Interview with Nashville Predators' Top Prospect Ryan Ellis

Andrew Echevarria: Hey, Ryan. Once again, thanks a lot for agreeing to do the interview. I really appreciate it. Ryan Ellis: Yeah, it’s no problem at all. AE: Let’s get started by getting to know you a little better. Tell us about yourself growing up and how you started playing hockey. RE: I grew up in a small town outside of London, Ontario called Belmont [and] played single B hockey for a while. And once I moved back to Hamilton, which is where I’m originally from, I started playing more competitive hockey: single A, triple A, stuff like that. Finally, I was drafted into the OHL and began playing in Windsor, and now I was just drafted into the NHL. AE: Did you have a favourite team growing up? RE: I was always a Leafs fan, I think. My parents and all my grandparents were Leaf fans, so I think it just kinda grew on me, and I watched them every Saturday night...It’s kind of in my blood, I guess AE: That’s cool. Tell me, Ryan, how did...