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Derek Robertson
Number: 16
Position: Forward
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170
Shoots: Left
Hometown: Thunder Bay, Ontario
Last Team: Portage Terriers
Birthdate: 5-22-76
Player Biography
The Bucs welcome Derek from the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, where last season he scores 47 goals with 62 assists in 55 games. Derek reins from Thunder Bay, Ontario and attended West Gate High School in Thunder Bay.
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In-Depth Interview
December 17, 1996
 Sarah: How old where you when you started?
Derek Robertson: I started playing hockey when I was six years old.
Sarah: Why did you start?
D. Robertson: It was just the thing to do growing up in Canada. All my friends played hockey so I was just one of those guys.
Sarah: Why did you decide to play for the Bucs?
Robertson: Coach Owens called me this summer and started talking to me about the upcoming season and he asked where I was going to be playing. I hadn't made a decision and he asked if I wanted to play here "and I said ya, sure, definitely."
Sarah: Have you always been a forward?
Robertson: I've been a center every year I've played.
Sarah: What about past teams?
Robertson: Well I'm from Canada, Thunder Bay, Ontario so I played up in Thunder Bay until I was seventeen years old. I played up there until my midget triple year and the past two seasons I've played Junior A in Manitoba for the Portage Terriers.
Sarah: Do you have a favorite pro or college team?
Robertson: I think my favorite pro team would be the Los Angeles Kings, I've always grown up liking them.
Sarah: Why?
Robertson: My favorite player played for them, Marcel Dionne, that's why I wear number 16.
Sarah: That was my next question, what about a favorite player, but you already answered that. So what are your other hobbies?
Robertson: I like golfing, baseball, working out, watching tv I guess.
Sarah: Can you remember your most embarrassing moment?
Robertson: I scored on my own net, and that wasn't too good.
Sarah: Hmm, that wouldn't be too good.
Robertson: No, it wasn't.
Sarah: What can't you imagine living without?
Robertson: Probably TV.
Sarah: TV?
Robertson: Yeah, never live without it.
Sarah: Finish this sentence: My teammates think I'm...
Robertson: Quiet, I don't say much in the room. They understand that and that's just the way I am.
Sarah: Do you have any college plans?
Robertson: Yes I've committed to the University of Denver next season, so that's where I'll be.
Sarah: What would the fans be surprised to know about you?
Robertson: I guess they'd be surprised to know that I actually did go to school at one time. I haven't been in school for three years and they don't think I ever went. So that's the big joke.
Sarah: Among the other team mates?
Robertson: Yes, among the team mates.
Sarah: Well, that's nice of them.
Robertson: I was in school at one time. |
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