Full name: Matthew Justin McCarthy
Nickname(s): McCarthox, Big Mac, Legolas
Birthdate: 9/12/82
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Hometown: The Fields (also home of my ace in the hole, Sean Hayes)
Favorite athlete: Wade Boggs
Favorite Tufts athlete: We call him Marathon Man ... he's the kid in the gym who flails his arms around.
All things considered, junior hockey forward and all-around rebel rouser Matt McCarthy is a man amongst boys. I mean, seriously, a 22-year-old junior? But disregarding that fact, McCarthy is the unofficial Mr. Tufts, even if he wasn't in Friday's pageant. As an out-of-hockey-season employee at Olde Magoon's Saloon, McCarthy often had to spend his Friday nights soberly going about his business while all his Tufts comrades gawked and stared. Poor kid ... err, man. It is just this kind of stick-to-itness which separates Matty from the rest.
I caught up with McCarthy while he was roasting marshmallows with Trakimus on the Quad. Before he could throw his mallow-roasting partner into the fire, Seven Questions ensued.
1) So you've been getting a lot of airplay in "Seven Questions with Tim Whelan" lately (Erin Connolly and Ariel Samuelson, to name a two). What gives?
Ulf (Samuelson) was thinking about me while doing "the greatest thing ever," and I was still on her mind when she answered your questions. As for Dunee (Connolly) and the others, I suppose I'm just always on their minds.
2) They say hockey players are often collecting social security while still in college. Are there any senior citizens on your team at the moment?
Most of us can pass. We get matinee price at the movies, but [senior forward Jason] Boudrow is the only one actually old enough to collect social security.
3) If there was a rink on campus, how much cooler would you be?
If there was a rink on campus, girls would like me and I would be ridiculously cool, but neither are gonna happen.
4) Word around the campfire is that you might be living in DU next year. Don't you have to be a brother to do such a thing?
I'm seriously not "technically" a brother yet. However, I feel that my participation and devotion to the house may land me a room next fall, but first I have to make it through pledging this spring.
5) Who do you feel holds the campus (or somewhat off-campus) social scene down better: 298 Boston Ave. or Delta Upsilon?
Since football ended, DU is the place to be. However, our late night intimate and exclusive soil room is where the ladies want to be, but instead of Finnish dwarfs staying with us we have Alex Rovzar.
6) Favorite hockey movie? (disregarding "D2: The Mighty Ducks," the obvious choice)
We have some webcam footage from 298 that we compiled into a real good movie and, for the most part, the people we know on camera are hockey players. There's another hockey movie I like, though. I don't know what it's called, but I do know Jessica Powers has a leash on [Seven Questions alumnus] Chris Decembrele.
7) Have you seen "The Cutting Edge?" Would you ever consider trading in the black skates for the white ones with toe-picks (in other words, would you consider doing figure skating?)
I'm always ready to try something new. However, it is tough enough to find a partner who can keep up with me in the layher [layer], let alone on the ice.
- by Tim Whelan<$>
