Puck Daddy interviews Pavel Datsyuk

by Christy on Feb 17, 2009 2:33 PM CST in Quick Hits

One of my favorite hockey bloggers is the brilliant Greg Wyshynski over at Yahoo's hockey blog, Puck Daddy. Dmitry Chesnokov conducted a phone interview with Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk and posted the first part of the interview today at Puck Daddy. You'll be able to catch the second half on Wednesday at his blog. It's an entertaining read that gives you another glimpse of Datsyuk's humorous personality.

Here are a couple of my favorite questions/answers (apparently tomorrow's will be even funnier):

How concerned are you, playing in the Detroit until 2014, that you may suffer an injury from all the octopus slime on the ice during home games?

I have never seen anything like that. I think hockey players are all great skaters and can avoid all the octopuses.

You once told the Red Wing broadcasters that you like to "dangle, dangle." What the heck does that mean?

Now I am going to have problems with my Russian! How should I explain it? It's like dancing rock-n-roll with a puck. You pick a puck on your stick and you dance around on the ice with it.

Who do you think is the most underrated player in the NHL?

I am a very shy person, so I cannot name him. But you can hear that player in your receiver right now talking to you.

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Was awesome. Datsyuk’s been my favorite player for some time now not only because of his skill level but his quirky attitude. He plays because he loves the game and it’s a part of him and you just have to have respect for that. it’s always nice to see a player just cut back in an interview and have a laugh.

His agent is actually a pretty fun guy too. I had the opportunity to meet him here in Dallas last year during the WCF when a dad of a friend of mine gave us two suite tickets to the AAC that just happened to be next to his agent’s suite (best… friend… ever). I was wearing my Wings jersey in the middle of a suite surrounded by Stars fans, when he saw me he came over and shook my hand and talked to me about the team and how I got stuck in a Stars suite. Easily one of my favorite hockey related memories.

by Zegarek88 on Feb 17, 2009 3:41 PM CST reply actions