Paul Coffey
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"Paul Douglas Coffey" is a Canada/Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League. Known for his speed and scoring prowess, Coffey ranks second all-time among NHL defencemen in career Goal (ice hockey)/goals, Assist (ice hockey)/assists, and Point (ice hockey)/points, behind Ray Bourque. Coffey was born in Weston, Ontario, but grew up in Toronto, Ontario.

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Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

When the sweater was going up, there were a lot of things going through my mind.

I was having trouble.

A night like this wouldn't have been possible without the help of a lot of people. It takes a team to accomplish the banners that are up here in this building.

It's impossible for me to go back and put on that hockey sweater again.

Wayne was such a big part of my career here in Edmonton as well as everybody's that I think that having him in the building is just icing on the cake.

We played pretty much from the cuff.

I had no idea it was coming.

Simple philosophy: be on time, come to the rink ready to play. And we pretty much did that all the time and pretty much learned as we went.