1.   Critics claimed the steaks tasted like hockey pucks but that was a cheap shot and alluded to the fact that Sprout had once played and coached hockey in Seattle.

2.   Eager to get back on the ice, Gilpatrick said he hopes to coach hockey someday without the use of his wheelchair.

3.   Nothing against Francis, who formerly coached minor league hockey in Providence and drew rave reviews from youngsters he sent to the parent club, the Boston Bruins.

4.   One Soviet holdout from the documentary was Tikhonov, who is still coaching hockey in Russia.

5.   Riley coached hockey at West Point for more than three decades.

6.   Walsh will be back coaching hockey in December.

7.   Wanting to stay in the game, he coached youth hockey part time.