#ItsMoreThanJustClubHockey Player Profile: Andy Petersmark

My second installment of #ItsMoreThanJustClubHockey Player Profile is with ACHA DIII Black Assistant Capatain Andy Petersmark.

Hometown: East Lansing, Michigan

Team: ACHA D3 Black

Number: 17

Position: Center

Righty or Lefty: Lefty

How long have you played hockey? I have been playing hockey for 12 years

What made you want to play hockey? My grandfather, Bob Holden, used to take me to all the Michigan State home hockey games and that is where I decided I wanted to play hockey.

What is the highest level of hockey you’ve played (before college)? AAA for the Lansing Capitals

Favorite hockey memory? Sweeping a tournament in Columbus, Ohio and scoring the GWG in the finals

Favorite hockey player? Justin Abdelkader, Detroit Red Wings

Where did you play before coming to Adrian? In East Lansing, MI for my high school

Why did you choose Adrian? For the small campus, student to faculty ratio, and the one of a kind hockey experience

Favorite memory of college hockey so far? Beating the defending natty champs, Michigan State, and scoring the OT winner at Davenport

Any superstitions or things you do for luck (ie: putting right side of gear on first, writing quotes, verses, etc. on your stick, taping your stick a certain color...)? I always tape my stick from heel to toe with black, clear tape on right shin first, kick the soccer ball around before games, and sauce a puck into the opposing net at the end of warm ups

To quote Jack O’Callahan in Miracle, “Why’d yah wanna play college hockey?”: Isn’t it obvious? For the girls

Interested in being featured in the #ItsMoreThanJustClubHockey Player Profile of the week? Email me at ccostello19@adrian.edu for details!