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Number: 11
Position: Defense
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 180
Birthday: 7.24.84
Hometown: Coon Rapids, MN
Last team: River City (USHL)
Kevin Kasel: Tell me about your family life, do you have any brothers or sisters?
Travis Anderson: Yes, an older brother named Jake who's 19 and a younger sister who is 12, her name is Molly.
Kevin: How old where you when you started playing hockey?
Travis: I was about five. |
Kevin: Why did you start?
Travis: I guess, it is kinda the thing to do in Minnesota.
Kevin: Why did you decide to play for the Bucs?
Travis: Well, Junior hockey is the way to go if you want a scholarships, nowadays. I started out in Omaha and I was traded here. So now I am here.
Kevin: Have you always been a defensemen?
Travis: Pretty much. But, I had a little D-forward experience back in the younger days.
Kevin: Do you have a favorite pro or college team?
Travis: Golden Gophers!
Kevin: What about a favorite player?
Travis: I really don't have a favorite player.
Kevin: Do you have a nickname?
Travis: Nope.
Kevin: Where would you like to go to college?
Travis: Minnesota.
Kevin: Best advice you've ever received (doesn't have to be hockey-related):
Travis: I suppose, if you going to go, go all out.
Kevin: Finish this sentence: The fans would be surprised to know that I ...
Travis: I really don't know?
Kevin: My first job was ...
Travis: I worked at Party City. Which is a kinda party warehouse, discount store type-deal.
Kevin: Best decision I ever made?
Travis: Suppose, taking the opportunity to play Juniors, instead of giving up hockey.
Kevin: What are your hobbies?
Travis: I like to hunt and fish and hang out with friends when I'm at home, play games, card games, stuff like that.
Kevin: What would you consider your dream car?
Travis: I like the older Mustangs. The boxy looking Mustang convertible.
Kevin: What do you like to do besides hockey?
Travis: I guess pretty much just hang around with my friends and sit at one of our houses.
Kevin: What can't you imagine living without?
Travis: TV, I guess.
Kevin: What's your most embarrassing moment?
Travis: I suppose I got out there a few times without taking my skate guards off. So, those first couple steps are little trouble. Make you look like a (fool) in front of everybody.
Kevin: Who is your favorite non-hockey athlete?
Travis: I guess never really thought of it. I don't I have one of those either.
Kevin: What is your favorite non-hockey sport?
Travis: Baseball.
Kevin: When you're not playing hockey, where are we most likely to find you (in season or off season)?
Travis: One of my friend's houses hanging out with them or a couple of friends.
Kevin: Do you have a specific pre-game meal? If so, what is it?
Travis: Can't say that I do.
Kevin: Who has been the biggest influence on your life?
Travis: Probably my Dad.
Kevin: If you started your own NHL franchise, and you could pick any player, who would you start with and why?
Travis: Probably, Wayne Gretzky, cause he is the man.
Kevin: Who would you have on your hockey "Dream Team"?
Travis: I'd have a bunch of the old-time Gophers. Jordan Leopold, Mike Crowley, just some of those other great Minnesota hockey players.
Kevin: If you were stranded on a desert island, whom would you want to be stranded with … Brittany Spears, Cameron Diaz, Sarah Michelle Gellar or Tara Reid?
Travis: All of 'em.
Kevin: You are the first one to answer with that.
Kevin: What is something you've always wanted to do, but haven't yet?
Travis: Suppose, I have always wanted go play paint ball. But it is pretty expensive and I don't have a lot of time with all the hockey.
Kevin: Who would you rather be, Bugs Bunny or Road Runner?
Travis: Road Runner.
Kevin: Who is your favorite Super-Hero?
Travis: I don't have one of those either.
Kevin: Any advice for younger hockey players?
Travis: Just stick with it., and work your hardest everytime you go out there.
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