On the Hook with Toledo Walleye center Byron Froese
11/7/2012Position: Center
Jersey Number: 24
Ht./Wt.: 6-1, 192
Hometown: Winkler, Manitoba
Age: 21
Favorite way to spend time away from the rink: I’m a big fan of playing cards and I enjoy reading.
Hockey player you admired growing up: Mark Recchi
Favorite sport other than hockey: Golf
Favorite type of music: Country
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite beverage: Arnold Palmer
Best fast food: Chipotle
Have you ever eaten walleye? Yes. I love pickerel.
Favorite Movie: The Lincoln Lawyer
Favorite TV show: Suits
Person you most admire: More people than I can name.
Favorite early hockey memory? Playing roller hockey with my older brothers in the basement. We completed waxed the floor one time so it would be a slippery surface.
Favorite place you've been to? Anywhere hot
Top sports moment: Signing with Chicago.
What's your hockey superstition? None
Do you have a Twitter account? Yes. I just got into it. (@ByFroese)
What would you be doing if you weren't playing hockey? Pro golfer.
If you were commissioner of hockey for a day what would you do? Settle the lockout.
What song would you like to have played when you score a goal? Anything Country
What is your pet peeve? None.
Something nobody knows about you: I can solve a Rubik's Cube in a minute and a half.