11.   Anyway, he had not returned to Boston just to run recreationally, any more than Wayne Gretzky played hockey to glide around the ice.

12.   As a sophomore at Hanover High School seven years ago, he broke his neck and needed two years of rehabilitation before he could begin playing hockey again.

13.   Asked whether he would return to play Olympic hockey for Canada, he said that it would depend on whether he would be picked again.

14.   Atlantans are wrong if they think most NHL players from Canada grew up playing hockey year-round.

15.   Attending the AHIHA camp and then venturing out to play hockey against hearing athletes, they gain confidence and self-esteem they might not otherwise have achieved.

16.   Bates is living a dream every youngster who ever played street hockey in Greater Boston has had.

17.   Bobby Orr recently told his interviewers about the fun he had playing hockey as a kid without adult supervision.

18.   Bobby Holik grew up in Slovakia playing hockey for his father, Jaroslav.

19.   Both played winning hockey, but only one could advance.

20.   A hero of the game predicts a bright future for hockey Pittsburgh Penguins legend Mario Lemieux nabbed just about every award possible while playing hockey.