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I watched 'Mighty Ducks.' 'Slapshot' when I was a little older.

Breakaway goals are fun. When you score a quick one in front of the net, it just happens, but during a breakaway, there's about one or two seconds where you're not sure.

It is so important to me to have my time away from hockey. Obviously, hockey is my passion; I love it. But definitely for me, time away from the rink and time when my mind isn't thinking about hockey is important.

When I'm practicing, I think I'm pretty focused, and I spend a lot of energy on making sure I get better, but once I'm outside the rink, I think, like anyone else, I like to enjoy everything that everyone else does.

In my situation there are often things I need to do for the team, so when I get the chance to relax it's all I want to do.

People are going to have their opinions. Whether it's good or bad, I don't really think about it either way.

I'll be the first one to admit my first couple of years I was pretty hard on the refs.

It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey.

My favorite player would probably be Steve Yzerman. He played in Detroit. I really liked the way he played and the way he handled himself.

In football, every play, play after play, there's that physicality. Football players only play once a week, so they must really need to rest. That does kind of tell you how physical the sport is. But in hockey, you have the boards. I just couldn't say which is more physical.

I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.

The more you hesitate in a game, the more your chance of getting hit. Your focus isn't there. When you hesitate, usually you're in trouble.

The biggest thing for me is the passion that I've always had for hockey. I remember growing up, no matter what I did in life, my parents always told me to try to do my best at it and be my best. I can say going through different things that that passion is the most important part. It's not skills or talent or any of that stuff.

I am putting pressure on myself to do my best and perform to my potential.

I'm not picky. When I'm hungry, I eat.

I want to be the best, so whatever comes with that, I'll have to accept.

I didn't realize the connection between the mullet and success. For sure, you have to have a little bit of hockey hair - a little bit of flow, as they say. A lot of guys have fun with their hockey hair, so I'll try to keep it a little long.

Obviously, I don't want to be in the box for over a hundred minutes during the season, but at the same time I have to try to play with an edge and battle out there.

Concussions are still kind of a mysterious thing.

There's no doubt I'm emotional.

For every whack I've given, I've gotten four or five.