#ItsMoreThanJustClubHockey Player Profile: Jimmy Howell

My fifth installment of #ItsMoreThanJustClubHockey Player Profiles with D3 Black defenseman Jimmy Howell.

Name: Jimmy Howell

Team: ACHA D3 Black

Number: 8

Position: Defense

Righty or Lefty: Lefty

How long have you played hockey? Since I was 3

What made you want to play hockey? I was born into it, my mom, yes my mom, tied my first pair of skates

What is the highest level of hockey you’ve played (before college)? NA3HL

Favorite hockey memory? Playing a tournament in Edmonton, Alberta where the ice arena was located inside the largest mall in North America

Favorite hockey player? Danny DeKeyser (Detroit Red Wings)

Where did you play before coming to Adrian? Toledo Cherokee

Why did you choose Adrian? I was recruited and I am able to play baseball and hockey

Favorite memory of college hockey so far? Going to the locker room every day and it being like a second home

Any superstitions or things you do for luck (ie: putting right side of gear on first, writing phrases, quotes, verses, etc. on your stick, taping your stick a certain color, etc.)? Always put my left piece of equipment on first and tape my stick before every game

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