Heatley Should Be Eating Chicken Right About Now
November 28th, 2007 by Tom
James Gordon of the Ottawa Citizen ran a Q&A between fans and Senator scoring machine Dany Heatley today. Nothing earth-shattering in there but it’s definitely an enjoyable read. I’ve always thought it was a good idea to have a give and take between fans and players, particulalry the kids. See below for an excerpt from James’s article and see here for the rest of it.
Here’s hoping the Isles do something to slow down Heatley tonight. The guy has 17 points in 16 career games against the OrangeAndBlue, including 11 goals.
Several people wanted to know what Heatley’s schedule is on game day.
Dany Heatley: Generally you just come to the rink in the morning…obviously pre-game skate (usually at 10:30 a.m.). We usually have our penalty-killing meeting in the morning. Morning skate usually takes 20-25 minutes.
Just usually stretch it out in the morning, just kind of get the body loose and then the best part of the day is the pre-game meal.
You have some sort of pasta and chicken or fish. Then usually around 2-4 is nap time. Usually wake up around 4 p.m. and usually from 4, that’s when it’s time to really start thinking about the game. Get to the rink around five-ish.
I do a lot of sticks before the game. For about an hour, I get my sticks ready. Then we have our meeting about an hour and a half before (the game).
James Gordon: What would you talk about in that meeting?
DH: That would be the team coming up. You do special teams in the morning and then the team plan in the evening, and then you’ve got about a half-hour before warm-up, so usually I do a little warm-up routine in the weight room, get stretched out and get ready to go.
