“When hell freezes over, I’ll play hockey there, too” is a jocular saying that has been printed on posters and T-shirts. “Let hell freeze over…I’ll play hockey there too!” was a frequent tagline of Keith D. Goldberg on alt.sports.hockey.nhl.ny-rangers in 1998.
“When Hell freezes over…I’ll play hockey there too!” was cited in print in 2002.
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Hockey in Trouble?
Keith D. Goldberg
6/14/98
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“Let hell freeze over…I’ll play hockey there too!”
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YAWN…
Keith D. Goldberg
7/26/98
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“Let hell freeze over…I’ll play hockey there too!”
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These quotes were found on the backs of T-Shirts and on license plate frames. If you have more quotes, please e-mail them to me and I will add them to this site.
This page last updated October 5, 2002.
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. When Hell Freezes Over… I’ll Play Hockey There Too!
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By Robert L on Aug 5, 2006, 2:51a
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“When Hell freezes over, I’ll play hockey there too.” — Author Unknown
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Bobby Orr and Me
By Martin Avery
Lulu.com
2009
Pg. 157:
His kid liked to say, “When Hell freezes over, I’ll play hockey there too”.
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“When Hell freezes over, I’ll play hockey there too.” - Author Unknown
4:48 PM - 28 Apr 2009
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The 2,320 Funniest Quotes:
The Most Hilarious Quips and One-Liners from AllGreatQuotes.com
Compiled by Tom Corr
Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press
2011
Pg. 380:
When hell freezes over, I’ll play hockey there too. —— Anonymous
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August 10, 2011
Some Favorite Hockey Quotes
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When Hell freezes over, I’ll play hockey there too. ~Author Unknown
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Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Sporting Quotations
By Fred Metcalf
London: Biteback Publishing Ltd.
2013
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When Hell freezes over, I’ll play hockey there too.
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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