1. My first hockey game and memory was in 1974 when the Flyers won the Stanley Cup at the Spectrum, I was 4 years old, my Dad made me go with him saying it was going to be a lifetime memory. I appreciate 1-0 games ever since

2. My worst hockey memory was when Pelle Lindbergh died.

3. My all time favorite player is John LeClair

4. I learned to skate before I learned to ride a bike

5. I was forced to play goalie until age 8 when I switched to defense which was much cheaper

6. I own 33 various hockey jersey’s from NHL, AHL, ECHL, NCAA, and Olympic teams

7. I read about, post or discuss hockey every single day of my life

8. I have seen NHL games in person at 14 different arena’s including every current Canadian NHL city except Vancouver

9. My wife knew nothing about hockey when we met, now she thinks she is an avid fan and tells her friends I trained her well

10. My skates are a size 12

11. I played competitive hockey in college, a #6 defenseman

12. I sat 2 rows away from Ed Snider at a Phillies game in 2004 at the inaugural season of Citizens Bank Park

13. I DVR every Flyers game and usually re-watch the games I see in person when I get home

14. My computer homepage is www.philadelphiaflyers.com

15. The most serious injury I ever suffered in a hockey game was a broken wrist

16. I do not own any electronic hockey games whatsoever at the moment, I gave them all to my numerous nephews and nieces

17. The farthest I have been away from North America to see a hockey game was in Sweden in 1998

18. I have 99 percent of the ticket stubs from all the hockey games I have attended

19. I was at the gold medal game in Salt Lake City in 2002

20. I once was on a plane from California to New York with Brian Burke
- watsonnostaw

Wow who saw this coming?

Well poutine still smells better then downtown Vancouver. Gotta love Hastlings street.
- Habs_Dude

Especially the East side.

BAHAHA!!!!
- Elchrisco

Makes you wonder why he is not with the club anymore?

Especially the East side.
- AK3

Ohh yeah, scary place. I hope they clean it up before the Olympics, cuz it will give Canada a bad reputation lol

1) i started skating when i was 3, playing hockey at 4

2) i moved from the hockey hotbed of western NY to the south right before peewees, which ruined my NHL dreams

3) my favorite hockey game ever was the very first one my dad took me to the old aud (RIP aud!)

4) i wish the sabres would just go back to their first jerseys, i disliked the black and red logo, and dislike the current ones

5) of my hockey card collection (not very big) my most prized possession is a mint condition mike gartner rookie card

6) when the bills went to the superbowl 4 years in a row, i was more interested in playing hockey in the basement with the younger kids during the middle of them

7) ive been to games at only 7 NHL cities -- Buffalo, Philly, St Louis, Nashville, Atlanta, Tampa Bay

8) only been to playoffs at 2 -- Buffalo, Philly

9) I think Rick Jeanneret is the best announcer in hockey, he made fighting during Rob Ray's era 10x more exciting

10) I remember a skate with the sabres event when i was a kid and skating alongside larry playfair. i remember looking up at him and it felt like he was 5 feet taller than me.

11) I only have a few jersey's, all of them are buffalo sabres

12) i played hockey in college

13) ive been to both the NHL and USA HOF's

14) my dad grew up a blackhawks fan

15) ive never broken a bone playing hockey (knock on wood)

16) ive been in only one state championship game ever, it was my squirt AAA team and we lost in double OT

17) ive also never caught a puck at a game

18) i tried out at the USA NTDP overall camp and didnt come close to making it

19) the closest ive sat to the glass at a hockey game is 10 rows up

20) that same game, it was buffalo vs philly in philly, i got kicked out of my seat for being a sabres fan, they won 5-2.

i could write thousands upon thousands but i'm just going with stream of conciousness here. this will be therapeutic because i've probably just had the worst vacation day EVER with my in-laws. as jeanie bueller once said, "that's it. i want of out of this family!"

1. the first hockey game i ever saw was during the 1980 winter olympics and it's all because of my neighbor across the street who is a year older than me. i was 7 years old, and i instantly became fascinated by the game and particularly the goalies. i immediately began playing hockey in his basement on a slippery floor in my socks with plastic hockey sticks and an orange plastic puck. we used the bottom half of a small piano for the goal. i used a catchers mitt and other odds and ends for gear. eventually, i got myself a sweat set of mylec street hockey pads with the plastic straps.

2. my first nhl game that i saw live was a mere 2 weeks later at the spectrum in philadelphia on march 24, 1980. the flyers lost 5-2 to the islanders and was only one of two losses they suffered on home during the entire regular season. we sat 6 rows behind the net and i believe phil myre was in goal for the flyers. ever since then i've been a diehard flyers fan. my dad had a friend/business associate who lived in cherry hill, nj who had season tickets and that's how i ended up at my first flyers game. i grew up at the central jersey shore where hockey was not popular and at that time was still considered rangers country. the only flyers games i could get on tv were road games on channel 29 or when they went national on espn.

3. the last flyers game i saw at the spectrum was the dreaded game 5 of the 1995 ECF against the devils. the claude lemieux game. i was living in burlington, vermont at the time and had to drive back after the game to be at work the next morning. at least i also attended the flyers win in nj for game 4 the day before where brodeur was chased from the net.

4. i quit a job with the nba and moved from jersey city, nj to a suburb of philly in 2003 so i could become a flyers season ticket holder. it was some of the best money i ever spent. game 5 series victory against the devils and the game 6 victory in OT against tampa in the ECF are two of the greatest games i've ever seen in person.

5. instead of going to the beach in the summer, i went to goalie camps from brick, nj at the ocean ice palace and home of jim dowd to exeter in new hampshire to the international goaltenders school in yorkton, saskatchewan.

6. i still have my first flyers "jersey". it was given to me at the age of 9 and isn't even really a jersey. it's a stretchy, ribbed cotton thing that's orange with a wide single white stripe on top and a single black stripe directly under it. the logo is made of some kind of velvet-like material.

7. pelle lindbergh is still my favorite flyer and my hero. i still see pictures of him every single day. one of the 5 worst days of my life is the day his ended, and although i never met him, he inspired me to go to sweden. i have been 3 times, including the fall semester of my senior year of college which was spent in stockholm as an exchange student. i played on a junior team for the island of Vaxholm which is in the archipelago off of stockholm. borje salming's son anders was on my team. i have been to pelle's grave in skogskyrkagarden three times. the first time i got lost and couldn't find his grave. i had to scale a stone wall in total darkness to get out of the cemetery. the 2nd and 3rd visits were successful.

8. i was on the jr. varsity team at the university of vermont as a walk-on and was technically a teammate of john leclair and aaron miller. i remember i stopped leclair on a breakaway drill during training camp. i was cut my sophomore year as i had a poor camp. that phone call from coach mike gilligan was one of the other worst days of my life.

9. i own 2 game used items of pelle's. a yellow swedish national jersey from the early 80's with the #25 and a sherwood pmgp stick from the '84-85 campaign. i also have a replica mask and an autographed photo among other pieces of memorabilia. which reminds me that while living in stockholm, i visited the national sports museum at the Globe Arena and was actually able to touch his blue "road" national team sweater from the '80 Winter Olympics. I considered stealing it.

10. the most ridiculous looking helmet/cage of all time, besides butch goring's, is the cooper xl7.

11. i have coached youth hockey from new jersey to harlem to vermont and minnesota.

12. the last time i saw pelle play live was in a 3-1 win against the red wings on march 28, 1985, a game that clinched the patrick division. the red wings goalie that night was corado micalef, one of my favorite obscure hockey names ever.

13. i have been coached by islanders great billy smith as well as former wings goalie tim cheveldae at summer hockey programs.

14. i have touched the stanley cup and feel blessed to have done so.

15. the worst hockey injury i've suffered was from a slapshot directly on the side of my kneecap. i managed to finish the game (as we didn't have a backup that day) holding off a 6 on 3 during the final minute and winning 2-1. i've also suffered a cut index finger (which actually happened on the bench. i was put into the game in the 2nd period and we came back to win. i needed stitches to close the wound and my catching glove was soaked in blood), a very badly bruised crotch, and a groin tear.

16. i have witnessed someone falling through the ice while playing pond hockey. his name is eddie horn.

17. i went to every phantoms home playoff game of the 2005 season and saw the phantoms win the calder cup at the wachovia center.

18. my wife is also a flyers fan and understands the game pretty well. she even played a bit of hockey as a young girl and was obsessed with eric lindros.

19. my younger brother, who now lives in anchorage, has been my hockey partner in crime from the very beginning. he was a goalie like me in his early years, but then switched to center/wing. we would play street hockey in our driveway after school almost every single day.

20. i am thankful that this great sport is a huge part of my life. i still play and love it now just as much as i did when i was a little boy. the lowest lows and the highest highs have come from it. my dream is still to see the flyers win the stanley cup. i was only 3 the last time and didn't even know what hockey was. just once. that's all i ask. then i can die in peace.

Ohh yeah, scary place. I hope they clean it up before the Olympics, cuz it will give Canada a bad reputation lol
- Habs_Dude

where will the meth heads live then

where will the meth heads live then
- scoot

ship them to graham island

i could write thousands upon thousands but i'm just going with stream of conciousness here. this will be therapeutic because i've probably just had the worst vacation day EVER with my in-laws. as jeanie bueller once said, "that's it. i want of out of this family!"

1. the first hockey game i ever saw was during the 1980 winter olympics and it's all because of my neighbor across the street who is a year older than me. i was 7 years old, and i instantly became fascinated by the game and particularly the goalies. i immediately began playing hockey in his basement on a slippery floor in my socks with plastic hockey sticks and an orange plastic puck. we used the bottom half of a small piano for the goal. i used a catchers mitt and other odds and ends for gear. eventually, i got myself a sweat set of mylec street hockey pads with the plastic straps.

2. my first nhl game that i saw live was a mere 2 weeks later at the spectrum in philadelphia on march 24, 1980. the flyers lost 5-2 to the islanders and was only one of two losses they suffered on home during the entire regular season. we sat 6 rows behind the net and i believe phil myre was in goal for the flyers. ever since then i've been a diehard flyers fan. my dad had a friend/business associate who lived in cherry hill, nj who had season tickets and that's how i ended up at my first flyers game. i grew up at the central jersey shore where hockey was not popular and at that time was still considered rangers country. the only flyers games i could get on tv were road games on channel 29 or when they went national on espn.

3. the last flyers game i saw at the spectrum was the dreaded game 5 of the 1995 ECF against the devils. the claude lemieux game. i was living in burlington, vermont at the time and had to drive back after the game to be at work the next morning. at least i also attended the flyers win in nj for game 4 the day before where brodeur was chased from the net.

4. i quit a job with the nba and moved from jersey city, nj to a suburb of philly in 2003 so i could become a flyers season ticket holder. it was some of the best money i ever spent. game 5 series victory against the devils and the game 6 victory in OT against tampa in the ECF are two of the greatest games i've ever seen in person.

5. instead of going to the beach in the summer, i went to goalie camps from brick, nj at the ocean ice palace and home of jim dowd to exeter in new hampshire to the international goaltenders school in yorkton, saskatchewan.

6. i still have my first flyers "jersey". it was given to me at the age of 9 and isn't even really a jersey. it's a stretchy, ribbed cotton thing that's orange with a wide single white stripe on top and a single black stripe directly under it. the logo is made of some kind of velvet-like material.

7. pelle lindbergh is still my favorite flyer and my hero. i still see pictures of him every single day. one of the 5 worst days of my life is the day his ended, and although i never met him, he inspired me to go to sweden. i have been 3 times, including the fall semester of my senior year of college which was spent in stockholm as an exchange student. i played on a junior team for the island of Vaxholm which is in the archipelago off of stockholm. borje salming's son anders was on my team. i have been to pelle's grave in skogskyrkagarden three times. the first time i got lost and couldn't find his grave. i had to scale a stone wall in total darkness to get out of the cemetery. the 2nd and 3rd visits were successful.

8. i was on the jr. varsity team at the university of vermont as a walk-on and was technically a teammate of john leclair and aaron miller. i remember i stopped leclair on a breakaway drill during training camp. i was cut my sophomore year as i had a poor camp. that phone call from coach mike gilligan was one of the other worst days of my life.

9. i own 2 game used items of pelle's. a yellow swedish national jersey from the early 80's with the #25 and a sherwood pmgp stick from the '84-85 campaign. i also have a replica mask and an autographed photo among other pieces of memorabilia. which reminds me that while living in stockholm, i visited the national sports museum at the Globe Arena and was actually able to touch his blue "road" national team sweater from the '80 Winter Olympics. I considered stealing it.

10. the most ridiculous looking helmet/cage of all time, besides butch goring's, is the cooper xl7.

11. i have coached youth hockey from new jersey to harlem to vermont and minnesota.

12. the last time i saw pelle play live was in a 3-1 win against the red wings on march 28, 1985, a game that clinched the patrick division. the red wings goalie that night was corado micalef, one of my favorite obscure hockey names ever.

13. i have been coached by islanders great billy smith as well as former wings goalie tim cheveldae at summer hockey programs.

14. i have touched the stanley cup and feel blessed to have done so.

15. the worst hockey injury i've suffered was from a slapshot directly on the side of my kneecap. i managed to finish the game (as we didn't have a backup that day) holding off a 6 on 3 during the final minute and winning 2-1. i've also suffered a cut index finger (which actually happened on the bench. i was put into the game in the 2nd period and we came back to win. i needed stitches to close the wound and my catching glove was soaked in blood), a very badly bruised crotch, and a groin tear.

16. i have witnessed someone falling through the ice while playing pond hockey. his name is eddie horn.

17. i went to every phantoms home playoff game of the 2005 season and saw the phantoms win the calder cup at the wachovia center.

18. my wife is also a flyers fan and understands the game pretty well. she even played a bit of hockey as a young girl and was obsessed with eric lindros.

19. my younger brother, who now lives in anchorage, has been my hockey partner in crime from the very beginning. he was a goalie like me in his early years, but then switched to center/wing. we would play street hockey in our driveway after school almost every single day.

20. i am thankful that this great sport is a huge part of my life. i still play and love it now just as much as i did when i was a little boy. the lowest lows and the highest highs have come from it. my dream is still to see the flyers win the stanley cup. i was only 3 the last time and didn't even know what hockey was. just once. that's all i ask. then i can die in peace.









- hammarby31

the last game you saw at the spectrum was in 95 but you have season tickets since 2003?

the last game you saw at the spectrum was in 95 but you have season tickets since 2003?
- habsglory

the flyers have played at the wachovia center since the 1996-97 season, so yes, the last game i saw at the spectrum was in 1995. i gave up my tickets in '06 because i moved out of the area again, but now i'm back and plan to get at least a partial plan next season.

the flyers have played at the wachovia center since the 1996-97 season, so yes, the last game i saw at the spectrum was in 1995.
- hammarby31

Ok my bad sorry...just wanted to clarify

the flyers have played at the wachovia center since the 1996-97 season, so yes, the last game i saw at the spectrum was in 1995. i gave up my tickets in '06 because i moved out of the area again, but now i'm back and plan to get at least a partial plan next season.
- hammarby31

wait wasnt there a preseason game there this year?

My greatest NHL Hockey Moments are


1. Needing a ride from Detroit I was picked up by a dude and his hot a$$ girlfriend ... Only to realise it was Kyle Wellwood and he was driving back into Windsor - We smoked some weed and got autograph sticks!

2. Gordie Howe comes to my work all the time (Huge GM supporter) and brings us free stuff!

3. I learned to skate 2 years ago and taught myself goalie through high light reel videos on youtube and now I lead my B/C Division league with a 12-3-1 record... 2.31 GAA and .922 SV% with only one shut out though

4. Witnessing the 5-2 come back this year against New York Rangers -- I was anxious for a goal and when the first one was scored with half of the third left I got excited (Extremely drunk at this point) and than another goal came and as I was going to sit down another goalie went in (toronto was up 3-2 now from John Mitchell) So I got so excited I went to hug my friend and punched a woman in the seat beside him in the face hard accidently trying to wrap my arms around for the hug of excitement ... So As I was apologizing another goal went in and I completely cut my apology off to celebrate..

5. Witnessing Mats Sundin cry at the ACC during his Vancouver game return .. Loudest Ovation ever ....

6. I pissed all over the Owen Sound Attack Bus in 2004 for beating my Generals lol
- ducey

hilarious!

1. I grew up in Leafs country as a Wings fan before moving to Montreal to become a Habs fan
2. At a very young age Wayne Gretzky oprened the door for my mother and I at the old Montreal forum in prepartion for the summit series.
3. Although a huge hockey fan, I never laced up any skates until 6 years ago and now play on ice 3-4 times a week
4. In ball hockey I was a goalie because of a lightening fast glove hand but was too bored so switched to RW and now am a fixture on defense.
5. I always wore #19 in favor of Steve Yzerman but now wear #8 out of respect for Mike Komisarek
6. I have played pretty much every hockey video game on the planet.....have been defeated once.
7. This year I have wacthed games in Tampa, Boston, NYC, Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa.
8. I grew up as a neighbour to Gump Worsley and was good friends with his daughter Leanne.
9. My great uncle played for the Montreal Canadiens.....Albert Langlois
10. My work is located ontop of a bar owned by Doug Harveys son....Buster Harveys.
11. I have played a game on the bell centre ice, and play regularly at the Habs practice fascility.
12. While working at Candien Tire I dressed and sold a pair of skates to the son of Shane Corson.
13. While driving in brossard I just barely avoided a bumper to bumper hit with a car dirven by Francis Bouillon
14. I own 9 pro-stiched jerseys including 3 from Steve Yzerman, 2 for Mike Komisarek and one each of Phaneuf and Darren McCarty and Georges Laraque.
15. I was once a season ticket holder of the Montreal Canadiens. Gave up those tickets and then 2 years later went on a waiting list of almost 10 years.
16. My wife and I sat in an all you can eat section at the bell center and over the night she ordered 18 smoke meat sandwiches........all placed in tupperware
17. I own a Team Canada jersey signed by the entire 2002 Salt Lake City Team Canada team.
18. I have had the pleasure of eating lunch with Steve Schutt......he my friend is a joy.
19. My favorite building in the NHL was the Montreal Forum but the Bell Centre is almost there.
20. The worst building in the NHL that I have been so far is madison Square Garden......the hsotory of ebing there was great but I was greatly disappointed.

My team played in an out of town tournament and went out and got blasted the night before. My buddy was probably still hammered in the morning and went out for the warm up without a jersey on and nobody told him. I was quite surprised at how long it took him to realize. Very funny moment.
- jaybizz

LOL!! I had a similar experience. I playing in a tournament here in Fort Erie for charity. The group of guys I play pickup with entered to tournament and asked me to play. They also asked another goalie (who's not so good) who's a friend of one of the guys. I played the first 2 games, and it was the first 2 games they won in that tournament in the 7 years they entered. The other guy played the last 2 games (he couldn't play the first 2 games because he's a trucker and is gone all week), but he showed up drunk, he could barely walk. I stood behind the bench and the other team scored on the first 9 shots they took, none of the goals were really good ones. Every time they scored the guys on the bench turned to me and said please go get you stuff on. I didn't want to step on any toes so I refused to do anything unless the guy that organized it said something. Finally after 7 goals on 7 shots in about 10 mins they told me to go get dressed. I made it out for the second period, less about 5 mins. By then it was 9-3. The team lost 10-8. After the game the drunk goalie said he didn't think he did that bad.

1. Started playing hockey when I was 4

2. My first ever NHL game Canucks vs Wings @ the Joe

3. Hit the cross bar in a shoot out in the finals of the little ceasars tournament in Michigan in Novice, we ended up losing it was quite devastating think Gordon Bombay at the start of Mighty Ducks 1.

4. Biggest tip to teach your young kids starting hockey if you want them to rip up the timbits/novice leagues : raise the puck !

5. I have a wall in my basement that I shot pucks at .... over time as I got older it got destroyed.

6. Got the lame most sportsmanlike award multiple times up until bantam when I discovered how fun fighting was.

7. Always played C or wing but 90% of the time was the goalie for road hockey.

8. Grew up a wings fan as a kid by default (location close to Windsor/Detroit) cannot stand watching them now they bore me to death.

9. Started to like the Sens mostly because I hated the Leafs.. when they drafted Spezza(who was godlike in junior in my young eyes) and Gleason off the Spitfires they were my new fav team... althought I was pissed when they shipped off Gleason for F ing Smolinski.

10. Got to be a part of a bench clearing brawl at the end of a playoff series.

11. Never suffered an injury in hockey that I couldn't play through... never broke my hand despite a solid amount of fights but drunkly broke my hand half seriously tryin to hit my buddy.

12. Skipped school on trade deadline day every year of highschool.

13. Seen Patrick Roy at a mall in Quebec City while on a new years trip.

14. Watched Steve Mason get limited starts as a back up on the Knights and knew he had sure fire NHL potential only to watch the Sens pick a no name Dman 1 pick before Mason..... why can't I be a scout.

15.Watching the 04/05 London Knights shatter CHL records and march there way to the mem cup was an absolute privlege .

16. I once got sucker punched in the stand by a crazed mom while serveing a suspension and getting into a war of words with her son who had just gotten ejected .... crazy hockey moms

17. Shook Steve Yzerman's hand at a Spits game earlier this year.

18. Disturbed amid travels thru Florida (Tampa not included) no one seems to no who Vinny Lecavalier is.

19.Had planned a new years trip to Ottawa for the Canada/USA game/party for new years but my "hockey fan" friends showed there true colours and backed out the day I was going to buy the tickets off stub hub... we ended up in florida.

20. Despite Hating the wings probly going to the game next Tuesday against Philly.

1) I recently scored 2 goals in seven seconds at a game of mine (we won 2-1)

2) I was at the Habs 6-5 comeback game over the NY Rangers.

3) I once sat next to Maxime Talbot's uncle at a Pens-Habs game.

4) I've been to a game in every Eastern conference arena except for Atlanta and Carolina.

5) I've also attended games in LA, Anaheim, and Calgary.

6) I met Don Cherry at the all-star game as he walked up to do coaches corner.

7) My father's friend coached Angelo Esposito one year.

8) My father also played in a league with Guy Lafleur's troubled son.

9) I love Evgeni Malkin. : love:

10) The last game I went to was the Habs 4-3 win over the Kings on January 31.

11) I have tickets to Saturday's game in which Brodeur may tie the wins record.

12) I wear #12 for Yvan Cournoyer.

13) In 2002, I attended the game in which Sergei Berezin notched the Montreal Candiens 10,000th goal.

14) I only own a Habs jersey, nothing else, because merchandise is wayyyy to expensive these days.

15) My favorite hockey writer is Ken Campbell (Hockeynews...sorry EK!)

16) I have owned every EA NHL title since NHL 99 on the Nintendo 64!

17) I wish the Habs would bring back that old goal song

18) I was named after Jeremy Roenick (sort of random lol)

19) I severely broke my finger playing hockey and needed to have surgery done.

20) I had the pleasure of meeting Maurice Richard before his passing.

21. i was at the habs 3000th home game

22.i own 5 canadiens jerseys, 1 team canada jersey, 1 caps jersey

1. The first 10 hockey games I went to were either a loss or a tie for my sabres.

2. Despite playing numerous hockey video games NHL 95 is still my favorite hockey game.

3. On the original Xbox I beat my best friend as team Japan while he was team Canada.

4. My worst injury during a hockey game is the classice concussion.

5. Best hockey game that I have attended, 2007 game 2 ECF finals against the Sens. Had no tickets went to the arena just to tailgate, ended up getting tickets game went to a double OT in which the sabs unfortunately lost.

6. Shoe size 11, hockey skate 7.5, yea I like it tight.

7. Favorite hockey number growing up 14, later in changed to 77 after Adam Oates.

8. All time favorite player Pat LalalalalalaFontaine.

9. All time favorite non sab the Mario Lemieux.

10. Favorite hockey name Doug Houda.

11. During the 2007 playoffs I spent more money on scalpped tickets than it would have cost me to have an entire season tickets package.

12. Top three players in my opinion are Bobby Orr, Mario Lemieux, than Wayne Gretzky.

13. My all time best logo the Hartford Whalers.

14. The fans I have the most respect for, believe or not the Flyers.

15. I honestly have no idea how many hockey sweaters I currently have at the moment, I can tell you it is probably too many and that I currently have three active sab sweaters.

16. Currently cannot attend any hockey games do to my work and school schedule....I think this is when we say thank you DVR.

17. Once met Hasek in a parking garage.

18. As a of now anyone who knows me that needs some modern hockey trivia question answered, I am the person called.

19. Most valued hockey memorabilia is my Hasek signed jersey.

20. And unlike most here it seems, I am too young and too poor to have traveled to another city to see a hockey game.

Would have included this earlier but I was at work and didn't have a time to write a novel:

# 21. We played an exhibition game in either Edson or Hinton 2 years ago. And it was the main attraction for that night, the entire town was out for the game. We ended up winning big time. But late in the game one of our best players, but also dumbest, took a run at the other teams captain and injured him and thus started a bench clearing brawl. I had to hang on for dear life in my fight. I probably landed 2 punches total, but they were good punches. Then the fans started getting in fights and the police had to come. I remember one of the dads got challenged by this cocky teenager who wouldn't stop giving it to him. After a while they both fought and the kid got his ass owned. Little did he know that dad was a former amateur college boxing champ. Then most of the parents got in fights too. Coaches had their coach screaming match and bottle toss.

Anyway, after all the mess had cleared, both teams had just enough players to continue to play and finish the game. So after we were all showered up and everything we had to be escorted by the police out of the rink for our safety. We having some pretty mean things yelled at us and coffees/pop/tea/anything thrown at us.

So we finally get out to the bus, and the tires were slashed and the bus had been spray painted. So we were forced to stay overnight in a motel, which we were again escorted to by the police. We were getting phone calls and things all night at the motel and actually had an officer stay up all night at the hotel too "for precautionary reasons". We finally left the next morning after a new bus came to get us.

It was one crazy Thursday.


Most epic game of my life.
- GoodLeftUndone

That is badass, dude!

I once saw Joshua Jacks from the Might Ducks movies in The Pottery Barn in Santa Monica. I wanted to beat him on the spot for making those stupid movies.

He had a very nice coat on. My wife noticed the coat, not that the dude from Dawsons Creek was wearing it.

1)I began playing hockey when I was 6, I became an goalie when I was eight.

2)I was knocked out by a puck while watching a junior team practise.

3)I worked at a hockey rink when I was 14, got a ride home during a hockey school by Bernie Federko and Dennis Polonich. (had the keys to the rink on holidays when it was closed, I was very popular amoungst my friends)

4)My family was close friends with Brent Fedyks family (part of the Crazy 8's in Philadelphia and he played later with Detroit) My mom embarassed us during a warm up at a game between Edmonton and Detroit when she starting waving to Brent while he was talking to Steve Yzerman.. poor Brent.

5) Always said I would never embarass myself like the countless that show the puck to everyone after getting one during a game... During a game in Edmonton, before the netting became manditory, watched as a puck goes up 15 rows behind me and watched in slow motion (it seemed) as it continued to be fumbled and finally landed on my girlfriends shoulder which I calmly grabbed and procededed to show the 17000 faithful at Northlands Coluseum.

6) Same game, a Craig MacTavish slap shot broke the glass directly in front of us. We were sitting beside the goal judge. He claimed he didn't cheer for anybody.....

7) Seen my first NHL hockey game in the old Winnepeg Arena... Saturday night, Hockey Night in Canada against the Habs.

8) I have seen games as well in Edmonton, Toronto (at the Gardens), Calgary and Vancouver.. I have never been to Montreal for a game..

9) Still play hockey today.....and I am over 29 years old. (give or take 10 or so)

10) I too will not touch the Stanley Cup until I win it... although clearly my chances are running out, although I do think there were 2 scouts at our last beer leaque game or they could have been someone's girlfriends.

11) My winger on my beer leaque team played for the German National Team. Yeah I am a centre now and no longer a goalie. He is magic with the puck, makes you realize the difference between us average Joes and great players.

12) I own 1 jersey and one jersey only........ Le Habitants.

13) My last game in person NHL game was Minnesota and Vancouver last week.

14) Spent an evening with some friends and Tiger Williams. A great engaging personality, especially after a bunch of beers.

15) My favourite ever hockey player was Chris Nilan... He was a very underrated linemate of Gainey and Carbonneau as a shut down guy.

16) I also was a fan of the Leafs until CBC's love affair with them turned me off..

17) I purchased Center Ice Package last year, got it again this year.. The best $200 pucks I have spent since that night in Vegas.....

18) Although I do cheer for the Habs first, I am also a fan of the Flames and Canucks ( I know, and odd combination)

19) John Ferguson Senior once bought me a beer in a Edmonton Pub, was introduced to him by Kurt Keilbach who at the time was the voice of the Winnepeg Jets and a friend of my dads. (he later became the voice of the Phoenix Coyotes when the Jets moved)

20) Looking forward to a Habs Bruins series.. (if the Bruins get that far ) and a Calgary Vancouver series... which should set off some fireworks.. Looks like neither will happen in the first round though.

Would have included this earlier but I was at work and didn't have a time to write a novel:

# 21. We played an exhibition game in either Edson or Hinton 2 years ago. And it was the main attraction for that night, the entire town was out for the game. We ended up winning big time. But late in the game one of our best players, but also dumbest, took a run at the other teams captain and injured him and thus started a bench clearing brawl. I had to hang on for dear life in my fight. I probably landed 2 punches total, but they were good punches. Then the fans started getting in fights and the police had to come. I remember one of the dads got challenged by this cocky teenager who wouldn't stop giving it to him. After a while they both fought and the kid got his ass owned. Little did he know that dad was a former amateur college boxing champ. Then most of the parents got in fights too. Coaches had their coach screaming match and bottle toss.

Anyway, after all the mess had cleared, both teams had just enough players to continue to play and finish the game. So after we were all showered up and everything we had to be escorted by the police out of the rink for our safety. We having some pretty mean things yelled at us and coffees/pop/tea/anything thrown at us.

So we finally get out to the bus, and the tires were slashed and the bus had been spray painted. So we were forced to stay overnight in a motel, which we were again escorted to by the police. We were getting phone calls and things all night at the motel and actually had an officer stay up all night at the hotel too "for precautionary reasons". We finally left the next morning after a new bus came to get us.

It was one crazy Thursday.


Most epic game of my life.
- GoodLeftUndone

Awesome!

1. I held Geraldine Heanys Gold Medal
2. I caught Glen Healy Coming out of the Simpsons Movie with his family and he gave me a nod for wearing my leafs jersey
3. I passed Kevin Weekes on a Hike at Heber down conservation area.
4. I danced the YMCA with Karl Pilar
5. My first live Hockey Game was seeing The Russian Red Army play Ontario at the (A.C.C) Ajax Community Centre
6. My Mother Sat Beside Darcy Tucker at the movie Theater watching King Kong.
7. My first only time at maple leafs gardens was sitting in the greens for a figure skating event.
8. My only game at the Air Canada Centre was against Boston from standing room and I started an Eddie chant!
9. First team I was obsessed about was the belleville bulls
10.I was Dubbed Felix Potvin for my style in Goal
11.I've placed one hand on the stanley cup i held it there for 82 seconds
12.I'll never meet Mike Richards

1)I began playing hockey when I was 6, I became an goalie when I was eight.

2)I was knocked out by a puck while watching a junior team practise.

3)I worked at a hockey rink when I was 14, got a ride home during a hockey school by Bernie Federko and Dennis Polonich. (had the keys to the rink on holidays when it was closed, I was very popular amoungst my friends)

4)My family was close friends with Brent Fedyks family (part of the Crazy 8's in Philadelphia and he played later with Detroit) My mom embarassed us during a warm up at a game between Edmonton and Detroit when she starting waving to Brent while he was talking to Steve Yzerman.. poor Brent.

5) Always said I would never embarass myself like the countless that show the puck to everyone after getting one during a game... During a game in Edmonton, before the netting became manditory, watched as a puck goes up 15 rows behind me and watched in slow motion (it seemed) as it continued to be fumbled and finally landed on my girlfriends shoulder which I calmly grabbed and procededed to show the 17000 faithful at Northlands Coluseum.

6) Same game, a Craig MacTavish slap shot broke the glass directly in front of us. We were sitting beside the goal judge. He claimed he didn't cheer for anybody.....

7) Seen my first NHL hockey game in the old Winnepeg Arena... Saturday night, Hockey Night in Canada against the Habs.

8) I have seen games as well in Edmonton, Toronto (at the Gardens), Calgary and Vancouver.. I have never been to Montreal for a game..

9) Still play hockey today.....and I am over 29 years old. (give or take 10 or so)

10) I too will not touch the Stanley Cup until I win it... although clearly my chances are running out, although I do think there were 2 scouts at our last beer leaque game or they could have been someone's girlfriends.

11) My winger on my beer leaque team played for the German National Team. Yeah I am a centre now and no longer a goalie. He is magic with the puck, makes you realize the difference between us average Joes and great players.

12) I own 1 jersey and one jersey only........ Le Habitants.

13) My last game in person NHL game was Minnesota and Vancouver last week.

14) Spent an evening with some friends and Tiger Williams. A great engaging personality, especially after a bunch of beers.

15) My favourite ever hockey player was Chris Nilan... He was a very underrated linemate of Gainey and Carbonneau as a shut down guy.

16) I also was a fan of the Leafs until CBC's love affair with them turned me off..

17) I purchased Center Ice Package last year, got it again this year.. The best $200 pucks I have spent since that night in Vegas.....

18) Although I do cheer for the Habs first, I am also a fan of the Flames and Canucks ( I know, and odd combination)

19) John Ferguson Senior once bought me a beer in a Edmonton Pub, was introduced to him by Kurt Keilbach who at the time was the voice of the Winnepeg Jets and a friend of my dads. (he later became the voice of the Phoenix Coyotes when the Jets moved)

20) Looking forward to a Habs Bruins series.. (if the Bruins get that far ) and a Calgary Vancouver series... which should set off some fireworks.. Looks like neither will happen in the first round though.
- Big T

Hey Ek, how are you doing on that middle finger emoticon?