Q: You’re on a business trip representing the Roadrunners at the PHPA Meetings. Tell us about that.

A: I guess you could call it a business trip. It’s a nice spot that [the PHPA] has us at, it’s the Disney Resort in Orlando. We have a few meetings every day, then it’s just hanging out with other players. We had a golf tournament earlier this week, and we’re learning what the PHPA Union has planned for the next year. I’ve learned some things that I can hopefully pass on to the other players.

Q: Before heading to Florida, you made it home to Saskatchewan from Tucson. How was the trip?

A: I left Tucson a couple of weeks ago, and I have a few buddies from college that live in Denver, so I stopped for a few days there to play golf with them. As for the drive, the first half wasn’t great, it was storming pretty bad. After Denver, it was smooth sailing. I was home for a week, and now I’m back on the road for a week. It’s a good opportunity down here [in Florida] to see other players and learn about the PHPA.

Q: What are your plans for the summer once you’re back home from the meetings?

A: I’ll get back into training, and my sister is actually getting married this summer. That’ll be exciting, she’s the first one in the family so it’ll be a big couple of weeks preparing for that. I’m sure we’ll be busy there.

Q: Can you describe your second season in the desert with us? You were a part of some memorable games.

A: It was another great season. Tucson is one of the best spots to play, you can’t beat the weather and the fans and the Tucson Arena atmosphere. We had a really good group this year, we had a lot of fun, and it was awesome we got to make the playoffs. I think we put up a pretty good fight against Coachella Valley.

Q: You had our very first game-winning goal of the season this year in our first game against Henderson.

A: That was an exciting weekend for me. I got a nice pass from [Travis Barron] and ripped a one-timer and it went in the net. I remember the boys were all chirping me afterwards that I was on pace for a goal per-game. *laughs*

Q: This was our first season with Zack Stortini as an Assistant Coach. He had a similar play style to yours when he played, what were you able to learn from him?

A: Having “Storts” come in was great, I remember watching him when I was younger. He had a lot of great advice for me, and I got a lot of good one-on-one time with him working on things at the rink. It was really good having him around the rink with us.

Q: Do you have any favorite Swift Current Broncos players from growing up there?

A: There were some good players that went through Swift Current. Joe Sakic was there, Zack Smith a little more recently. I used to go to the games all the time as a kid. It was pretty awesome getting to grow up in a town with a WHL team to cheer for.

Q: Are you able to see any Roadrunners teammates when you’re back home in the Swift Current area?

A: Nobody is too close, Cam Hebig is in Saskatoon, Ben McCartney is in Brandon and Reece Vitelli is over in the Winnipeg Area. Hudson Elynuik is Calgary, and I usually get to see him the most. We were pretty tight living together the last two years, so we always try to make something work over the summer.

Q: You dropped the gloves for three fights with us this season, do you have a favorite?

A: That line brawl in San Jose sticks out, that was a pretty memorable one. It sucks we didn’t get to play a shift that game, we all went up to the press box we had at San Jose’s arena, and it was pretty full. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that game.