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Mixing It Up With Ian Laperriere

(from the Calgary Herald)

February 18, 2007 - Colorado's hard-nosed winger and assistant captain has nearly 1,500 penalty minutes in 834 career games with the Blues, Rangers, Kings and Avalanche. 

- Nickname: 

"Lappy."

 - Any special reason you wear 14? 

"Well, 22 wasn't available (because Steve Konowalchuk was wearing it when Laperriere joined the Avs in 2005), but 14 was my junior number." 

- Favourite junior memory? 

"I went to the Memorial Cup my first year (with the Drummondville Voltigeurs in 1990-91). We lost, but it was a great experience at (age) 16."

 - What do you remember about your first NHL goal? 

"I got called up the day before. I was 20 years old and we were playing against Anaheim. I just put it over the goalie. It wasn't the prettiest goal, which is pretty much the story of my career. I was just the happiest guy; I was jumping everywhere."

 - Who's your funniest teammate? 

"We have a lot of funny guys, but Andrew Brunette has to be up there, for sure. He has a dry sense of humour. Brad May's funny, too." 

- Who's the worst roommate you've ever had? 

"I'd like to say Mathieu Schneider, because he likes to go to bed earlier than me. We didn't last too long together. But I never really had bad roommates. I got along with everybody. For the last couple of years I've had my own room, which helps." 

- Who would have the lead role in Ian Laperriere Story? 

"Hold on . . . Brad Pitt? No. I like Vince Vaughn. We both have black hair and brown eyes. He's taller than me, but I'm sure he'd be a good Ian Laperriere." 

- First job? 

"Hockey player, man. I haven't worked a day in my life. I made maybe three runs delivering newspapers because my aunt used to own that newspaper, but that's it. I'm not ashamed to say it -- hockey player is the only thing I know to do well." 

- First vehicle? 

"A Renault 5. I was lucky enough, my billet in junior had a car dealership and he got me that car."

 - What's your favourite road city? 

"Chicago. Where we're set up, we've got everything we want -- great restaurants, great shopping, great everything. I really like the city. Beautiful."

 - You're NHL commissioner for a day, what's your first move? 

"Change the schedule. We need to see all the Canadian teams at least once a year. People want to see Crosby (and the other stars). To sell the game, you've got to show them your best product and right now, a lot of the best players are in the east. And if there was a second thing, I'd make the nets the size of soccer nets. That would help me a lot. I have three goals now, but if we had the bigger nets, I might have four." 

© The Calgary Herald 2007