With Day 3 of Between The Pipes' Spring Break comes our Q&A with senior defenseman Scott Dakan -- and while Dakan is primarily responsible for the following responses, he occasionally received help from Brandon Rubeo (who was also sitting out practice through injury) and Luke DeLorenzo (who voiced his opinion that he should be listed as Dakan's favorite hockey player).
Over the past few editions we've heard a number of Icers list Chris Cerutti as the team's best dressed member while making fun of his Abercrombie-esque wardrobe, but for the record, Dakan was the first to tell TQT.
Enjoy.
If not hockey, what sport would you be playing?
Well, I played baseball as a kid. I always really enjoyed that. So I would say experience-wise, that's really the only one that I'm looking at.
What is your favorite place to eat in town?
Definitely McDonalds. McDonalds or Wendy's -- it's a tie between the two. We have a lot of late night stops there. It's open 24 hours. It's something that's available all the time, that's why it's No. 1.
What is your favorite class taken at Penn State?
I would have to say the KINES class that was technically "Skating with the Icers," that we got credit for freshman year. All we really had to do was go to practice and we got an automatic A.
Do you have any hidden talents most people don't know about?
I don't know of one anyone doesn't really know about, but a lot of the guys always used to give me crap for having a really long, and I guess you could say, strong neck. Freshman year we used to do a lot of neck exercises and that's one thing I got called out for, for doing a good job in. I used to get a lot of crap for that, especially from this kid down here.
DeLorenzo: It's really good.
Who is your favorite hockey player?
It's kind of cliched, but I have to say Sidney Crosby. He's so much fun to watch. Mills is going to love this. He's so much fun to watch. He just makes everything look so much easier than the other guys out there. He's just so fast and just thinks the game so much better than anyone else.
BTP: Mills is going to love that?
Mills just likes a lot of stuff that's against the grain, you could say. He's not a particular fan of Crosby. He goes more with Alexander Ovechkin, so he likes to chirp all the Crosby likers and we chirp him back for liking Ovechkin. It's just a little dual we've got going on throughout the team.
What is your favorite Coach Balboni quirk?
Well from reading the Ten Questions here and there earlier in the season, I think someone's already said "logistics," so I think I'm going to have to go with, it seems like he still has a little bit of a New England accent. Certain words he puts an 'r' where there should be an 'a.' Such as "idear" and when he's trying to say "rah," it sounds like "roar." Those are probably my favorite ones
In the movie of your life, who plays your girlfriend?
I have to say, from Mr. And Mrs. Smith, Angelina Jolie.
Who's the best dressed guy on the team?
We always joke that [Chris] Cerutti, with his hair and his chosen attire, it looks like he stole the clothes off an Abercrombie and Fitch manikin. I'm going to have to go with him for that one.
Who is the biggest ladies man on the team?
I know John Jay and Kirstein have gotten some votes for this. I definitely think Kirstein thinks he is, but he has a girlfriend, so...
Brandon Rubeo: Whoever is the heavyweight champion. Whoever wins the game.
That's true. Whoever wins the game is the heavyweight champ. But I'm going to say Rubeo. He's the dark horse of this. I'm going to go with Rubeo.
Who has the best nickname on the team?
I wish there were more guys out here, because I can't think of any off the top of my head. I like "The Grey One." Back in the day when Kirstein didn't play that much, he was always on the grey line and it kind of caught on real quickly. He was always one of those guys that was always going balls out in practice and making big plays on the penalty kill, so I'm going to go with "The Grey One."
-Dean
