JANE: THE OPENING CEREMONY OF
THE 2018 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IS
THREE MONTHS FROM TODAY.
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED
SPORTS IS HOCKEY.
NIGEL: JUS WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE
THIS.
WITH THE HELP OF THE GREENVILLE
SWAMP RABBITS, I DECIDED TO GIVE
IT A TRY.
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW I DID.
JANE: GO NIGEL.
NIGEL: IS THIS LEFT OR RIGHT?
WHEN THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING
TO PUT ME IN FULL HOCKEY GEAR.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE THIS 
DIFFICULT.
ALL THAT, AND THEN CAME THIS.
ALRIGHT.
I TRIED MY HAND AT HOCKEY BA
IN COLLEGE, BUT LET'S JUST SAY
THAT WAS VERY LONG AGO.
MY TEACHERS -- JOE BASARABA AND
CARTER SANDLEK, BOTH FROM CANADA
, BOTH STARTERS ON THE NEW YORK
RANGERS AFFILIATE TEAM, THE
SWAMP RABBITS IN GREENVILLE
SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> BEING FROM CANADA, IT IS A
LOT DIFFERENT COMING DOWN HERE
AND PLAYING HOCKEY OBVIOUSLY.
NIGEL: DIFFERENT.
BUT ON THE ICE, IT IS VERY MUCH
THE SAME.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN
HOCKEY IS SKATING.
NIGEL: I WASN'T AS SMOOTH AS
THEY WERE, BUT I DIDN'T FALL
>> EVENT THAT A PRETTY QUICK.
SO WE MOVED TO STOPPING.
NIGEL: THEY EVEN HAD ME PRACTICE
GETTING OUT OF THE PENALTY BOX
, WHICH FOR SOME REASON INVOLVED
CLIMBING OVER THIS WALL, INSTEAD
OF USING THE PERFECTLY GOOD
WORKING DOOR JUST A FEW FEET
AWAY
>> THERE!
>> YOU PICKED THAT UP REALLY
WELL.
WE KIND OF MOVED INTO SLAP SHOTS
AND DIFFERENT SHOTS.
NIGEL: I HAVE TO ADMIT, SWINGING
THE STICK, AND SENDING THE PUCK
DOWN THE ICE FELT GREAT.
THEN THEY CAME UP WITH A
BRILLIANT IDEA TO PRACTICE BODY
CHECKING.
OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER AGAIN.
THANKFULLY, THEY TOOK IT EASY ON
ME.
>> YEAH, AT FULL SPEED AND I
DON'T KNOW THE OTHER GUY ON THE
OTHER TEAM, I'M GOING TO DO IT A
LITTLE HARDER.
NIGEL: ALL OF THIS ONLY ADDS TO
THE EXCITEMENT OF HOCKEY ON THE
PROFESSIONAL AND OLYMPIC LEVEL.
>> WE ARE LIVING DOWN IN THE
UNITED STATES AND WE ARE BOTH
CANADIANS.
THAT IS A LITTLE ADDED PRESSURE
.
WE ARE CHEERING FOR OUR COUNTRY
THEY ARE CHEERING FOR THEIRS.
NIGEL: THEY, LIKE SO MANY, HAVE
CAUGHT OLYMPIC FEVER.
BUT IT IS NOT HOCKEY THEY ARE
EXCITED FOR.
>> I AM MORE OF LIKE BOBSLEDDING
OR THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I DON'T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AND LIKE TO
WATCH.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE MORE EXCITED
EVERY FOUR YEARS WHEN THE
OLYMPICS ROLL AROUND.
NIGEL: THAT EXCITEMENT HERE NOW.
SIMILAR TO THE EXCITEMENT I
FELT WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO
GET OFF THESE SKATES.
ON THE ROAD TO THE 2018 WINTER
