On tap with ... Annie Greenwood

A: Probably when I picked up my first Pequod and realized there were more pages in that one book than I had read in years.

Q: What has been the greatest highlight in your sports career?

A: Beating Harvard 6-1 in Baker Rink and being in first place in the ECAC after the 2006 regular season, then going to Minnesota for the NCAA Championship.

Q: What’s your funniest story about a coach?

A: How much time do you have? I’m going to use a story I was just told by one of my teammates about practice [Monday]: “Today after he explained the five-on-five drill I heard someone whistling ‘Get Your Freak On’ and I thought it was [freshman forward Julie Johnson], but it was definitely [head coach] Jeff [Kampersal ’92].” There was also the time he asked us if we were listening to “Missy Blige” in the locker room, and the time he quoted Rihanna’s “Umbrella” in our inspirational quotes book. Also, one time he was trying to tell kids to go to the left of the cone in a drill, and he broke out into Beyonce and started singing “to the left to the left.” It’s becoming a pattern.

Q: Who is your quirkiest teammate? Why?

A: [Freshman forward] Danielle DiCesare. It’s hard to explain, first of all her nickname is “Cheese” or “Cheesy,” further emphasized by the fact that her linemate’s nickname is “Chucky.” But she always has a big goofy smile on her face, and usually is about 10-15 seconds behind on every joke, and doesn’t just chuckle to herself when she gets it but explodes with laughter. “Story of my life.”

Q: What has been your most embarrassing moment with the team?

A: I’d have to go with my nickname, I guess. On a bus ride home one year I was chatting with some of my teammates and mentioned to them that, because I was so fat as a child, my arms and legs looked like big sausage links, and my parents wanted to call me “Linky.” A few hours later, one of my teammates told the story over the microphone to the entire bus. Since then, in both formal and informal occasions, my coaches and teammates have called me “Linky.” I don’t notice it as much anymore, but I used to get quite embarrassed when I would hear my coach yelling at me from the bench in games, “Skate, Linky!”

Q: What’s your favorite thing to do when not practicing?

A: Sleep, no question.

Q: If not hockey, what other sport would you like to play here at Princeton?

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A: Lacrosse, I played in high school, and I love it.

Q: Favorite class taken at Princeton? Why?

A: [PSY 207:] Abnormal Psychology. Professor Michael Litchman is an awesome lecturer.

Q: Who gets the most guys on the team? Who has the most game off the ice?

A: I won’t throw anyone under the bus on that one in terms of actual people who have the strongest pursuits off the ice, but I have heard through the grapevine that [junior defenseman] Stephanie Denino has caught the eyes of a number of male pursuers. But she has standards so many of them are unlucky. Also, the freshmen seem to be wheeling and dealing, intermingling with the men’s team and such.

Q: Do you have a pre-game ritual?

A: Before every game I go out onto the bench and listen to R. Kelly’s “The World’s Greatest.” I have to listen to the whole song, only once, and have listened to it before every game I have played here and in high school. That probably sounds really weird, but it actually is because it was the hit song during my first year on my girls’ club team when we went to nationals in Alaska, and it became our team song. Every year after that we listened to it before the game, and the ritual has been passed down, and I think they still listen to it. It reminds me of that team and program, which really symbolizes my love for the sport, and reminds me of how much fun being a part of a team like that can be.

Q: Most embarrassing song on your iPod?

A: Probably “ The World’s Greatest” or “Fair Hotchkiss Remix,” which is a remix of my high school’s song. I got made fun of a lot freshman year for having it on my iPod because people made fun of me for being obsessed with high school, which I am.