News Article: THN with Artem Anisimov

[CH2]

Getting to know Artie.

First Hockey Memory: "First time I go to hockey. My coach in the school take a ball and say, ‘play basketball.’ And we play basketball. I score a couple of baskets in basketball. After, he gave me paper (saying) to go to hockey at a time. I go to hockey and get on the skates with the pads. And go skate around. And after I start playing - in six months we had our first game. I played on the second line (age 9)."

[wolfgaze]

The stuff in parenthesis is priceless:

Favorite Meal: "Pre-game meal - mashed potatoes, steak, little bit of vegetables. Ranch sauce ('Ranch dressing’, corrects teammate Brian Boyle who was seated nearby). Ranch dressing. Thank you man (to Boyle)."

[JasonDoig*]

(Enver) Lisin called me Grandpa because I have a lot of experience.

Explains a lot.

Toughest Competitors Encountered: "New Jersey. Trap team."

[EmpireStateofMind]

Toughest Competitors Encountered: "New Jersey. Trap team."

That's too good.

[Jarkko Immonen]

God. AA. My favorite.

[Wraparounds]

Artie's English is too funny. I love the kid.

[mrhockey193195]

hahaha. love Artie. God, I hope the core of this team stays together for many many years. It's so much fun to see this team grow up together, and as a fan, to grow up "with" them.

[Florida Ranger]

His english is sexy.

[NYR510]

Childhood Dream: "Hockey player. (Raises one finger to correct himself) NHL hockey player."

Haha, nice Arty.

[jc25]

I wonder what he means: Funniest Player Encountered: "Evgeny Grachev."

[Ola]

"Soccer. England soccer." lolz

Its just kids we are talking about, easy to forget that.

[jc25]

Originally Posted by JasonDoig

Maybe something got lost in translation and perhaps I'm reading into this wrong, but I believe that what he means is that Evgeny Grachev is the funniest player he's encountered.

It's possible, I'm going to look around for some interviews with the battleship

[Prusted]

Good good stuff!