Responses have been edited for brevity and clarity.
1. What are your goals for this season?
Danny O’Regan: To win the Beanpot, Hockey East and the national championship.
Matt Lane: Yeah, same. To win. To win one more game than we did last year.
2. Game you’re most looking forward to this season?
ML: We’ve got a lot, we’ve got a good schedule. I would say, pretty equal would be the first Providence College game, the first Boston College game and the Madison Square Garden game [against Cornell University].
DO: Yeah, I was gonna say that one. Madison Square Garden.
3. If you had a goal song, what would it be and why?
DO: What are some recent songs? I was gonna say something Taylor Swift…
ML: Justin Bieber?
DO: I think I’m gonna stick with T-Swift.
ML: I’ll go with “Good Vibrations” [by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch]. Just because [junior forward] Tommy Kelley’s been playing it a lot.
DO: “Let It Go”? No, “Leave the Night On” [by Sam Hunt].
4. Favorite NHL player?
DO: [Detroit Red Wings forward] Pavel Datsyuk. No brainer, guy’s a magician.
ML: Probably [Chicago Blackhawks forward] Jonathan Toews, because he’s a winner.
5. Who do you think will win the Stanley Cup this year?
DO: I’m going [Washington] Capitals.
ML: [Pittsburgh] Penguins are the obvious pick, but they’re not deep enough on the blue line.
DO: Never have been.
ML: Nope. I’ll go with Tampa Bay [Lightning].
6. Which NHL team has the nicest jersey?
DO: Let’s go with the Avalanche. I’m gonna say Colorado.
ML: I’m gonna go Anaheim. The Ducks.
7. Go-to move on a breakaway?
DO: Dump and chase. (laughs) No, you can say five-hole.
ML: Bar down.
8. If you both weren’t playing hockey, what do you think the other one would be doing?
DO: Matt would be a slot receiver in the NFL.
ML: I was gonna say the same thing, I gotta pick something different. We’ve gotta be a little more creative. [Danny] would definitely be the three-hitter on the [Toronto] Blue Jays.
DO: Slot receiver for the Redskins. They need one.
9. If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
DO: Chips. Tostitos and salsa are my go-to, but I’m not picky when it comes to potato chips at all.
ML: A bowl of Cheerios. You get the little bit of liquid, the little bit of girth. You could survive.
10. Who would be in the BU Hockey Boy Band?
ML: I got it for sure, [sophomore goaltender Connor] LaCouvee and [sophomore forward A.J.] Greer, [sophomore defenseman Brandon] Hickey…
DO: Diff? [sophomore defenseman Brien Diffley] He’s got the look.
ML: I don’t see anybody from the freshman class in that band, I don’t see anyone from our class.
DO: No [senior forward] Ahti [Oksanen]. He’s more of a solo country artist.
ML: [Sophomore defenseman Brandon] Fortunato? He can rap.
DO: LaCouvee, Hickey, Greer, you’ve gotta throw Diff in there.
ML: LaCouvee, Hickey, Greer, Fortch, Diff.
11. Who has the best facial hair on the team?
DO: Hickey grows a gross one.
ML: [Junior defenseman] Doyle [Somerby]’s gets pretty Velcro-y.
DO: [Senior forward Mike] Moran’s like 30, he gets it going pretty quick. I’m gonna go Moran.
ML: Same. Not really many people can grow a beard. You can say Hickey’s the hairiest guy on the team. By far the hairiest guy on the team.
12. Do you prefer Brien Diffley’s hair long or short?
ML: Well, we have a rule that it has to be short, so you have to take that into account.
DO: I like it long. That Ronnie Bass look. Just write “Sunshine.”
ML: Yeah, same thing.
13. What movie always makes you cry?
ML: I cried pretty hard in “Southpaw.” And I feel like it’s such a classic, but I’ve gotta go with “Hardball.”
DO: Is “The Notebook” a crier? I don’t want to say that. “Toy Story 3” is a really good answer. Yeah, do that, I did cry at that one.
ML: You did?
DO: Yeah.
14. If you were a superhero, what would your name and power be?
ML: I would be The Ghost. More of a “now you see me, now you don’t” type style.
DO: I’m gonna be The Duck. The ultimate boot.
15. Favorite emoji?
ML: The monkey is a classic.
DO: Mine is also the duck. Or whatever that is. Is that a chicken?
ML: It’s a chick.
DO: I use it as a duck. Let’s call it a duck.
ML: I’ll go with the fireball.
DO: There’s a fireball?
ML: Yeah, it’s up there. (points to phone)
DO: Oh, okay.
16. Favorite class you’ve taken?
DO: History of Pirates.
ML: You took that?
DO: No. I’ll say History of Boston.
ML: Mine would have to be GE 101. Earth and Environment.
17. If you were a vegetable, what kind of vegetable would you be and why?
DO: I would be a carrot, because I don’t like carrots, and I wouldn’t eat my own kind.
ML: I’ll go with sweet potatoes. I’m hard on the outside and sweet on the inside (laughing).
18. Biggest phobia?
DO: None. I’m afraid of fear. Nah, I’m gonna say insects in general. Ugh.
ML: When I first got my license, I used to be afraid of driving by 18-wheelers.
DO: No, I got it. When you think it’s a glass of water, but it’s actually seltzer water.
ML: A four-foot putt to break 80? No, I’ll go with falling off the ninth floor at TD Garden.
19. If your dorm room were on fire and you could only grab three things, what would they be?
ML: After my three roommates…
DO: My poster of a lion, my recliner and the TV.
ML: I’ll go, my sword hanging on the wall, my toothbrush and my Jordans.
20. If you had three wishes, what would they be?
ML: Probably a weekend party with Justin Bieber. That’s one. And I want one snap in the NFL.
DO: I want one at-bat against [Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher] Clayton Kershaw.
ML: And I would be a spot-up shooter for the [Cleveland] Cavaliers. Nah, let’s get rid of that and go personal masseuse.
DO: I wish I could fly. And I wish the temperature around me was always 70 degrees.
Sarah covers men's hockey and other sports for The Daily Free Press, and is the chairman of Back Bay Publishing Co., Inc. She served as Editor-in-Chief of the FreeP during the Spring 2014 semester and was Sports Editor in Fall 2013. She has also written for the Boston Globe and seattlepi.com. When she's not writing, she loves baking and going to concerts. You can contact her by tweeting her at @Kirkpatrick_SJ or emailing her at sjkirkpa@bu.edu.
