Sports reporter Cory Wolfe gets personal with forward Jordan Eberle of the Western Hockey League's Regina Pats:

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Edmonton Oilers prospect Jordan Eberle heads to the rink for a practice with the Regina Pats.

Photograph by : Bryan Schlosser/Regina Leader-Post

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Canwest: You're a fan of the TV show Entourage. What would be the most important position within your entourage? Chauffeur? Personal shopper? DJ?

Eberle: I'd love a personal chef. And I'd have to have steak. I live with my grandparents, so I could just carry my grandma around. That'd work, too.

Canwest: You're probably not going to find many chefs better than grandma anyways. Which song do you hope your teammates never find in your iPod?

Eberle: Oh, that's either my JoJo or I have a little bit of Spice Girls in there, too, like Spice Up Your Life.

Canwest: You were the WHL's scholastic player of the year in 2008. Excluding sports, which Jeopardy category appeals to you?

Eberle: History, like the Roman Empire and that kind of thing. It really interested me and we learned a lot about it in high school.

Canwest: When it comes to on-ice trash talk, do you give more or get more?

Eberle: I'd say it's even. I know guys like to get me off my game and I like to give it back. I don't like to initiate it, but I'm usually the one to end it.

Canwest: Give me an example of a line that you've heard.

Eberle: Well, I can't remember what the guy said to me first, but I just told him,'You're an awful hockey player.' And he said, 'I'm not the worst player in the league. There are definitely players that are worse than me.' I just had nothing to say back to that.

Canwest: What piece of equipment are you most particular about?

Eberle: Sticks, for sure. I spend probably 30 minutes a game on my stick and I tape it between each period and I make sure it's perfect before every game.

Canwest: In a Nike commercial, you're shown rattling off the names of your sticks-- "Lisa, Ashley, Whitney . . ." Which lady helped you score the tying goal against Russia with 5.4 seconds left in last January's world junior semifinal?

Eberle: To be honest, I don't name my sticks so I said (to the commercial crew),'What do you want me to name them?' They told me to name the girls in my life, so Lisa, Ashley and Whitney are my mom and my two sisters.

Canwest: That's pretty cool. Who's your celebrity dream girl?

Eberle: Kristen Bell.

Canwest: And how would you show her a good time in your hometown of Regina?

Eberle: We could go quadding.

Canwest: What would be the weirdest superstition you've witnessed?

Eberle: I've seen guys who have to put on their equipment the exact same way every time. I haven't really seen crazy things, but I saw a guy puke before every game. He threw up before every single game. That was with the Pats. He didn't make our team but he tried out.

Canwest: You've become quite familiar with Pat Quinn, considering that he coached the Canadian junior team and also guides the Edmonton Oilers (who drafted Eberle). Describe a memorable Quinn line.

Eberle: On an off-day (during the world junior tournament) he told us that we needed to get some sleep and stay off our Sega Genesis.

Canwest: Does Pat know that Xbox exists?

Eberle: I'm not sure. He only calls it Sega Genesis, so . . .

Canwest: Name the single biggest factor in your evolution from a seventh-round bantam pick to a first-round NHL pick.

Eberle: My confidence. You're more of an underdog when you're a seventh-round pick. I kind of showed everyone what I could do and turned it around, so my confidence on the ice is a lot better. The(2008) under-18 tournament in Kazan, Russia, was kind of the turnaround point for me. That's when I thought, 'I can really play with these players.'

Canwest: Toughest WHL defenceman to beat one-on-one?

Eberle: Colten Teubert in practice. I think he probably plays me harder than any guy that I've played in the Western Hockey League.

Canwest: Toughest WHL goalie to beat?

Eberle: Garrett Zemlak (of the Prince Albert Raiders).

Canwest: Outside the hockey world, which trophy would you mostlike to win?

Eberle: Probably The Masters.

Canwest: So a green jacket? Eberle: Yeah, a green jacket. Canwest: When was the last time you cheated in golf?

Eberle: Probably the last time I played.

Canwest: And finally, what tops your bucket list?

Eberle: Climbing some sort of mountain or winning the Stanley Cup.

Canwest: They're kind of the same thing.

Eberle: No kidding.