The star of 'The Office' was more than a hockey goalie during his college years, but his teammates didn't immediately recognize his genius.
In the 1980s, club hockey games at Ohio University were must-attend events, especially against rival Denison, a liberal arts school from a little over an hour north. Before games, Ohio dimmed the lights and used a disco ball to make stars swirl around the ice. Then the home players would skate through a paper visage of their bobcat mascot, bursting onto the ice to AC/DC.Beer was cheap. Crowds were raucous.
“We both got to our senior year and were like, ‘Holy s—, I’m not ready to leave!’” says Elliot Mitchell, one of Carell’s Denison roommates. Sporting a beard and using a Koho goalie stick, Carell was even better as a sophomore, making 305 saves across 29 periods played. His .866 save percentage might not sound great by
“Hey, what is that!?” Noble recalls chirping at his teammates. “You’ve got more hair on your back than on your chest!” Heher recalls him making remarks like: “Greg, you looked like a ballerina when that guy spun you around. Thank God I made the save!” Carell’s teammates remember him as reserved, but that exterior melted the second he stepped on a stage. His first year on campus, he joined the Burpee’s Seedy Theatrical Company, a newly formed Denison improv group, and quickly left an impression.
On top of his improv work, Carell performed in campus plays. He was the lead in “The Country Wife,” and also appeared in “Candide,” which limited his junior year hockey availability, “A Flea in Her Ear” and “Romeo and Juliet.” In 2019, Carell found himself where he’d been decades earlier: on Denison’s campus, backstage with his old classmates before a Burpee’s Seedy improv show. He was back for the group’s 40th anniversary reunion.
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