KOHANCHUK, Andrew G.

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ANDREW GREGORY KOHANCHUK Andrew Gregory Kohanchuk (born 04/04/1988) is Canadian professional ice hockey player and defencemen of the New York Rangers of the NHL. He was scouted and signed by the New York Rangers in his senior year at Boston College in 2010 captaining the team and leading them to a 5-0 victory in the National Championships against Wisconsin on April 10, 2010. At the end of the NHL lockout, he re-signed with the NY Rangers to a two-year contract.

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your signature: Sweet hockey helmet flow. 
your coffee order: Black. Keep it simple.
your go-to magazine: Rolling Stone. 
your favorite brand: Bauer. 
your ultimate goal: Stanley Cup, of course.

I absolutely don't understand: diving. And Brian Boyle.
I've always looked up to: Bobby Orr, the great.
I'm most likely to feud with: Whoever's wearing the different colored sweater
I'm starting to pay attention to: the Internet.
I've always wanted to hook up with: Anne Hathaway. Think she likes hockey players?
I wonder what it's like to be: an astronaut.

"Advice? Uh, You gotta have love for the game, it's what keeps the ice cold and the skates sharp. No one wants to play with a guy who's in it for the money or whatever. Not a good guy to have on the ice or in the locker room. Love the game and the guys you get saddled with, too. Teammates are everything, they're family, you watch their back and they'll watch yours. Keep your head up, on and off the ice, keep skating and have a lot of fun.  "

what, if anything, keeps you grounded?

My sister, as corny as that sounds. She's always good with giving me a good reality check when I need it. She's brutally honest and won't think twice about telling me off if I get a big head around her. Her and my teammates, they're not afraid to smack me upside the head or chirp at me if I get a little out of hand. Good people to have around.

would you rather relive your best moment or redo your worst mistake?

Relive my best moment, definitely. I would give anything to be back with my boys at BC playing in the National Championships. It was the best year of my life and I would relive those few days for the rest of my life if I could.

where's your escape from the city?

MSG. Can I say that? Does that count? Not really during a game, but for practices and even just skating alone. It's nice to be there when the place isn't packed with 17,000+ people.

what are you like when you're out of the spotlight?

Goofy, I guess! I like to have fun and joke around, not take things too seriously. But then again, I'm kind of that way in the "spotlight" too, if you want to call it that. I just like to do normal, every day guy stuff, you know. Sleep for as long as I can on my days off, work out, eat, hang out with the guys, date. Stuff like that, nothing crazy or anything. I try to leave my work on the ice or in the locker room and try not to bother most people with my hockey, but sometimes I get those days where I can stop and I watch it on tv or watch videos our coaches give us to get better. But other than that, I'm a pretty simple guy who likes to have fun and that's about it.

how do you think your team would describe working with you?

Depends on who you're asking, really. Hank would tell you I'm the karaoke star of the locker room and that it pisses him off how I know that words to almost every song. Hags would tell you I snore too loud and Tortorella would say I don't block enough shots, but goddamn do I try my hardest. We're a pretty tight knit bunch and I'm one of the younger guys on the team, I give and take a lot of chirping with the guys, but I love playing with them. I'm the first one at practice and the last one to leave because I know I can be better. I leave it all on the ice every night and I'd do anything for the guys on my bench.

were there any deciding moments in your career?

A few come to mind, yeah, in both my NHL and my college career. Definitely the final game against Wisconsin in the National Championships, that one comes to mind all the day. I had already been scouted to the New York Rangers, but I didn't want that to deter me from giving my last year of college hockey my all. I didn't want my team to think I didn't want to be there with them. So, I didn't and we ended up winning the game and winning the National Championship and it was great. It made me feel like I really deserved the scouting and the signing; it made it all worth it. My first game in NHL is definitely up there, too.

any inside details on your latest project?

Latest project? Uh, we got a game at Winnipeg on the 14th, so I don't know, catch it or something.

father: Gregory Kohanchuk, 50
mother: LIsa Kohanchuk (nee Bennett), 48
siblings: Amy Kohanchuk, 24
other: 


I grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where both of my parents are from. My father is a professor at the University of Winnipeg and my mother is a librarian at the University. They met, got married and had me and my sister. We’re twins so, neither one of us had to grow up alone, obviously. We had a relatively normal childhood. We both did a lot of sports, we both played peewee hockey together, she wanting the position of goaltender and me right up in front of her on defense. As we grew up and she grew out of her sports phase, she stopped playing hockey and I continued. She became more focused on school and boys, typical girl stuff like that. I emerged myself in hockey and played all the time, whether it was with a league or with school friends in the driveway or on ponds.

In high school I was alternate captain for the Kelvin High School Clippers. We went undefeated in my sophomore year and went on to win the Division for the first time in the history of the high school. As corny as it may sound, that now seemingly pretty insignificant moment in my high school career was actually what I think pushed me to think seriously about a career in the game. I loved playing the game growing up out on the pond and with my sister, but I had never really put too much thought into what I wanted to do with my life or be when I grew up. Luckily enough for me, this first time ever win of the Division and undefeated season drew a lot of attention to the team. Our next year we went impressively 31-5, but lost in a 1-0 game in the final game of the championship. For me though, it was my greatest season, I scored 15 goals and tallied 20 assists, the most I had gotten in my three years of playing there. During this year, I applied to Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts, knowing of some former classmates who went there and also aware of the amazing hockey team and hockey players they pumped out there. I applied, didn’t get in since I was a B average student, but raised the eyebrows of some of the heads of the hockey department.

My senior year I was scouted. Guys showed up at my high school games with fancy suits and ties, clipboards and files, watching the games and keeping a close eye on number 4, me. It was towards the middle of my last high school year that I was told I was getting the chance to play for Boston College. I went on to finish the year off with 11 goals and 23 assists, but the team didn’t make it past the first round of the finals.

I was red shirted for my first year with the Eagles, but I was still apart of the team and the guys treated me as such. My first year with the Eagles is where I met one of my best friends and current teammates Brian Boyle. He was older than me at the time, but we became friends instantly and roomed together on the road. We didn’t accomplish much that year as a team and lost in OT to Boston University, 2-1, in the legendary Beanpot Tournament. Probably one of the most important hardware to Boston based hockey teams. I didn’t play much the following year either when we went on to defeat Harvard in the Beanpot and New Hampshire in the Hockey East Tournament. I finished off that season with 4 goals and 10 assists. It wasn’t until my last season with the Eagles that I was slapped with the C and told to lead my team to a championship. No pressure or anything. We had made it there the previous year and won against Notre Dame, but I missed the game due to a broken angle and never got to experience the feeling of winning it with my team. It was in my last year that I was scouted by the New York Rangers and asked to signed an entry-level contract with them. I agreed, but I told them would be finishing the season with my team and I would be leading them to a championship win. And that’s exactly what happened. We stormed right on through Hockey East, finishing with a 30-8-1 record and being named Hockey East Regular Season Champs, went on to defeat Maine in the Tournament and from then on defeated Wisconsin in a 5-0 game where I tallied 1 goal and 3 assists. It was just what I needed to end the season and gave me just the right amount of confidence to push me into the Rangers association.

Since then I’ve played one and a half seasons with the Rangers and I love everything about the team. The guys, the coaches, the heads, the fans, the building. It’s everything I’ve ever wanted and more. During the NHL Lockout, I played for the Swiss League, just so I wouldn’t get rusty on my game. At the end of the lockout, I signed a two-year contract with the Rangers. I hope to have a long career with the team because I love playing with them so much. The shortened season has been a rough one to adjust to but we’ve been playing pretty strong so far, but we all know we can do so much better. I’ve tallied 2 goals and 8 assists so far this year, I think and I’m hoping to extend that. I’m doing everything I can to keep the puck out of the back of the net and rack up some wins.

alias: fullmetal perry
age: ancient
play-by: MDZ
spotlight group: top of the game
city: NY
listening to: my songs know what you did in the dark - fob

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