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the mokena messenger | January 16, 2020 | 33<br />
Athlete of the Week<br />
3<br />
10 Questions<br />
with Jason Lange<br />
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Mokena resident Jason<br />
Lange is a senior forward<br />
and captain of the<br />
Lincoln-Way hockey team,<br />
who attends LW West.<br />
How long have you<br />
played hockey and<br />
how did you first get<br />
started?<br />
I’ve been playing hockey<br />
since fourth grade,<br />
when I was about 10 years<br />
old. I started watching<br />
the Blackhawks on TV a<br />
lot and I found interest in<br />
hockey. I started a learn to<br />
skate program in Orland<br />
Park, found a love for the<br />
game and started playing<br />
hockey.<br />
Do you have a<br />
favorite Blackhawks<br />
player?<br />
Patrick Kane, by far. I<br />
like the way he handles<br />
the puck and the control he<br />
has on the ice.<br />
You also play golf<br />
[at LW West]. Golf<br />
and hockey are very<br />
different sports, but<br />
does playing golf<br />
help you with hockey<br />
in any way or vice<br />
versa?<br />
I think the swing is very<br />
similar in both sports, so<br />
that has helped me out.<br />
Hockey is much more aggressive,<br />
so golf is almost<br />
a stress reliever. If I’m<br />
frustrated with hockey or<br />
something like that, I can<br />
just go to the golf course<br />
and let it out there.<br />
Golf is such a mental<br />
sport. Does that help<br />
with hockey?<br />
I think so. I’ve been told<br />
I’m very stoic on the golf<br />
course and I like to bring<br />
that to hockey and try to<br />
keep a level head. I know<br />
hockey sometimes gets out<br />
of hand, but I try to keep<br />
my mental state stable<br />
when I’m on the ice.<br />
Who would be in your<br />
dream foursome for<br />
golf?<br />
Tiger Woods, Rory Mc-<br />
Ilroy, Justin Thomas and<br />
I. Tiger Woods is the best<br />
golfer known to man. The<br />
way Rory strikes the ball is<br />
impressive to me, and I’ve<br />
seen Justin Thomas on the<br />
course and he seems like a<br />
really fun guy, so I think<br />
it’d be fun to be in a grouping<br />
with him.<br />
It’s getting late in<br />
your senior hockey<br />
season. Are you trying<br />
to soak up these last<br />
few weeks?<br />
As the year has gone on,<br />
I’ve been thinking about it<br />
more and more. I’m coming<br />
to realize how much<br />
I’m going to miss it when<br />
I’m done. I don’t think I’m<br />
going to play in college at<br />
all, so I’m just trying to<br />
soak in these last games<br />
and get the most out of it<br />
I can.<br />
If you could be anybody<br />
Chip DeLorenzo/22nd<br />
Century Media<br />
else for a day, who<br />
would you want to be?<br />
I would probably be<br />
Connor McDavid from<br />
the Edmonton Oilers. He’s<br />
probably the best player in<br />
the NHL right now and to<br />
be that kind of player and<br />
to be leading that caliber<br />
of a team, I think would be<br />
really cool.<br />
You’re standed on a<br />
deserted island and<br />
can have an endless<br />
supply of one food.<br />
What do you want?<br />
Chicken, by far. I like<br />
grilled chicken and I really<br />
like chicken parmasean.<br />
What is your favorite<br />
TV show?<br />
Probably “Rick and<br />
Morty.” I just think it’s<br />
so funny. I don’t watch a<br />
whole lot of TV, but that<br />
cartoon gets me.<br />
If you could travel<br />
anywhere in the<br />
world, where would<br />
you want to go?<br />
I’d probably go back<br />
to Germany and Austria.<br />
I went last year and the<br />
scenery out there is so<br />
nice. I loved how much<br />
nature there is out there,<br />
and being in the mountains<br />
was awesome.<br />
Interview conducted by<br />
Sports Editor Steve Millar.
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