January 11, 2013

Senators defenceman Erik Karlsson

Since his last game with the Senators, Erik Karlsson has turned 22, got married, won the Norris Trophy and signed a mega-million dollar contract. But, thankfully, it seems he really hasn't changed as a person.

He still dares to be different, witness his wardrobe at Scotiabank Place Friday. Along with a brown Boston Red Sox cap, Karlsson wore a pink Barbra Streisand T-shirt.

The 70-year-old, New York-born star of stage and screen is big among young Swedish hockey players is she?

"I picked it up in Berlin, when I was there during the national team break with (former Senator) Jarkko Ruutu and his wife ... I saw it and I kind of liked it," Karlsson shrugged. "I heard she was pretty good, and people still talk about her."