Pouliot's Play Speaks for Itself

[Coach Selly]

Derrick Pouliot’s reputation preceded him before he first joined the Western Hockey League’s Portland Winterhawks as a 15-year-old back in early 2010, as the defenseman had been taken first overall in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft.

“That’s a big thing on our team. He was pretty special coming in,” Winterhawks teammate and fellow Penguins prospect Joe Morrow said with a laugh.

“He doesn’t seem like it, but everybody knows he’s pretty good. We called him ‘First Overall’ as a nickname for a while, but I don’t think he liked it very much. It fell apart pretty fast.”

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Getting to Know Derrick Pouliot

We did a sit-down interview with Penguins prospect Derrick Pouliot last week at development camp, and since I couldn’t squeeze all of his answers into the feature I wrote, I put together a separate “Getting to Know You” type of piece to include all his other answers – and a few other goodies.

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Favorite NHL team growing up: Colorado Avalanche. “They had big goons back then and they were a good team.”

Favorite NHL player: Drew Doughty

Pump-up music or artist: “Anything that’s on at the gym I go to. They have Sirius Hits 1 playing.”

Favorite video game: Call of Duty

Favorite TV show: Big Bang Theory
Favorite movie(s): “Bridesmaids is one of my favorites. Or anything that has Will Ferrell in it.”
Favorite off-ice activity: Relax!

Favorite food: Sushi

Favorite restaurant: Fuji’s in Portland, Oregon (a sushi bar)

Favorite non-hockey playing athlete: Tom Brady or Tiger Woods

Favorite sport besides hockey: Golf

Siblings: A younger brother (Nicholas) and a younger sister (Janelle)

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