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Hey all,
I haven't done this for a decade on this site, but one of the things I enjoy the most about hockeybuzz, is all the interesting stories you guys...
I am going to list the questions for you to cut and paste, and then I will post my answers...Have fun with this!
(copy and paste the questions below to give your answers in the comments)
__________'s Hockey Life.
#1. The first NHL season I remember was...
#2. My earliest hockey memory is .....
#3. My favorite team growing up was...
#4. The first NHL jersey I ever had was...
#5. The happiest a hockey game ever left me...
#6. The saddest a hockey game ever left me...
#7. The greatest game I ever watched...
#8. My favorite player as a kid....
#9. My favorite player currently playing...
#10. The Hockey Position I played...
#11. The number I wore when I played hockey, and why.....
#12. The highest level of hockey I played...
#13. The team I hate the most...
#14. The team I never admit I like, but i secretly do...
#15. The player I hated the most..
#16. The best player I ever saw play live or on TV.,,,
#17. The player alive or dead I would most like to meet...
#18. The rule I would most like to change....
#19. My favorite hockey-related video or board game...
#20. My brush with hockey greatness. (any story of a player or hockey personality you may have met personally.
#21. The NHL player who grew up closest to where you grew up...
#22. Your favorite hockey writer....
#23. NHL Arenas you have been to....
#24. Do you miss the two-line pass? Are you old enough to remember the two-line pass?
#25. How would you decide tie hockey games? Shootout, Overtime, or just allow ties...
Here are my answers...
Eklund's Hockey Life.
#1. The first NHL season I remember was...
1974-75
#2. My earliest hockey memory is .....
Listening to the Flyers win the Stanley Cup in Buffalo on an AM radio I hid under my pillow when I was supposed to be asleep...The radio had this light up dial and got extremely hot. If I fell asleep I could have burned the house down!
#3. My favorite team growing up was...
The Flyers...Followed by the Canadiens
#4. The first NHL jersey I ever had was...
A Gilles Gilbert Boston Bruins Jersey and a Kings Gold jersey with the #17 on it.
#5. The happiest a hockey game ever left me...
The Miracle on Ice.
#6. The saddest a hockey game ever left me...
The Islanders winning their first Cup in OT against the Flyers...
#7. The greatest game I ever watched..
I was lucky enough to be in the press box for the first Winter Classic. Completely magical.
#8. My favorite player as a kid....
Bernie Parent, then Pelle Lindbergh
#9. My favorite player currently playing...
Auston Matthews
#10. The Hockey Position I played...
Goalie
#11. The number I wore when I played hockey, and why.....
31, For Pelle Lindbergh, My daughter took that number as well when she became a top notch soccer goalie. That was something that meant alot to me.
#12. The highest level of hockey I played...
Men's league as an adult. Police Athletic League as a kid.
#13. The team I hate the most...
Growing up...The Rangers, Devils, Islanders..
#14. The team I never admit I like, but i secretly do...
Now...The Rangers, Devils, Islanders..
#15. The player I hated the most..
Tomas Sandstrom. Rangers. Hand down.
#16. The best player I ever saw play live or on TV...
Gretzky. In two Cup Finals against the Flyers.
#17. The player alive or dead I would most like to meet...
Jacques Plante.
#18. The rule I would most like to change....
That when a coach challenges and is wrong a penalty is charged..!
#19. My favorite hockey-related video or board game...
Strat-O-Matic hockey...and NHL Hockey Nintendo
#20. My brush with hockey greatness. (any story of a player or hockey personality you may have met personally.
I was driven home from a game by Daryl Sitler when I was a kid. They lived in our neighborhood..
#21. The NHL player who grew up closest to where you grew up...
Bobby Ryan
#22. Your favorite hockey writer....
Kevin Allen.
#23. NHL Arenas you have been to....
All the current except Vegas, Seattle, Minnesota, Arizona and Florida.. Old arenas I saw games in includedL The Spectrum and the Forum in Montreal.
#24. Do you miss the two-line pass? Are you old enough to remember the two-line pass?
No. It was always a bad rule. I do remember it.
#25. How would you decide tie hockey games? Shootout, Overtime, or just allow ties...
5 minute 4 v4, then 5 minute 3 v 3...
Lets hear your answers!
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