In a sport that often lacks real characters, with its very high proportionate of softly spoken and awkwardly shy men from Middle Canadians, when someone steps forward with something that even resembles a bit of spark and a sense of humour that they’re willing to show in front of a television camera, we latch on. Today’s example, and one of my personal favourites of our new/next generation of interview comedians is the irrepressible and down right smart mouthed Stefan Legein.
Legein’s most known for being the kid that, when faced with making the jump from the OHL to the AHL, instead chose to walk away from the game, having burn out at barely 20 or so the media kept telling us. With many friends in the CHL, and after seeing what a life of nothing but hockey can actually do to some people I honestly can’t blame the guy at all. Since then, and thankfully, for many of us who are fans of the Oakville forward’s in your face, tear your helmet from your head (as exhibited below) style of play, Legein has returned to the game, and now graces Syracuse, Columbus and a town near you with his wickedly quick sense of humor.
Three of my favourite moments of Stefan Legein.
1. Vintage Gino Reda. Legein, resplendent with stick tape mustache interviews a very young and awkward 17 year old Jonathan Tavares, and amongst other things calls him a liar in hilariously honest fashion.
2.I’m pretty sure TSN and James Cybulski have a little bit of a man crush on Stefan, as exhibited by this entire video they made on just how funny they find him.
3. Who is going to hang a cigar out of their mouth, wave a gold medal and make out with the side of a tv presenters (of the same genders) face on national television, all the while covered in shaving cream? Stefan Legein that’s who.
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