11.   Born in St. Louis and raised in suburban Detroit, LaFontaine is one of the best hockey players produced by the United States.

12.   Currently playing some of the best hockey in the NHL.

13.   Good news for Hitchcock and Co., because history tells us Belfour plays his best hockey when he really wants something.

14.   Harvey has played his best hockey this season as a linemate with checkers Dave Reid and Guy Carbonneau.

15.   He was coming off maybe the best hockey of his life.

16.   He was one of the best hockey players in the world.

17.   He was playing his best hockey with Joe Nieuwendyk, before Nieuwendyk sustained fractured rib cartilage.

18.   I loved the E-Center, where the best hockey players in the world stretched their skills on the big ice.

19.   I was playing the best hockey of my life down there.

20.   In one fell swoop, the Stars lose two of the best hockey minds in the NHL.