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player ready...Hawks’ defenseman Brent Seabrook is a premier athlete. That much we know. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be playing in the NHL.
Here are seven things RedEye learned about the guy off the ice who wears No. 7 on it:
#1: He scored a cameo in an episode of NBC’s “Chicago Fire” last year, in which he and teammate Duncan Keith order milk at a local bar and leave tickets to the outdoor hockey game at Soldier Field as a tip.
“I thought he was pretty good. I think he deserves a job in the offseason,” said Seabrook’s brother, Keith. Though Seabrook didn’t drink on TV, fans have seen the team chug beer and champagne from the Stanley Cup.
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#2: He once wrote a book report in fifth grade on NHL legend Wayne Gretzky.
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#3: He idolized Chris Pronger of the Philadelphia Flyers and ended up rooming with him during the 2010 Olympics. Months later, the Hawks beat them to win the Cup.
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#4: He has a tattoo on his forearm of the date 8-11-12, marking his wedding date.
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#5: Growing up, not only did he play hockey, but he also signed up for baseball and lacrosse.
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#6: He has a dog named Stanley. Yep, just like the Cup.
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#7: Every summer when Seabrook returned home after he turned 19, he played road hockey with his high school buddies where the winning team got the Pilsner Cup, a couple of cases of beer as the prize.
If he ever won the Stanley Cup, his mother said he told his friends they would play for it. So in 2010 they put on their roller blades and battled it out at a local arena, when he brought the “other” Cup home. To watch, go to 3:05.