WALL-TO-WALL WALLEYE
On The Hook: with Joe Gleason
1/22/2014Position: Defenseman
Jersey No.: 14
Ht./Wt.: 5-9, 180
Hometown: Edina, Minn.
Age: 23
Favorite way to spend time away from the rink: Watching NHL games. I love to watch guys at that level.
Hockey players you admire: Pavel Datsyuk. Duncan Keith. Torey Krug.
Favorite sport other than hockey: Golf.
Favorite type of music: I like Mumford & Sons.
Have you ever eaten walleye? Yes I have, growing up in Minnesota. I love it.
Favorite beverage: Coffee
Best fast food: Chipotle
Favorite movie: Dumb and Dumber or Shawshank Redemption
Favorite TV show: Entourage
Favorite video game: FIFA
Favorite Web site: ESPN.com
Do you have a twitter account? @GleasonJ020
If you could meet any person, dead or alive, who would it be? Tiger Woods
Favorite place you've been to? Switzerland
Top sports moment: Getting drafted. I also had a hole-in-one.
What's your hockey superstition? I usually do the same things, but I'm not superstitious.
Have you lost any teeth while playing? I lost one of my front teeth playing pond hockey in high school. We were messing around and I got a high stick.
Nickname: Gleasy
Dream golf foursome? Tiger Woods, my dad (Bob), and Bobby Orr.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I sure would like to give golf a run for its money.
What profession would you not like to do? I'm not big on heights. So I wouldn't want to be a pilot.
Something nobody knows about you: I have an obsession with Tiger Woods.