Freshman Boys Hockey Interviews
Sometimes if you don’t play a certain sport, but like to watch it, you may not know many of the players on the team, especially if they aren’t in your grade. These interviews serve as a way to let you get to know the future members of your Prowler hockey team.
Name: Brendan Toso
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?`
A. 4 years old
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. Parents made me
Q.Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. My parents
Q. What position do you play?
A. Forward
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. Pavel Datsyuk
Q. What drills would you recommend to other players wanting to improve stick handling?
A. Repetition. If you’re on the ice, I recommend just skating with the puck.
Q.What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Some skating, some skating with pucks, some shooting with pucks, and conditioning
Q.What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. When I got pinned up on the boards and turned pro for 5 seconds and went through 3 guys.
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Nothing, possibly try out for a college team
Name: William Johnson
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 3 years old
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. My dad brought me out to the ice with my brother.
Q. Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. My Dad
Q. What position do you play?
A. Defense
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. Scotts Stevens, Niklas Kronwall and Shea Weber
Q. What would you recommend to other players to prepare for stick handling foes?
A. Stay on the inside of the face-off dots and keep them to the outside and watch the body, not the puck.
Q. What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Warm up skating, warm up goalies, drills, fun games to end it off
Q. What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. Going to Regions in our Peewee A year
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Go to college and focus on my career
Name: Mike Villarreal
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 3 years old
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. I found a hockey card
Q. Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. My step dad, Jayson Pasch
Q. What position do you play?
A. Forward LW
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. Dylan Larkin or Evgeni Malkin
Q. What drills would you recommend to other players wanting to improve stick handling?
A. Grab some cones, put them in a position you want them at, skate full speed and do quick moves
Q. What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Warm up skating, then we warm up goalies, drills, and then we do fun games
Q. What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. Coming to Thief River Falls and skating with this incredible team
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Trying out for UND and if that doesn’t work out, work on my business career
Name: Tucker Skime
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 4 years
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. My brother started playing hockey and he was a role model
Q. Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. My brother
Q. What position do you play?
A. Right wing or defense
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. Nick Lidstrom
Q. What drills would you recommend to other players wanting to improve stick handling?
A. Just easy stickhandling drills but repetition is key
Q. What would you recommend to other players to prepare for stick handling foes?
A. Just keep your body in front of them
Q. What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Laid back but when stuff is needed to get done we bear down
Q. What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. Coming back from a three goal lead to go to regions
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Go to a four year [university]
Name: Noah Rupprecht
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 5 years old
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. Because it was intriguing
Q. Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. My dad
Q. What position do you play?
A. Goalie
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. Matt Murray
Q. What drills would you recommend to other goalies wanting to improve hand eye coordination?
A. Juggling
Q. What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Shots on us down low, shoot on us high, small area games
Q. What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. Going to regions in 7th grade
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Go to School for Business Marketing
Name: Bryar Lane
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 4 years old
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. My brother was in it
Q. Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. My grandpa
Q. What position do you play?
A. Defense
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. David Backes
Q. What drills would you recommend to other players to prepare for stick handling foes?
A. Don't be afraid to go into the corners
Q. What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Warm up then, power play and penalty kill then small area games
Q. What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. Regions in 7th grade
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Going to college for something
Name: Ethan Larson
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 4 years old
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. My dad played it
Q. Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. My dad
Q. What position do you play?
A. Defense
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. T.J Oshie
Q. What would you recommend to other players wanting to prepare for stick handling foes?
A. Practice makes perfect
Q. What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Stretch before practice, and a lot of different drills
Q. What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. Just playing with my friends
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Hopefully play college hockey
Name: Evan Bushy
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 3 years old
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. Because my whole family played hockey
Q. Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. My dad
Q. What position do you play?
A. Defense
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. A.P.K Subban
Q. What would you recommend to other players to prepare for stick handling foes?
A. Stick on stick
Q. What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Work out before, practice and then leave
Q. What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. First varsity goal
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Hopefully playing hockey somewhere
Name: Kash Quam
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 3
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. My brothers played
Q. Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. Brothers
Q. What position do you play?
A. Defense
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. Martin St. Louis
Q. What drills would you recommend to other players to prepare for stick handling foes?
A. Keep it in the zone
Q. What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Warm ups, shoot on the goalie and games
Q. What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. 2 goals in a game against Fargo
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Welder
Name: Austin Ryba
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 6 or 7 years old
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. It's a fun sport and I watched people play it as a kid
Q. Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. Nobody
Q. What position do you play?
A. Forward
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. T.J Oshie
Q. What drills would you recommend to other players wanting to improve stick handling?
A. Use plexiglass and practice a lot
Q. What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Easy going
Q. What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. Going to regions
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Going to college and playing some kind of hockey
Name: Ayden Leake
Q. How old were you when you started playing hockey?
A. 5 years old
Q. Why did you start playing hockey?
A. All of my friends were playing
Q. Who inspired you to start your hockey career?
A. T.J. Oshie
Q. What position do you play?
A. Forward
Q. Who’s your favorite NHL player?
A. Vladimir Tarasenko or Alexander Steen
Q. What drills would you recommend to other players wanting to improve stick handling?
A. A drill where you go as fast as you can and stick handle through cones for a minute
Q. What is your typical practice routine like?
A. Shoot around, St Louis drill, 2 on 3 small area games, 5 on 5 while defensive players have their sticks turned around, powerplay and penalty kill, sometimes shoot out
Q. What has been the best moment in your career so far?
A. Making peewee A my second year
Q. What do you plan on doing after high school?
A. Going to college and trying to get a coaching degree and a high school teaching job