Any NHL fans out there?

[MyRenalRomance]

Myself, I am a SJ Sharks fan!!!     I try to attend at least 1 home game per month, and watch all the televised games.  I've gone to 2 player signings this year (Bernier & Pavelski), and the next one is next week (Rissmiller).  While standing in line at the Bernier signing, I got to meet Cheechoo, Clowe, and Grier.  There was a Sharks players get-together that afternoon, and those of us at the front of the line saw the guys approaching the building on their way in!   

Love an NHL team?  Who's your team?!   

[MyRenalRomance]

C'mon . . . no hockey fans out there?!!!  (Don't be shy . . . I won't bite ya!)

[kimcanada]

My team is Toronto, I know I know they never win,,,, blah blah blahl yadda yadda yadda!!!  You wait till next year

[MyRenalRomance]

  Nice to meet you, fellow hockey fan! 

I've not had the pleasure of seeing Toronto play us this year.  Apparently, your boys came to town on Jan. 12th.  I had just been to the Calgary game on 1/3 and was gearing up for Dallas on 1/17.  I do believe I watched the Toronto game on tv!

At least you aren't "last" in the Eastern Division . . . (cough cough - Tampa . . . )

Charlene
PS Keep up the team spirit!   

[Hawkeye]

I am a hockey fan as well.  I really like Toronto, kinda like Dallas, and will watch the Hawks since they are the local team.  I am really a Eddie Belfour fan though.  Unfortunately he didn't sign with an NHL team this year and is playing on a Swedish team, Arghhhh .

[MyRenalRomance]

Hiya Hawkeye! 
Nice to meet you, too, fellow hockey fan! 
I like Dallas, as well. A very good friend of mine lives in Dallas and is a die-hard Stars fan.  We have a lot of fun e-mailing back and forth when those teams face-off. 

I did go to the Blackhawks game last Saturday afternoon.  Your boys gave us a run for our money.
Thank goodness for Roenick's shoot-out goal!  (not rubbing it in, mind you . . . )

My husband's family hails from Illinois, so I kinda have a soft spot for the Chicago team.

Glad you responded - I'll be thinking about you when Sharks vs Hawks next month on your turf!

Charlene

[Hope]

Anaheim! I go to a few games every year... I went to a few playoff games too.

It's only the greatest sport on the face of the earth! 

[PD Wife]

I'm kinda new to the sport.  My son has played and been a fan for years and this year towards the end of the season I started to catch his fever and began watching Stars games (we live near Dallas).  Now I can actually almost keep up with the puck!  I'm looking forward to the new season starting...but not as much as football (Cowboys play first preseason game next Saturday night!)

[twirl]

hockey? is that played on ice
football is hockey in Texas
Dallas Cowboys
Texas A&M
Conroe Tigers
(was UT until son turned Aggie on us)
he starts is l05  2 a days today

[PD Wife]

Twirl,
What's your son's position and number?  I'll watch for him.
I have a feeling the Cowboys are gonna show 'em how it's done this season!
(Sorry all, us Texans should start our own football topic, huh?)   

[MyRenalRomance]

So glad you responded Hope, PD wife and Twirl!  I knew there were more hockey fans out there!

Yes, I've been told by my friend in Dallas that football is the dominant sport out in your state.

(I was nearly in tears when your boys from the Big D beat us in our last play-off game - whew- that was a longgg game!  But, I have a lot of respect for Dallas.)

I agree w/ Hope: (Hockey:  "Its only the greatest sport on the face of the earth!!!"
Hope:  SJ plays Anaheim for our first pre-season home game, again this year. I'll be there - went last year, so now its a tradition!

Made it to 14 home games and 3 play-off games, last year!  Hope to make it to as many, if not more this next season.

Nice to meet all of you!!! 

[Robby712]

I am a HUGE NHL fan.  I am from St. Louis so I have to love the Blues...but Boston has always been my favorite eastern conference team (Since they got Oats from us back in 91)  So needless to say I was upset when they traded Thornton to you guys a few years back.

You guys have made some nice moves this off season...getting Blake and Boyle on D. 

In St.L  we're kind of standing pat and seeing what all our draft picks do this year (much to this dismay of many fans) but I cannot wait for the season to start.

Glad to meet another fan!

[meadowlandsnj]

Love hockey!!  I am a HUGE New York Ranger fan!!  I have a coffee mug, a Christmas ball with them on it, shirts, ect.  I'm from Jersey but I HATE the Devils.  My family had season tickets for them since the 1960's before they got outrageously expensive, but a lot of us still go to the games.One night Christopher Reeve was there in his wheelchair--he was really a Ranger fan.  I was in heaven in 94 when they won the Stanley Cup.    

Donna

[kitkatz]

Maria. my daughter, says she has gone to several hockey games in Milwaukee and liked it. Go whatever team!

[cherpep]

I can't believe I haven't noticed this thread before.  I love watching the NHL games.  During the playoffs, we have the schedule posted on our fridge in the kitchen, and no family plans can be made until the schedule is consulted.  A few years ago, my family & I went to Toronto, with our primary destination being the NHL Hall of Fame.  We purchased a magnetic bracket board with little magnets of each team.  This board gets a prominent place in our family room during playoffs, and it is a big deal to move the magnets at the end of each series.  When I was dialyzing in the clinic, I was forced to watch hockey on those little tiny televisions.  If someone brought in a movie on a game night - I absolutely pitched a fit.  When the nurse or techs would walk past me and I'd make sounds while watching the game, they'd stop because they thought I was in pain.  LOL!  I would be in pain, but nothing that some better defense wouldn't fix!!

I haven't been able to attend a game during the past couple of years, since I was diagnosed with CKF.  We just can't afford the expense.  However, we watch the games with our big screen & projector in our basement, decorated with the theme of our favorite team.  Which one is our team?  Well, we all bleed RED.  Our walls are painted RED.  We have lots of WINGS on our walls.  We live in HOCKEYTOWN!!  We are the current holders of the LORD STANLEY'S CUP, and have held that honor several times within the past few years.  I have seen many hall of famers wear our logo, and am excited about watching our current pair of Datsuk and Zetterberg carve their own path to fame.  I am a RED WING fan!!  I wear my jersey with pride!!  Bring it on, fellow NHL fans.  I look forward to more posts on this thread. 

[PD Wife]

I have to hand it to you - they are the team to beat!

[Hawkeye]

I have to admit this last season I wasn't really into hockey as much as I had been.  I am really looking forward to next season though.  Toronto is looking good and resigning Cujo should be interesting.  I liked him before he went to Detroit but being from Chicago that was it for him.  Dallas is Dallas and they will always be Dallas.  What else can you say, they are always a good team to watch and watch out for.  Then Chicago I think they will be the team to watch next season.  Wirtz senior passing was the best thing to ever happen to that team as bad as that may sound.  His son has turned the team around making lots of fabulous changes that will bring them back the glory of being one of the original teams.  They almost made the playoffs last season and I'm sure they are gonna make it next season.

[MyRenalRomance]

I am a HUGE NHL fan.  I am from St. Louis so I have to love the Blues...but Boston has always been my favorite eastern conference team (Since they got Oats from us back in 91)  So needless to say I was upset when they traded Thornton to you guys a few years back.

You guys have made some nice moves this off season...getting Blake and Boyle on D. 

In St.L  we're kind of standing pat and seeing what all our draft picks do this year (much to this dismay of many fans) but I cannot wait for the season to start.

Glad to meet another fan!

Hi Robby 712    (and everyone else who has replied!) 
Yes, we are quite excited about acquiring Blake and Boyle! And "Big Joe" is THE MAN out here in Sharks territory!!!   I'm with you - cannot wait for the season to start!!!
I love meeting fellow fans!  Have made some new friends at player signings, and we meet up at games from time to time.  Hockey fans are some of the best people in the world!  IF NOT THE BEST!
Glad to meet you, too, Robby712 -  AND ALL OF YOU!

[flip]

I've never been to a hockey game even though there is a team nearby (Predators).

[MyRenalRomance]

Love hockey!!  I am a HUGE New York Ranger fan!!  I have a coffee mug, a Christmas ball with them on it, shirts, ect.  I'm from Jersey but I HATE the Devils.  My family had season tickets for them since the 1960's before they got outrageously expensive, but a lot of us still go to the games.One night Christopher Reeve was there in his wheelchair--he was really a Ranger fan.  I was in heaven in 94 when they won the Stanley Cup.    

Donna

Glad to meet someone else w/ a lot of team pride!  I have 2 mugs, 2 jerseys/sweaters, fridge magnets, trading cards,  a huge, comfy fleece blanket (a gift from a fellow fan/friend), commemorative play-off pucks, commemorative play-off pins, reg. team pins, a scrapbook of every game I attended last season, a scrapbook of every player signing I've been to, and 17 signed pucks.    SJ SHARKS! (and then there's my avatar LOL)

[MyRenalRomance]

I can't believe I haven't noticed this thread before.  I love watching the NHL games.  During the playoffs, we have the schedule posted on our fridge in the kitchen, and no family plans can be made until the schedule is consulted.  A few years ago, my family & I went to Toronto, with our primary destination being the NHL Hall of Fame.  We purchased a magnetic bracket board with little magnets of each team.  This board gets a prominent place in our family room during playoffs, and it is a big deal to move the magnets at the end of each series.  When I was dialyzing in the clinic, I was forced to watch hockey on those little tiny televisions.  If someone brought in a movie on a game night - I absolutely pitched a fit.  When the nurse or techs would walk past me and I'd make sounds while watching the game, they'd stop because they thought I was in pain.  LOL!  I would be in pain, but nothing that some better defense wouldn't fix!!

I haven't been able to attend a game during the past couple of years, since I was diagnosed with CKF.  We just can't afford the expense.  However, we watch the games with our big screen & projector in our basement, decorated with the theme of our favorite team.  Which one is our team?  Well, we all bleed RED.  Our walls are painted RED.  We have lots of WINGS on our walls.  We live in HOCKEYTOWN!!  We are the current holders of the LORD STANLEY'S CUP, and have held that honor several times within the past few years.  I have seen many hall of famers wear our logo, and am excited about watching our current pair of Datsuk and Zetterberg carve their own path to fame.  I am a RED WING fan!!  I wear my jersey with pride!!  Bring it on, fellow NHL fans.  I look forward to more posts on this thread. 

During the regular season, no plans can be made without consulting the hockey schedule, planted firmly next to the family master schedule/calendar!.  Hubby doesn't share my passion for hockey (he's a NASCAR fan) so he never knows when I've got tix to a game, and he always forgets to check my schedule.  He'll learn.

I love your story about the magnetic bracket board!  I'd simply LOVE to go to the NHL Hall of Fame!  One day . . . !

Even tho I don't share your passion for Detroit, I admit I did get choked up watching your boys relishing their victory and each hoisting the Stanley Cup!  Part of my being choked up was, also,  seeing the utter dismay of the opposing team, defeated, and slumped up against the boards, utterly exhausted, and disappointed!

I have to admit, Detroit is a force to be reckoned with!!!

Our new head coach has come from Detroit's organization.

So, nice to meet ya!

[MyRenalRomance]

I've never been to a hockey game even though there is a team nearby (Predators).

flip!  You should go to a Predators game!

[MyRenalRomance]

Maria. my daughter, says she has gone to several hockey games in Milwaukee and liked it. Go whatever team!

kitkazt:  repeat after me:  "GO SHARKS!"      LOL

[paris]

We are a hockey family.  Lived in St. Louis for years and love the Blues.  You can imagine how thrilled we were in Raleigh, NC to have the Carolina Hurricanes!!  The Stanley Cup madness was great fun. My husband said he was a Blues fan for years and never a Stanley Cup while we were there and suddenly here are the Hurricanes!  I had a couple of the players children in my class, so it was fun to get to know some of them personally.   Being a southern city, they were not hockey fans, but now everyone embraces the game and become "Caniacs" during the season.   Our Christmas card two years ago was the family in Hurricane shirts.  We love the sport. 

[MyRenalRomance]

Love hockey!!  I am a HUGE New York Ranger fan!!  I have a coffee mug, a Christmas ball with them on it, shirts, ect.  I'm from Jersey but I HATE the Devils.  My family had season tickets for them since the 1960's before they got outrageously expensive, but a lot of us still go to the games.One night Christopher Reeve was there in his wheelchair--he was really a Ranger fan.  I was in heaven in 94 when they won the Stanley Cup.    

Donna

Donna,
Have you seen the movie "Mystery, Alaska"?  If I recall, correctly, the NY Rangers were a part of the plot. 
Charlene
PS  'MYSTERY, ALASKA" IS A GREAT HOCKEY MOVIE, BUT THE ULTIMATE HAS GOT TO BE "SLAPSHOT"  LOL  Love those Hansen brothers!