Kenan Thompson has unusual hockey roots for a celebrity NHL fan. Before he was an Emmy Award-winning sketch comedian on "Saturday Night Live," he was a Mighty Duck.
Thompson, who is hosting the NHL Awards for the second time on Tuesday night at 7 ET in Tampa, Florida, played Russ Tyler in "D2: The Mighty Ducks" (1994) and "D3: The Mighty Ducks" (1996). Ever hear of the "knuckle puck," the shot in which "it's hard to be accurate but it drives goalies crazy"?
Yeah, that was Kenan Thompson.
We spoke with Thompson last week about coming back to host the NHL Awards, goofing the Tampa Bay Lightning, his New York Rangers and Sidney Crosby fandom, the "Mighty Ducks" legacy and the best hockey moment in "SNL" history.