Rapid Fire Questions With The New York Islanders

Rapid Fire Questions With The New York Islanders
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Young Hollywood catches up with New York Islanders players Matt Martin, Kyle Palmieri, and Alexander Romanov at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for a little rapid fire quiz during the annual NHL Stadium Series! Find out the players' stances on coffee vs. tea, pre-game hype music, what other athlete they would trade places with for a day, and more!
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Okay, I'm going to hit you with a little rapid-fire quiz with you. Okay. When are you most productive?
Probably the morning. Yeah. Totally. Morning person.
Coffee or tea?
Coffee.
How do you take it?
Uh it doesn't really matter. Black, I would say, most of the time. Just black coffee. Second guest: No way. Too strong.
Good answer. Coffee or tea? Second guest: Coffee.
Another good answer. How are you taking it? Second guest: Just black.
Hockey players love black. Second guest: Yeah, just black.
Yeah, just stay skinny. That's right. There you go. How did you start your day today? First thing you're doing in the morning?
Waking up. That's pretty good. That's pretty good. Open my eyes. That's pretty good.
Oh, that's good. Okay. What time of day are you most productive? Second guest: Morning. Morning. Morning.
Coffee or tea? Second guest: Coffee. 100%.
How do you take it? Second guest: I take it black.
Cream, sugar, flavor. Second guest: No, just black. Just black coffee. Straight up black coffee. Yeah, and my favorite is cold brew. Cold brew. Yeah.
There you go. Favorite food?
Uh pizza. Of course. In in New York, you got to. Yeah. Second guest: Yeah. Steak.
Lasagna.
Good job. Vegetarian or with meat?
Meat, of course. Of course.
Okay. Jonas Brothers are doing a little concert pre-game tomorrow. What's your music to get you in the mood?
Uh I mean, we listen to kind of everything. Um I have no problem with the Jonas Brothers. You could throw that on on the speakers and and just any any kind of music is good with me.
What's your music choice? Getting ready for a game? Or just in general? Second guest: Oh, we got like uh like a full mix going. There's so many different songs on there. Like every genre is being played.
If you get to choose. Second guest: If I got to choose, I'd probably just listen to like AC/DC. That's yeah. That'd probably be my thing.
The Jonas Brothers are doing a concert pre-game tomorrow. Did you know that?
No. What was that? Jonas Brothers? I I have no idea who that is. Oh. They're from Russia, so it's it's tough for me. I know.
Well, let's pass on that. Yeah. Musical. Yeah, it's fine. Okay. So, podcasts or basic radio music?
Hmm. It depends what mood I have.
Okay. So, right now, you're kind of happy. You're excited.
Podcast. Podcast.
What kind of podcast? Uplifting? Sports related?
No, probably something like comedy podcast, something like that. Yeah. That's good.
Are we doing podcast or music? Second guest: Uh I'm more of a music person. Okay. 10 years ago, it was music and now it's a little more podcast, but I think it's still got to be music.
Okay. Most famous person in your phone. And I know you know people.
Ooh. Kevin Connolly. Is that good? Yeah. Yeah. That's my guy. It happens, too.
Yeah. We love Kevin here at Young Hollywood.
Yeah. Yeah. He's great. Second guest: I mean, tough, but I played in a pro-am uh at Ridgewood with Justin Rose, Reggie Bush, and J. R. Smith. So, those are probably probably the most famous people I at least have a picture of and their phone numbers.
You have a picture. Yeah. So, either pick or it didn't happen. Second guest: Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. It happened. It happened. That's great.
Okay. The most famous person in your phone.
I haven't got a famous person, but I have a got important person for me is my my family and my my wife. So.
Last thing you bought.
Last thing I bought was an three-year-old Islander jersey. That's great. Yeah. There you go. Second guest: I just bought, oh my God. I bought a phone for my wife. That's that's the last I bought. That's good. No, no, no. No. I bought a flowers for for Valentine's Day. Yeah. Yeah. Good job. Good job.
Well, yesterday was Valentine's Day, so flowers for my wife. So good. We got that in there. I love it. You can have a plane ticket to anywhere. Where are you going? And why?
Maldives. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. Second guest: Probably Italy. My wife and I went there on our honeymoon and and it was awesome.
Uh Greece. That's where me and my wife went for the honeymoon. So, there's some brownie points for that. And uh you know, just I love Mediterranean food and just kind of the water there was unbelievable. So, I'd go back there in a heartbeat.
Of course, we're at MetLife Stadium, home of the New York Giants and Jets. If you could trade places with any athlete in another sport for a day, who is it and why?
Probably Tiger Woods. Big big golf fan. I just think that'd be that'd be Tiger Woods. You know, he's at the Genesis Open right now. Yeah, he's back. Yeah. He's back. He's back. Going to watch that. Yeah. Awesome. Second guest: At prime Tiger Woods, for sure.
Okay. If you could trade places with one athlete in another sport for one day, who is it going to be? From any sport?
Lionel Messi.
How are your soccer skills?
Pretty good. Good. Pretty good. Everyone plays football in Russia. So, it's so it's it's most popular sport in Russia right now. Nice.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Matt Martin
New York Islanders player interviewed
- Kyle Palmieri
New York Islanders player interviewed
- Alexander Romanov
New York Islanders player interviewed
- Jonas Brothers
Band performing pre-game
- Kevin Connolly
Most famous person in Matt Martin's phone
- Justin Rose
Played in pro-am with Matt Martin
- Reggie Bush
Played in pro-am with Matt Martin
- J. R. Smith
Played in pro-am with Matt Martin
- Tiger Woods
Athlete Kyle Palmieri would trade places with
- Lionel Messi
Athlete Alexander Romanov would trade places with






