Getting to Know: Nick Henry

Oct 7, 2019

Q&A by Kitt Amundson

Q&A

 

Q:           How old were you when you learned to skate?

A:            I think I was about five. I was put in the CanSkate program at home and I refused to skate all year long.  I would make snow angels, and then I would want to come off to go to the bathroom, and then I would ask my dad to take me home.  My dad said there was one day towards the end of the year where something flipped and I wanted to skate, and things took off from there.  I started playing hockey when I was six.

 

Q:           Did you have any idols growing up?

A:            I think I would have to say Sidney Crosby was who I looked up to.  He was a young player and he was excelling.

 

Q:           Have you realized that you are his peer now?

A:            Kind of.  I think I realized it more last year when I got to play in an exhibition game playing against some  guys that I had watched growing up.  You are star struck a little bit, but then you have to figure out that you are doing pretty well and at the same level as them, and you are working for a job.  It was really surreal.

 

Q:           What is it like when you are asked for your autograph?

A:            Someone asked me for my autograph the first time when I was sixteen, in my home town and that was kind of weird.  But now it is pretty exciting. We are in a pretty fortunate spot as hockey players.  It is a nice feeling.

 

Q:           What motivates you?

A:            I think that I want to be a better player every single day.  I like to call myself a hard worker; someone who wants to get better every single day. I think my practice habits are working hard and learn something new and get better at something every single day.

 

Q:           Who influenced you the most growing up?

A:            I think it would be between my grandpa and my dad.  My dad really pushed me as a kid, but grandpa always came to all the games.  He watched me a ton, and sure taught me a lot.  He was a huge part of why I wanted to be a hockey player.  They both played hockey.

 

Q:           What is the one thing, that no matter how much your friends would pay you on dare, that you just could not eat?

A:            Oh-raw fish. I am not a sushi guy.  I just started eating dynamite rolls like last week.

 

 

Q:           You get to have a dinner party, and invite five people living or dead, who would you invite?

A:            Michael Jordan, David Ortiz, Sidney Crosby, Blake Wheeler, and maybe, Will Ferrell.

 

Q:           What is your goal for this year?

A:            I think my biggest goal is just to come in and learn every single day. I am a young guy at twenty, and obviously I still have a chance to play junior but I want to learn lots and contribute as much as I can grow as a person and a player.

 

This or that?

 

Dog or cat?

               Dog

Netflix or Youtube?

               Netflix

Phone call or text?

               Phone call

Cardio or weights?

               Cardio

Facebook or Twitter?

               Twitter

Cake or pie?

               Cake

Coffee or tea?

               Coffee

Which is worse-doing laundry or washing dishes?

               Doing dishes

Mountains or beach?

               Beach

Batman or Superman?

               Superman

 

What would your superpower be?

               To be invisible

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