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Exclusive
Interview
This week we will sit down with Apple Core forward Stephen Romano and ask him
seven tough questions. Enjoy!
#12
Stephen Romano
Position: Forward
Height: 5 feet 11 inches
Weight: 180 pounds
Age: 17
Hometown: Howard Beach, NY
1).
Favorite food?
New Park Pizza
2).
Favorite movie?
Happy Gilmore
3).
Funniest teammate?
Honny (clown show)
4).
What is your ‘perfect day’?
Wake up about 8 or 9…Go for a jog. Get some grub. Go to school
and get a decent grade on a test…Get some more food…Go to high
school practice.. Go to the gym…another practice. Get some more
food…Get nice and snug and my bed and let Gaughran sing me to
sleep…
5).
What is your dream job?
Uncle Pel’s Laundromat
6).
What is the best advice you have ever received?
“Life is like a garden…dig it” wise words of Timothy Baxter
7).
Britney or Lindsay?
Lindsay!
This week we will sit down
with Apple Core goaltender Dan Sullivan and we’ll see
what he would give his teammates this year if he were Santa in a
game we call:
SULLY CLAUSE
Starring:
#37 DAN SULLIVAN
Position: GOALTENDER
Height: 6 feet 1 inch
Weight: 195 pounds
Age: 18
Hometown: York, PA
Nickname: ‘Sully’
I would
get….
Andrew Balzafiore-
An ‘Ab Lounge’
William Choi
– A pair of hands
Chris Pantaleo
– 1-year membership to the
New York Sports Club.
Frankie Posillico
– A set of horse blinders
Kevin Kavanagh
– Anger management sessions
Stevie Romano
– A friend
Joe Mugno -
HGH
Robbie Beggi
– An autographed Joey Mullen picture
Tim Condon –
An autographed Dan Sullivan picture
This season we will be sitting down with members of the Apple Core Jr. B Empire
team for exclusive 1on1 interviews. Each week a new player will sit on the hot
seat and answer ten tough questions for the fans to get to know them better.
Stay tuned and enjoy!
Meet The
“GEL” Line
Starring:
#14 Kevin Gaughran
Position: Right Wing
Height: 6 feet 2 inches
Weight: 205 pounds
Age: 17
#19 Rui Encarnacao
Position: Center
Height: 5 feet 11 inches
Weight: 165 pounds
Age: 17
#93 Sal Lucania
Position: Left Wing
Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Weight: 160 pounds
Age: 18
1)
Kevin, what advice do you have for youth hockey players?
You
know, it’s a simple game out there so don’t make it complicated.
Do well in school and compete in practice the way you would in a
game. Do something every day on and off the ice to improve your
game.
2)
Rui, what is your biggest pet peeve?
It
drives me bonkers when people keep their blinkers on. If you are
not changing lanes turn the thing off.
3)
Sal, Which city is better: New York City or Miami?
I like
the New York attitude, but at the same time the people here are
real friendly. But Miami is home and I’ll never forget where I
come from.
4)
Rui, who is funnier Sal or Kevin?
Both
Sally and Gaughs are absolutely hysterical and when you put them
together it’s a complete clown show.
5)
Kevin, what annoys you most about your line-mates?
I like
Sal a lot; he brings a smile to my face every time I see him.
Rui on the other hand gets a little too emotional time to time
and it makes things very uncomfortable for me in the locker room
and shower.
6)
Sal, if you were to change one thing about each of your
line-mates what would they be?
If I
had to change one thing about both of my line-mates, I would put
Rui’s hands on Gaugs and Gaugs’ weight on Rui.
7)
Sal, your line-mate Gaughran is in the league’s top ten in PIMs,
what’s up with that?
You
know, I don’t know. I think he thinks he is a goon, but the
truth of the matter is that he has pillows for hands.
8)
Rui, do you consider your line a checking line or and offensive
line?
I think
our line is a little bit of both. Most of the time, we’ll go out
there throw the body and mix it up, but I think we can also put
up goals just as much as any other line in the league.
9)
Kevin, which of your line-mates do you feel would make the
better youth hockey coach?
As much
as I like Sal, I feel that he would become too frustrated with
the younger kids, and the proper authorities would have to get
involved. So I think Rui would be the better coach, but if Sal
had like an anger management coach as an assistant, I think he’d
be fine, too.
10) Sal, if you had to live with one of your line-mates in a
one-bedroom apartment which one would it be and why?
I would
say Gaughran because we can get some serious ‘marination’ going.
No one marinates chicken they way we can.
This season we will be
sitting down with members of the Apple Core Jr. B Empire team for exclusive 1on1
interviews. Each week a new player will sit on the hot seat and answer ten tough
questions for the fans to get to know them better. Stay tuned and enjoy!
Week
5 Interview
#1 Ryan Lazarus
Position: Goaltender
Height: 6 feet 1 inch
Weight: 181 pounds
Age: 16
Nickname: ‘Laz’
Hometown: Rockville Centre,
NY
1) Favorite
goaltender?
Vladislav
Tretiak. He set the standard for hard work and performance as
the top goalie for years.
2) Favorite
food?
Probably a
sandwich. I think meat and cheese on bread is a genius
combination.
3) What is your
biggest superstition?
My biggest
superstition is staying with what works. If I have a shutout
going,
I try not to change anything that I’m doing on that particular day.
4) Why do you
think goalies are so weird?
Goalies are
just weird by nature. If your idea of fun is stopping hard
rubber objects, then it’s easy to say that there are a few
screws loose upstairs.
5) If you were
to combine two animals to make up a super-goalie which would
they be and why?
I would
combine a lion and cheetah to make up a super-goalie. The lion
is the master of its domain, and a cheetah is lightning-quick.
These qualities added together would make one impressive
netminder.
6) Who has the
best shot on the team?
The hardest
shot definitely belongs to Bitty (Anthony Bitetto). In terms of
picking corners, Coach Vin is in a category by himself.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...
#9 Rudy
Sulmonte
Position: Forward
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Weight: 165 pounds
Age: 15
Hometown: Levittown, NY
At only fifteen years
old forward Rudy Sulmonte is already playing in his 2nd
season of junior hockey. Regarded as one of the top ’92 birth
year players in the country, Rudy battles hard on and off the
ice to make sure that he is a well-rounded student/athlete. This
week we will sit down with Rudy as he discusses his typical
Wednesday schedule.
Wednesday with
#9
Rudy Sulmonte
6:15am -
Wake-up, take shower and get ready for
school.
8:05am - 2:20pm
– School at St. Mary’s.
3pm –
I’ll get home after a long day at school and get my homework
done. The weeks that I have a math test, I’ll meet with my math
tutor for a little extra help.
4:30pm - 5:15pm
– I’ll go to the gym to get a light work out before my
skate. Because it is during the hockey season the
workouts are a little lighter, but I still make time to get
the workouts in.
6pm – My
parents will make dinner for the family. We usually have
pasta on Wednesdays.
8:30pm - 9:30pm-
On-ice practice at Long Beach. On Wednesdays we
usually work on our special teams and prepare for the
upcoming games.
10:30pm –
I’ll get home, take a shower and turn on ESPN for a little. I’ll
then hit the hay and get ready for another day of school.
Hey, Cappy!
This
week we will sit down with three Apple Core Jr. B players and
see how well they know their team captain, in a game we call
‘Hey, Cappy!’ Team captain Brendan Tracy will answer five
personal
questions and his teammates must guess what the correct answer
is.
The two players that answer the least amount of questions
correctly
will have to take Brendan and the winner of the contest out for
dinner
this weekend in Marlboro, MA. Good Luck Boys!
Team
Captain
#2 Brendan Tracy
Position: Forward
Height: 5 feet 6 inches
Weight: 160 pounds
Age: 19
Nickname: ‘Trace’
Hometown: Glendale, NY
Contestants
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#13 Chris Leonard
Position: Defense
Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Weight: 170 pounds
Age: 20
Nickname: ‘Lenny’
Hometown: Long Beach, NY
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#77 Tim Baxter
Position: Forward
Height: 5 feet 11 inches
Weight: 180 pounds
Age: 17
Nickname: ‘Bax’
Hometown: Oceanside, NY
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#98 Luke Morrel
Position: Forward
Height: 6 feet 2 inches
Weight: 175 pounds
Age: 17
Nickname: ‘Luker’
Hometown: New York, NY
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Question #1
What
is defenseman Anthony Bitetto’s nickname for Brendan Tracy?
Question #2
Which high school did
Brendan Tracy attend?
Question #3
What
is Brendan Tracy’s favorite song?
Question #4
What
is Brendan Tracy’s favorite food?
Question #5
Which Jessica does Brendan Tracy
like the most: Jessica
Simpson, Jessica Alba, or Jessica Biel?
SCOREBOARD
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Score |
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Baxter |
RoBo |
Molloy |
‘Don’t Stop Believin’ |
Fajitas |
Alba |
4/5 |
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Leonard |
RoBo |
Christ the King |
‘Simply the Best’ by Tina
Turner. I caught him rockin’ out to it once before a
game. |
Fajitas |
Jessica Biel |
3/5
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Morrel |
RoBo |
Molloy |
‘Oops… I did it Again.’
By Britney Spears |
Blondies Buffalo Wings |
Trace, likes the brunette girls. Alba, for sure |
2/5 |
CORRECT ANSWERS
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Tracy |
Robo |
Molloy |
Journey,
‘Don’t Stop Believin’ |
Fajitas
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Jessica Biel |
It
looks like Tim Baxter is the winner! Tim and Brendan will
receive a free
dinner courtesy of Luke Morrel and Chris Leonard this weekend in
Massachusetts. Stay tuned next week for more fun with the New
York
Apple Core Jr. B Empire Team…
This season we will
be sitting down with members of the Apple Core Jr. B Empire team
for exclusive 1on1 interviews. Each week a new player will sit
on the hot seat and answer ten tough questions for the fans to
get to know them better. Stay tuned and enjoy!
Week
2 Interview
#54 Danny Honovic
Position: Defense
Height: 6 feet 2 inches
Weight: 185 pounds
Age: 17
Nickname: ‘Honny’
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
1) Favorite TV
Show?
Entourage. I think
Joey Mugno does a great
job playing ‘Turtle’ on the show.
2) What are
your top 5 best movies of all-time?
Superbad, Happy
Gilmore, Jarhead, Gladiator, Slap Shot.
3) Which
reality show would you want to see one of your
teammates on and why?
Fear Factor because
I don’t think
anyone could handle the bugs.
4) Yankees or
Mets?
Yanks, of course.
5) If you
could eat one type of food for the rest of life what
would it be?
Chicken.
6) Which
teammate do you think will have the most successful
college hockey career?
Anthony Bitetto. He
has the skill and the
drive to do well at the higher levels.
7) What was
the last book you have read?
Snow in August by
Pete Hamill.
8) If you
could have dinner with one person who would it be and
why? Angelina
Jolie. We could talk about world peace, adoption,
movies, and why she is with Brad Pitt.
9) What are
the three most important things in your life?
School, hockey and
family.
10) What
is your goal for this season?
Do whatever I can
to help
the team make it to Nationals.
Week
1 Interview
#22 Anthony Bitetto
Position: Defense
Height: 6 feet 2 inches
Weight: 210 pounds
Age: 17
Nickname: ‘Bitty’
Hometown: Island Park, NY
1)
Rangers or Islanders?
The New York
Rangers…But I do have to say that I like the
Islanders’ Ice Girls.
2) Favorite
pre-game meal?
Snickers bar… Last season, “ROBO” (Brendan Tracy) got me to eat
one before a game and I had a three point game that
night. I now eat
one before every game.
3)
Traditional hat trick or “Gordie Howe Hat Trick” (1 goal, 1
assist, 1 fight)?
Traditional hat trick… It’s always nice to have 3 goals.
4)
Favorite sport(s) other than hockey?
Baseball and
golf… Golf because it is so relaxing, where you can just
hangout on the golf course and it is a good change of pace from
hockey. And baseball is just a fun
sport, but you still have to focus
and work hard.
5) UFC or
WWE?
UFC…..
C’mon, it’s real.
6)
Which Empire Team is your biggest rival?
Brewster
Bulldogs… It all started for me last season when we were
trailing, not once, but twice in the playoffs and
we came back to beat
them both times. That was one of the best
moments in my hockey
career. But then again, I play for Apple Core,
everybody hates us, so I
guess everyone is our rival.
7)
Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson?
I don’t know about this one. If I had to pick I would probably
say Tiger
just because of the comebacks he has made
in his career.
8)
Funniest teammate?
Stevie Romano…. He is a beauty. Just don’t call him sweet and
you will
be fine.
9) Who has better hair Cosentino or Hellemeyer?
Since Vin is running the defense this year, I’ll say Vin. But
Cozzie can
have some pretty good flow when he wants to.
10)
If you were given three wishes what would they be?
1)
To play D1 college hockey
2) Receive a great education
3) Good health |