SUNRISE, Fla. — Pat Maroon knew what he wanted to say. His question was prepared and rehearsed in his head over and over again. He was ready. And then new teammate John Buccigross sent it down to him from the booth for his on-ice interview on Friday night at the NHL’s All-Star Skills and he was right into the fire on national television on ESPN.
“I was shy for a second there. It’s scary,” Maroon said, smiling. “It’s not as easy as it looks, I’ll tell you that.”
For someone who makes their living on the ice, nothing quite hits you like the live, red light on the camera and the producer in your ear telling you: “Go!” in front of a few hundred thousand people. Maroon learned first-hand on Friday night. The three-time Stanley Cup champion and Tampa Bay Lightning forward became one of the rare players in league history to try his hand on the broadcast side of the business while still in-season as a player.
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