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When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky.

Canada is hockey.

I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.

In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey player of Canada.

I'm not a hockey fan, which is probably why I had to leave Canada in the first place.

The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.

I am a huge hockey fan.

Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.

In the '80s, when Gretzky came to the World Championships in the second or third game, you'd see this guy skating circles around the other ones. Unbelievable.

I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on that blue line and hear your national anthem play and being a gold medal champion, you dream of that. And then to be able to accomplish that and actually win a gold medal and represent your country its an amazing feeling.