My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to try to find a way to stay in the U.K. after I finished college and could not imagine trying to live and get work there with an American accent.
Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.