HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Hilary Duff says it's a good thing she found a boyfriend in hockey star Mike Comrie.

"I'm the worst dater!" the 21-year-old Duff confesses to Us Weekly. "I never really dated. I've been lucky to meet great people and be like, 'Okay, let's go. Let's do this.' "

In addition to avoided the dreaded dating scene, Duff says she managed to hook quite the catch.

"He's a great guy," she tells the mag of the 28-year-old Ottawa Senators star. "I've never met anyone who could say a bad word about him. He's generous, caring, funny. We just laugh our heads off, which I need in my life."

As for keeping a low profile at her beau's game, consider it unlikely.

"I'm like the crazy hockey lady sitting in the crowd, screaming my head off," says Duff.