# @playerstribune on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DAtUsEpRAGE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/23855207-playerstribune-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-10-04T16:01:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) — https://gondola.cc/PlayersTribune

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Nico Hischier when he was drafted to the @njdevils: “I really did not know what was going to happen on draft night. I felt like anything could happen, and when I got to the green room with my family, we had no idea where I was going. The draft started and we still had no idea. Then the Devils came up to pick and we still had no idea. I thought that was impossible now, with social media and everything, but we really didn’t know.⁠
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Then I heard my name.⁠
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And I couldn’t remember anything for a minute after that. I hear this expression in America a lot. ‘Blacked out.’ Am I using this right? I blacked out.⁠
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My mom was crying a little bit. My dad was very proud. They were teasing me, like, ‘See? Aren’t you glad you didn’t quit?’ Because when I was maybe eight or nine years old, I came home from hockey and told my dad that I was done. I was having a lot more fun playing soccer and I wanted to do that. I actually told my coach I was done! That was it. Retired. I stopped playing for a whole summer.⁠
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Then, of course, after three months, it got cold again, and I saw all my friends playing hockey, and I told my parents that I was coming out of retirement.⁠
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After the draft, I had some pretty funny voice memos from my friends back home. They were all out in the streets screaming and chanting, ‘Let’s Go, De-vils!’⁠
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It was overwhelming. I think for anybody, it’s hard to think of the words for how you feel when the cameras are on you. It’s harder when English is your third language! So yeah, after my black out, the reporter asked me about myself, and all I could think of was, ‘I love to hockey.’⁠
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It’s true, though. I do love to hockey....⁠
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So that’s it. What else can I say? I’m Nico. I love to hockey. And it’s an honor to be a Devil again.” (Link in bio) • 📸: @elsagarrison, @bruce_bennett

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| The Players' Tribune | @PlayersTribune | https://gondola.cc/PlayersTribune | Media Company |
| Angela Wang | @wangela_angela | https://gondola.cc/wangela_angela | Photo Editor |

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