to just hang out with his teammates.