Garrett Roe came to St. Cloud State in the fall of 2007 after playing three seasons of junior hockey for the Indiana Ice in the United States Hockey League. That came after two seasons of playing for Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep and growing up as the youngest of three hockey players in his family in Vienna, Va. Since graduating from SCSU in 2011, Roe has played the last five seasons in the top Swiss League after two seasons playing in Sweden, one season in Germany, one season in Austria and two seasons in the AHL. The three-time All-WCHA pick discusses the many stops of his career with The Rink Live's Mick Hatten on this episode of the Huskies Hockey Insider podcast.
TIME STAMPS
1:00 Playing in Zurich for the ZSC Lions this past season, what he enjoys about playing hockey in Switzerland and why he is going back for a sixth season
4:00 The varied playing styles of play in Switzerland
5:35 Playing style of hockey in Sweden, the culture in Sweden vs. Switzerland
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8:50 His children, taking his kids on the ice for the first time, his son not taking to hockey yet
10:35 Playing four imports at a time in Switzerland
11:35 Playing in the AHL in the Flyers organization after being drafted by the Los Angeles Kings and playing two pro seasons with former SCSU defenseman Oliver Lauridsen and how smart Lauridsen is
17:00 The lifestyle transition of playing college hockey to pro hockey, playing against the other team and competing with teammates
21:00 Only regret of his career and then playing one season in Austria
23:25 His one season playing in Munich, the German culture
25:00 Playing hockey in Virginia, two older brothers playing hockey and his dad being a coach, the amount of travel in youth hockey there, the van they traveled in
29:00 How he got to Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep, playing for former North Star J.P. Parise, playing soccer and lacrosse
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33:35 Why he didn't play a third season at Shattuck-St. Mary's, playing three seasons for the Indiana Ice in the USHL, not joining SCSU in 2006
40:00 What his dream college was growing up
41:30 Having 143 penalty minutes in the USHL in 2006-07
43:15 A scary injury his junior year of college, not playing in the WCHA championship game
46:30 Beating Northern Michigan, having a goal and two assists in 4-3 double overtime NCAA win
50:00 Former teammate Garrett Raboin being named Augustana's head coach and Roe wanting to become a coach at some point
51:30 Memories of his time at SCSU, ping pong table rankings, two rivalries that stick out
54:30 Mr. Hockey Ben Hanowski and how he loved pestering Roe
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