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NARDWUAR the Human Serviette caught up with goaltender Feiix Potvin last year at GM Place noi !ong before he was traded from the Toronto Maple Leafs to the New York Islanders. Potvin joined the Vancouver Canucks thie week after a trade with the Isianders and started Wednesday night.

Fel

Canuck tangles with Serviette

THE Vancouver

- Canucks traded Bill

Muckalt, Deve. Scatchard and “the goalie of the future” Kevin Weekes to the

' New York Islanders

Sunday for goalie Feiix _ Potvin and some draft picks.

Potvin is perhaps the National Hockey League’s foremost puck rocker whose fans include Jay Bentley, Bad Religion’s Bowen Island-based bassist. He one his debut

ednesday night against the Washington Capitals.

News’ correspondent Nardwuar the | Human Serviette caught up with “Felix the Cat” last season while he

was still a member of -the

Toronto Maple Leafs. Nardwuar: Who are you? Belix Potvin: Felix Potvin!

Nardwucr: Felix “The Cat” Porvin! Potvin: Yeah, I am. Nardwuar: Now, Felix, there is also a punk rock band called The Queers and their logo is actually Felix The Cat. And I understand you are the NHL’s only punk rocker! Potvin: 1 don’t know if I am the only one. I enjoy that music a lot, ever since I was 14, so, wh, I guess once you grow up in punk rock niusic, you always listen zo it. Nardwuar: What did you begin listening to in Quebec? Potvin: Oh, prety much the ofd UK - Subs, Social Distortion ... Nasdwuar: The UK Subs! Potvin: Yeah, that was my first concert 1 saw when I was

14. It would be nice to see .

them again. WNardwuar: That was so amazing that, like, Felix Potvin

that you like the UK Subs, -

that’s. so cool! Are there very

many other punk rockers that you have come across in the NHL? .

Potvin: 1 don’t know. it seems like there are a few peo-

pie that do enjoy that kind of

music, wh, [ mean, ub ... Nardwuar: Were you able to influence the music. they played at Maple Leaf Gardens? Like they had the Rheostatics play the national anthem. How did you like that? Potvin: Oh they were pret- fy good, but it’s kind of hard in ¢ dressing 100m to get my way as far as music. I'm one against 24 guys so I got t& lis- ten on my CD player. Nardwuar: So Felix did you hang around Ortawa at all svhile you were growing up? Fotvin: No, not at ail. Nardwuazr: Because there is a rumour going around that you are the subject of Alanis Morissette’s You Ongh? to Knov song. Is that you, Felix? Did you date Alanis Morissetic? Potvin: No, I did not. i never grew up from there. I

Ix: the puck rock ‘nuck

don’t know where that came from.

Nardwuar: Any run-ins with her at all?

Petvin: No, not at all.

_Nardwuar: Because appar- ently Alex Daigle once dated

Pamela Anderson.

Potvin: Oh, that's his busi- ness. I'm married and pretty . happy.

MNardwuar: All right! Well, thanks very much, Felix Potvin, keep on rockin’ is the. free. world, and doot doola doot doo...

Potvin: Thank you.

Nardwuar: Doot doola - door doo....

Potvin: I'm noz doing that.

Nardwuar: Oh, please, ~ Felix, door doola doot doc...

Potvin: Dootdoo, ..

Editor’s note: Potvin may be stuck listening to his own CD player iss the dressing room of his. new team: Master is a Seal fan.

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