Ice Guardians Page #14

---

and that's one of the promises

I made as a kid

sayin' if I ever played

for the New York Rangers,

they would never get pushed around.

They dream about playing

in the National Hockey League.

They dream about

playing... with the best.

And I don't think we should

take that dream away from them.

I had a chance for...

15 years of wakin' up every morning

and uh, like... bouncin' out of bed

and tryin' to figure out

a way to be better

and quicker and faster.

It's allowed me to win the Stanley Cup.

I mean, there's...

There's nothin' better.

I mean, I never thought that.

Playin', I was always

the one tryin' to... keep up.

I had visualized and just

imagined and dreamt.

And just hoped beyond hope

that one day I would be able

to lift the Stanley Cup.

You watch it so many

times on TV growin' up.

It's something that you

wanna do so badly that,

when you're doing it,

you're still kind of like,

not sure if it's real.

It's almost like a dream in a sense.

It's like... My name's on there.

That's unbelievable to be able to say.

It's got Dave Semenko on that cup.

That's never gonna go anywhere.

It doesn't have, in brackets, "Fighter"

or "enforcer" or "goon"

or anything like that.

Would I give up two Stanley Cups

to play on a team that never won

and I was a 50-goal scorer?

I don't think so.

900 games, 4,124 penalty minutes,

248 fights...

192 in the National Hockey League

Two Stanley Cup rings...

and the penalty record.

What more could I want?

That's kinda the beauty of...

Y'know, chasing a dream

and living a dream

and actually saying that you got

to do something that you love

from 4 or 5 years old.

That normal people don't get to do.

I have guys, 5 years after I'm done

that still call me and ask me

how I'm doin'.

That goes a long way with me.

I didn't know 'em.

I didn't know them personally.

I didn't grow up with 'em.

But I get calls.

How you doin' man?

How ya been?

Do you remember the times when I

was in the locker room with 'em

either bleedin' or laughin'

or cryin', whatever.

That's what makes it all worth it.

If someone told me if you go out

and you fight 200-plus times,

and you're gonna be beat up

your shoulder's gonna

be... surgically repaired,

you're gonna... break your nose,

your knuckles...

But in the end of the day,

you're gonna play a game in the NHL...

Easy.

Wouldn't do it any other way.

...Wouldn't change a thing.

I got to play

in the NHL for... ten years.

And that's pretty cool...

For me.

Looking back now,

I always try and look back

and I don't know if I can do it again

because it's been long...

it's been a long road.

But the fighting side, like, the role,

the enforcer role again,

the side that I took on when I

first started playing pro...

100% I'd do that again.

I would definitely do it all again.

I loved it.

A hundred percent.

Everytime.

Hell yeah I would.

I would do my job tomorrow

if I was able to.

If I could turn back time,

I'd put the skates on right now and go.

I'd do it.

I loved it.

There's things you regret

and there's mistakes you made

but on a whole...

I would...

Most certainly do it the

exact same way I've done it.

If you could,

would you do it all over again?

Oh....

With a little more fire.

Rate this script:4.0 / 1 vote