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Flashpoint · 03-22-2006, 02:30 PM

Thought I might start a thread about famous people who play hockey. Perhaps folks that you might not expect.

Anyone who gets the hockey news knows John Kerry plays fairly regularly.

But how about Pope John Paul II?

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In the winter, the future pontiff played ice hockey on the Skawa's frozen surface and went skiing.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2028562

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The Canadian youths gave the Pope a hockey stick with his name, John Paul, inscribed on the back. And his number: 2, in Roman numerals, of course. It was Roger's idea.

"Because I love hockey," he explained, gently shrugging his shoulders.

The Pope surprised them by confiding, "60 years ago, I too played hockey!"

http://www.ewtn.com/wyd2000/dines.htm

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At the end of a youth rally at Kiel Center, where the St. Louis Blues hockey team played, a teenager handed the pope a sports jersey with "John Paul II" emblazoned across the back. Flashing a sly smile, the pope replied, slowly and in his thick Polish accent, "I am prepared to return to play hockey." Then, walking off the stage, he turned his walking cane into a hockey stick and sent an imaginary puck into the corner.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...NG96C2L7B1.DTL

So, anybody else got any famous hockey players the rest of us might not know about?

La Flames Fan · 03-22-2006, 02:32 PM

Nm

RedHot25 · 03-22-2006, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by La Flames Fan

Nm

albertGQ · 03-22-2006, 02:36 PM

Wayne Gretzky is someone that is very famous that played hockey. He is actually the highest point producer in NHL history

MJK · 03-22-2006, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by La Flames Fan

Nm

You're lucky you posted that because I was gonna put up a picture of you! now go back and suntan or something...

RedMan12 · 03-22-2006, 04:42 PM

I have a hockey card of Mr. Rogers as a Pittsburg Penguin. He was made honorary Captian in 1993.

http://www.misterrogers.org/mister_r...orhood/faq.asp

Which sports team made Fred Rogers an honorary captain?
In 1993, the National Hockey League celebrated its 75th anniversary by asking its teams to choose "celebrity captains." The Pittsburgh Penguins named Fred Rogers, and he ice skated into the arena to thunderous applause when he received his award -- and a Pittsburgh Penguin sweater.

sketchyt · 03-22-2006, 04:48 PM

I think I read something about Manute Bol playing a game in some kind of freak show exhibit or something.

octothorp · 03-22-2006, 04:56 PM

Hey, how about Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko, currently on the news daily because he's on the verge of being forcibly removed from power after apparently rigging elections. Seems to me I've seen footage of him playing hockey on a couple occasions, most recently when he played in a charity game alongside Khabibulin during the Stanley Cup's brief visit to Belarus.

Looger · 03-22-2006, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by RedMan12

I have a hockey card of Mr. Rogers as a Pittsburg Penguin. He was made honorary Captian in 1993.

this wasn't swayed by his violent past?

http://movies.collegehumor.com/items/2006/02/collegehumor.1658704.swf

Flash Walken · 03-22-2006, 07:06 PM

LIONSAULT!

Gravitykillr · 03-22-2006, 07:29 PM

Denis Leary is also a big hockey fan from what I've seen. Has had more than a few episode's of Rescue Me where he plays hockey, also mentioned watching hockey on one of his Comedy cd's

Flashpoint · 03-22-2006, 07:38 PM

Forgot about that one...

From a Playboy interview:

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PLAYBOY: Is it true that you're a longtime amateur hockey player?
CARELL: Yeah. A few years back I joined a men's league in Burbank. We're the Sharks. We're very bad, but we have a good time with it. What I lack in physical ability I make up for in poor coordination. Surprisingly, for an amateur hockey league, people get hurt all the time. It's a combination of the pure lack of skill and all those sharp skates and sticks. It's a bunch of middle-aged guys of varying degrees of being out of shape trying to recapture their youth. It's a recipe for disaster. I've chipped my two front teeth and dislocated and broken and strained and pulled all sorts of things. And that's playing just once a week. You can pack a lot of pain into a one-hour hockey game.

http://www.playboy.com/features/features/stevecarell/

calf · 03-22-2006, 07:39 PM

http://extratv.warnerbros.com/dailyn...02/01_31d.html

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Cuba Gooding Jr. was talking tough at the NHL all-star celebrity challenge in L.A. Wednesday night. He joined stars like Kim Alexis, Alan Thicke, and Michael Rappaport on ice.

Kerry, Leary & Moranis

browna · 03-22-2006, 07:46 PM

With only chewing gum, a magnet, and a magnifying glass, this guy can score....Ken King, sign him up!

Kiefer Sutherland, of "24" fame:

Flash Walken · 03-22-2006, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by calf

http://extratv.warnerbros.com/dailyn...02/01_31d.html

Kerry, Leary & Moranis

[/quote] He joined stars like Kim Alexis, Alan Thicke, and Michael Rappaport on ice.[/quote]

Kipru · 03-22-2006, 10:19 PM

Macgyver, of course. If he had played hockey the records of Gretzky and Roy would have been shattered.

Inferno · 03-22-2006, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Flash Walken

LIONSAULT!

He's a Flames fan too.

FlamesAddiction · 03-22-2006, 10:32 PM

Cuba Gooding Junior plays hockey.

I heard he and Daigle were buddies during Daigle's hiatus.

FireFly · 03-22-2006, 10:58 PM

The boys of Nickleback play.

Jayems · 03-22-2006, 11:16 PM

Not a famous person, but the kin of one. Goldie (Edit: Hawn?) and Kurt (Edit: Russel?)... whats their last name... (was in backdraft... ) Their son plays for a whl team or something out in van.