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Do you have any pets? Do any of your teammates have pets you like?
Beth Biland
Linden, Michigan

Draper: No pets! And I can’t stand Cleary’s Chihuahua.

What is the key thing to winning a face-off?
Tyler Jaenicke
Spring Lake, Michigan

Draper: I try to talk to my wingers, let them know what I am doing. But also, taking a lot of face-off’s you kind of know when you go against a guy what’s he’s going to try to do. So I always try to go in there with a plan and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. The one thing I always want is to make sure my wingers are jumping for me and my defense helps me as well.

Why does a player get thrown out of a face-off circle?
Michael Jazdzyk
Commerce, Michigan

Draper: Cheating, coming through the circle too much, and sometimes if your wingers jump, they’ll throw the centerman out. And if it’s a late line change, and you’re coming into the circle and you’re one of the last guys to get in, they’ll throw the centerman out.


What kind of a diet do you have to maintain such high energy?
Larry Rightler
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

Draper: I just try to eat properly. Carbs, protein, and obviously some fats in as well. On game day you have breakfast, and then you have a lunch around 12:30, or one o’clock on seven o’clock games, and then really you don’t eat again until 10:30, eleven o’clock at night. It’s a little different that was the average person will eat. On a game day I get pasta, get chicken and then I usually try to get a green vegetable.

What a hidden talent you have that people might not know about?
Lindsey Fortney
White Lake, Michigan

Draper: I don’t think I have a hidden talent. One thing that I enjoy doing, certainly through the summer, I do a lot of barbequing. It doesn’t matter what the weather conditions are, through winter and whatever days I can I’m out on the barbeque with steaks or chicken or something like that.



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