Getting to know Milan Michalek

Born: Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic
Age: 24 (Dec. 7, 1984)
Family: Single
Size: 6-2, 225 pounds
Position: Left wing, No. 9

Previous teams: HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech league), San Jose (NHL)

What's playing on your iPod: A little bit of everything, but probably dance music.

Favourite musician: U2 or Coldplay

What kind of car do you drive: Porsche Cayenne

Favourite TV shows: Entourage, Californication

Best nickname on the Senators: Ernie (Brian Elliott) Cute! I never heard that one.

Funniest thing a fan has said to you: That I played a good game after we lost 6-0 and I was minus-3.

Superpower you'd love to have: Ability to fly

Favourite home-cooked meal: Meat with dumplings

Item you can't live without on the road: Cellphone

Who would you like to trade places with for a day: Cristiano Ronaldo Yum...for the ladies!

Your best trait: Hardworking

Worst habit: I'm not patient

Favourite sport other than hockey: Soccer

Best friend in hockey: Probably Cheech (teammate Jonathan Cheechoo)

Worst mispronunciation of your name: There are a lot of those.
Probably My-chall-ek.
(It's pronounced Mi-ha-lek) Funny, they were saying when teh season started that he wanted it pronounced Mi-call-ek, am I the only one who heard that?

Best part about playing hockey in California: The weather

Favourite way to unwind: Watch a movie or play PlayStation

Three favourite movies: The Hangover, Braveheart, Gladiator

Favourite subject in school: Geography

Worst subject: Math

Favourite road city: Chicago

Memories of your first date: I don't even remember it.

If you couldn't be a hockey player, what would you be: Soccer player

Besides a teammate, NHL player you admire most: Alex Ovechkin

Who would win in a MMA fight between teammates Chris Neil and Matt Carkner: Probably Carks -- he's a little bit bigger, I think.

Favourite Senators uniform: The red one

Favourite way to unwind: Watch a movie or play PlayStation

My kind of dude.

SpezDispenser wrote:Favourite way to unwind: Watch a movie or play PlayStation

My kind of dude.

Pretty cool guy this Milan!

Did you know that we were pronouncing his name right all along this summer? It took me forever to get used to the way they told us it was actually pronounced, and that's wrong. Terrible.

SpezDispenser wrote:Favourite way to unwind: Watch a movie or play PlayStation

My kind of dude.

mine too, if I ever got a chance to do it

SensGirl11 wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Favourite way to unwind: Watch a movie or play PlayStation

My kind of dude.

Pretty cool guy this Milan!

Did you know that we were pronouncing his name right all along this summer? It took me forever to get used to the way they told us it was actually pronounced, and that's wrong. Terrible.

That's silly. You'd thing guys in the media would get it right.

Coldplay, POrsche, playstation, Gladiator and Braveheart . OFficially my new favourite Senator

SensGirl11 wrote:Worst mispronunciation of your name: There are a lot of those.
Probably My-chall-ek.
(It's pronounced Mi-ha-lek) Funny, they were saying when teh season started that he wanted it pronounced Mi-call-ek, am I the only one who heard that?

When I lived in San Jose, I distinctly remember him saying it was Mi-ha-lek. But after the trade, I also remember Mr. Peanut (our good friend Pierre) saying that his brother insists it's Mi-call-ek, and that Milan was now using this pronunciation. SO now I'm not sure