Cassius Darrow’s off-ice hobbies are no secret: the man loves reading, cooking, and spending time with his family back home in Germany. His on-ice FHM statistics help him with all of these hobbies and more.

Let’s start with the end; when visiting family back in Germany, Darrow’s high Stamina and Positioning equips him well to run run run nonstop with his nephews, Finn and Luca. The little guys are bundles of energy (though the young Luca is only a year and a half old) and Darrow uses his skills at cutting off passing lanes from SHL forwards to control where the little ones run. Darrow is a wonderful uncle, all things considered.

Beyond that, Darrow’s high levels ability reading offensive and defensive situations comes in large part due to his frenetic ability to fly through books. In 2020, Darrow’s goal was to finish 52 books. He’s completed 62 so far with a few weeks to spare! Sometimes it’s almost scary how quickly Cassius can read and how much he retains from those; it’s not uncommon to see Darrow chatting with one of his teammates, an usher, or random person with a love of reading about a book he’s read or reading. Darrow breaks down novels like he breaks down other team’s power play schemes—quickly and efficiently.

As for his cooking interests… I can’t stretch anything far enough to make that work! xD