This week, The Clarion sat down with hockey assistant captain Gabe Levin.

  

Q: How did you begin playing hockey?

A: I went to a Los Angeles Kings game when I was two years old and I fell in love with Wayne Gretzky. I made people start calling me Wayne when I was two. I learned to skate when I was three and I started playing right after that.

Q: How did you end up coming to DU?

A: Coach Gwozdecky recruited me before Coach Monty (Jim Montgomery) came. It was a dream come true. I accepted over the phone as soon as they offered. I didn’t even need to come for a visit.

Q: How has your role changed now that you are a senior and an assistant captain?

A: There’s a little more responsibility to be a leader when you’re wearing a letter. Last year, we lost seven seniors and a lot of them were vocal guys and leaders for us on and off the ice. Someone needs to pick up that slack and I feel like I am one of the guys to do that. It’s cool, but it is also a responsibility you have to be aware of.

Q: In regards to your new web show, “Gabbin’ with Gabe”, how did that come about and what is your favorite part of it?

A: I was told they wanted to give me my own show and I was taken aback a bit. I calmed down and then I was ready to give it a shot. The first episode went well thanks to some good editing by the media department. Hopefully, it’ll be a good way to help other students on campus to get to know our guys a little better because we’ve got some pretty funny characters. A lot of them don’t always get a chance to meet as many people on campus as they’d like to. Hopefully it gives other students a way to feel like they know us a little more and maybe we can make some friends through the show, if nothing else.