{"id":1604,"date":"2013-04-23T13:42:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T17:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2013-04-30T15:26:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T19:26:44","slug":"tigers-exit-interview-blake-forslund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tigers-exit-interview-blake-forslund\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers exit interview: Blake Forslund"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Doner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the next few weeks, The Auroran is doing a series of Q and A\u2019s with some of the Aurora Tigers Junior A players who are moving on to the next step in their hockey and academic careers. Next up is steady centreman Blake Forslund.<\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong> Owen Sound, ON<\/p>\n

Age\/birthday:<\/strong> Feb. 25, 1992 (21)<\/p>\n

Seasons with Tigers:<\/strong> 1<\/p>\n

Shoots:<\/strong> Left<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong> Centre<\/p>\n

Past hockey career:<\/strong> Played a year each in Collingwood and Niagara Falls, then two years in Orangeville with the Flyers before being traded to Aurora at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

Season Stats with Tigers:<\/strong> GP 15 \u2013 G 5 \u2013 A 7 \u2013 PTS 12 \u2013 PIM 6<\/p>\n

Best memory playing with Tigers:<\/strong> \u201cThat would be the first playoff win, because that was my first ever Jr. A playoff win.\u201d
\nWhat\u2019s on tap for next season: \u201cNext year I\u2019ve committed to Fredonia State University just over the border in New York. I\u2019m going to be taking law there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why this school?<\/strong> \u201cI liked the coaches. I\u2019ve heard good things about the program and it\u2019s in a division that\u2019s not too far from my house \u2013 only about four hours from Owen Sound. I went down twice before I made my decision. Fredonia just felt good. I\u2019m really glad I get to move on with hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hobbies:<\/strong> \u201cI do a lot of fishing and I like to go to the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Any other sports?<\/strong> \u201cI played baseball and lacrosse growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favourite movie:<\/strong> \u201cDazed and Confused. It\u2019s a great movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favourite sports movie:<\/strong> \u201cYoungblood.\u201d<\/p>\n

On your ipod:<\/strong> \u201cI don\u2019t know how to use an iPod \u2013 I\u2019m not very good with technology. But I listen to mostly country. Jason Aldean would probably be my favourite country artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favourite hockey team and why?<\/strong> \u201cDefinitely the Leafers. For sure they could be a good team in the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who will win the Stanley Cup this year?<\/strong> \u201cIf I had to pick one team, it would have to be the Penguins. I think Crosby is going to get back by the second round and they are just too deep.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favourite NHL player:<\/strong> \u201cDarcy Tucker. I love Tucker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which superhero would you want to be, why?<\/strong> \u201cI would definitely be Spider Man, because I grew up watching him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who is your hero\/idol\/role model?<\/strong> \u201cFamily. I look up to my family. I\u2019ve been moved away for a while, so it\u2019s sometimes hard to keep real tight, but I\u2019m close to them all. My brother plays for Orangeville now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best thing about playing for the Tigers:<\/strong> \u201cI got to win. That was easily the best part. I think we only lost one game in the 15 games I was there until the playoffs, so that was pretty fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

What will you miss about it:<\/strong> \u201cThe boys. I\u2019ll miss them a lot. They\u2019re all beauties there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who is the funniest guy on the team:<\/strong> \u201cThe guy that made me laugh the most was definitely Sikura.\u201d<\/p>\n

What type of hockey player are you, what are you known for?<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m a two-way guy and I like to stir the pot a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best accomplishment on and off the ice:<\/strong> \u201cProbably having two 20 plus goal seasons. Off the ice, would definitely be graduating with good enough marks to get into university. I\u2019m not the best in school and I battled hard in Grade 12 to get the grades.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you had a slogan or motto, what would it be:<\/strong> \u201cMine is from a movie: \u201cKnowledge of non knowledge is power man.\u201d [From Fubar].<\/p>\n

Are you superstitious?<\/strong> \u201cNot at all, no. I find that superstitions just mess with my head, because if you can\u2019t do something, you automatically think you\u2019re going to play bad, so I just try to go out there with a steady attitude and just try to be prepared. But some guys love it, so who am I to judge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stance on fighting in hockey:<\/strong> \u201cFighting in hockey? I love it. It looks like they\u2019re trying to take it out, but I don\u2019t think you can. You can try to take out the staged fights at face-offs and whatnot, but you can\u2019t take out fights when you\u2019re mad, like when someone hits you hard. There\u2019s no way you can. It happens in all sports, so there\u2019s no way to take it out. And staged fights, it\u2019s fine \u2013 if guys want to do it, they\u2019ll do it. You know there\u2019s a risk when you get into a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should all NHL players be made to wear visors?<\/strong> \u201cI would keep it on if I went to the NHL, but I think it\u2019s up to the players. Now with the new rule that if a player with a visor is the instigator in a fight, you get the extra two minutes, if you\u2019re going to have that rule in place then you can\u2019t make them mandatory because then fighters won\u2019t be able to do their job.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you were GM of Team Canada, who would be your top forward, defenseman and goalie?<\/strong> \u201cMy top forward is Crosby, top defenseman is Kris Letang and my top goalie I\u2019d probably go back with Luongo. I\u2019m a Luongo fan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach\u2019s comment [James Richmond]:<\/strong> \u201cBlake Forslund came to the team just before the Jan. 10 trade deadline from the Orangeville Flyers along with teammate John Doyle. Bringing Blake in really added depth at our forward position which helped us make a push towards the playoffs. Blake was a versatile forward and played wing and centre for us and was a welcome addition to the Tiger family. We wish him well next season at Fredonia State University.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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