If anyone was wondering where I was for the past while, I got destroyed by a moderator for some ...uncouth...behavior. I had so many infractions I don't think I could even check for new posts.
But they've all expired and I'm back!
Glad to have you back man! For some odd reason, the offseason we add Jordan Staal has been the offseason these boards are most lacking positivity. Go out there and do your thing.
Where You're From: New England
Where You Live Now: Concord, NC
Oh man, you're from Mass and of all places you end up in Concord. Better get working on that local pronunciation.... or you're going to get the "you ain't from around here, are ya?" looks.
Pro tip: Time Warner Cable offers NESN at a reasonable fee. Bruins games are blacked out live, but shown on the 2-hour re-broadcast at midnight. You also get Instigators and other related programming.
Wasn't sure if I should start a new thread, but I figured as long as we're "getting to know each other" we could throw up a few pics to get to know the people behind the avatars.
Here's one me last Halloween when we all dressed up as Raider fans:
Oh man, you're from Mass and of all places you end up in Concord. Better get working on that local pronunciation.... or you're going to get the "you ain't from around here, are ya?" looks.
Pro tip: Time Warner Cable offers NESN at a reasonable fee. Bruins games are blacked out live, but shown on the 2-hour re-broadcast at midnight. You also get Instigators and other related programming.
I know, right? It's definitely taken an adjustment to pronouncing Concord completely different than I have my whole life.
Name: Ryan
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Where You're From: Vancouver, BC
Where You Live Now: Courtenay, BC
Nationality: Canadian
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Blue (yeah, I'm Hitler's perfect specimen)
Mode of Transportation: 2002 Ford Explorer
Job: Inventory, Ordering Specialist
What brought you to HF Boards: love of hockey
How you became a hockey fan: Since the day I was born, according yo my old man
How you became a Canes fan: Since I met by girlfriend, who is from the Outer Banks and Raleigh, about a year ago.
Favorite thing about being a Canes fan: Sharing and embracing something that my gf and I can both like. Also, it's fun being the only other Canes fan I know
Favorite Cane's Player(s): Ruutu, he leads the NHL in "U's"
Favorite NON Cane's Player(s): Alex Edler, Pavel Datsyuk
Other Sports You Like: Golf, football
Other Sports Teams You Cheer For: Canucks, Minnesota Vikings, NC State Wolfpack, Victoria Royals
Music You Listen To: Thrice, Brand New, Anti-Flag, Incubus
Video Game Systems Owned: PS3, Wii, NDS
Favorite Game(s): SOCOM 3, Fallout 3
Favorite Food(s): Mexican and Pizza
Favorite TV Show(s): Scrubs, Criminal Minds, Big Brother
Hockey Jerseys In Wardrobe: 4. All Canucks (getting a Canes one when I go to Raleigh in the fall)
Anything Else: Even though I was not yet a Canes fan when they won the cup, I was their biggest bandwagon fan. I would have had to crawl in a hole all summer if the Oilers won the cup.
Been lurking this board for about a year. I just moved to Montreal so it seemed like a good time sign up.
Name: Blake
Age: 18
Sex: M
Where You're From: Chapel Hill
Where You Live Now: Montreal
Nationality: US/Canada
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Mode of Transportation: Walking, Metro
Job: Student
What brought you to HF Boards: I was getting back into hockey during the 2011 offseason and found it by chance.
How you became a hockey fan: Played peewee at the sportsplex in Greensboro for a few years.
How you became a Canes fan: My parents took me to games when i was little.
Favorite thing about being a Canes fan: Cup in 06. I was in edmonton during the finals with my extended family, all of whom are huge Oilers fans.
Favorite Cane's Player(s): Staal, Faulk
Favorite NON Cane's Player(s): Stamkos
Other Sports You Like: casual college basketball fan. You have to be growing up in Chapel Hill.
Other Sports Teams You Cheer For: UNC
College Attended/Attending: McGill
Video Game Systems Owned: PC, gamecube
Favorite Game(s): Super Smash Bros Melee, EHM 07, Dota
Music You Listen To: lots
Favorite Movie(s): Pulp Fiction
Favorite Book(s): The Corrrections
Favorite Food(s): The french food up here is pretty good, but I miss NC BBQ
Favorite TV Show(s): Adventure Time, Southpark
Hockey Jerseys In Wardrobe: None. I'm planning on getting my first sometime this year.
Anything Else: Hoping the ticket prices aren't too bad, I want to see the canes when they come to Montreal. If there isn't a lockout.
Name: Wilmington Caniac Age: 42 Sex: M Where You're From: NY Where You Live Now: Wilmington Nationality: U.S. Hair Color: Salt & pepper Eye Color: Green Mode of Transportation: Car Job: Education What brought you to HF Boards: Love of all things hockey!!! How you became a hockey fan: Born into the hockey culture How you became a Canes fan: Living in Carolina for twenty years or so Favorite thing about being a Canes fan: The enthusiasm from other Canes fans Favorite Cane's Player(s): Not sure I have just one. I try to root for the team as a whole. Favorite NON Cane's Player(s): If I was given a choice to see any team in the league live, I'd probably go with the Pens to watch Crosby. His ability to make everyone else around him better is amazing. Other Sports You Like: Baseball and football (maybe) Other Sports Teams You Cheer For: Adirindach Phantoms (hometown team!) College Attended/Attending: Paris Island & UNCW Video Game Systems Owned: Wii, 360 & PS3 Favorite Game(s): Pretty much any NHL game. The 2K series was my favorite but I play a lot of NHL 13 now. Music You Listen To: it varies Favorite Movie(s): too many to list but Godfather I & II would be at the top Favorite Book(s): Again, too many to list Favorite Food(s): see above Favorite TV Show(s): NHL Tonight, NHL Live, Elementary Hockey Jerseys In Wardrobe: Canes latest alternate and regular, Bruins regular, Penguins regular and Winter Classic Anything Else: Glad to be here!
Name:josh Age:33 Sex:M Where You're From: born charlotte, lived in raleigh Where You Live Now: toronto Nationality: american married to canadian Hair Color:brown Eye Color:brown Mode of Transportation: subaru slushmonger Job: film industry What brought you to HF Boards: seemed like an active, knowledgeable place to discuss canes How you became a hockey fan: default, and canada How you became a Canes fan: lived in raleigh when franchise moved to NC Favorite thing about being a Canes fan: having a team to complain about when drinking with friends Favorite Cane's Player(s): i don't really do that Favorite NON Cane's Player(s): dunno. subban, maybe? Other Sports You Like: beisbol, basketball, occasional nfl dabbles Other Sports Teams You Cheer For: probably the panthers, i would say bobcats but you don't do a lot of cheering College Attended/Attending: ncsu Video Game Systems Owned: PS3 Favorite Game(s): portal, katamari, mass effect 2, the assassin's creed games that aren't buggy as hell Music You Listen To: literally everything except all the **** stuff (i forget, can we swear here?) Favorite Movie(s): i like a lot of stuff Favorite Book(s): i like a lot of stuff Favorite Food(s): schnitzel, bbq, burgers from cloo's, caesar salad apparently Favorite TV Show(s): wire, breaking bad, all the usual white guilt stuff Hockey Jerseys In Wardrobe: nope Anything Else: hi?
[B]Name: Nick Age: 20 Sex: Male Species Where You're From: Born and raised in Madrid, Spain. Where You Live Now: White Plains, NY since 2012, Previously in NC since 2005. Nationality: Spanish Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Mode of Transportation: Nissan 300zxTT 5 Speed. Job: Real Estate Broker/Investor What brought you to HF Boards: Been lurking for the past couple months decided "**** it" and signed up. How you became a hockey fan: Moved into the triangle in 2005, quick friend I made was into hockey and asked me if i wanted to play for the middle school roller hockey team, and been hooked ever since and followed the Hurricanes from day 1. How you became a Canes fan: Look above. Favorite thing about being a Canes fan: Proving the naysayers that Carolina is here to stay and can beat top tier teams in the playoffs. Favorite Cane's Player(s): All players from the TEA line, Wardo, Ron Francis, Glen Wesley, Paul Coffey and Rod Brind'amour. ('Canes including retired players.) Favorite NON Cane's Player(s): Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Karlsson, Kronwall, Henrik Lundqvist and Teemu Selanne. Pretty much any dominant Swede or Finn. Other Sports You Like: Futbol, Formula 1, Rally, Touring racing and Football. Other Sports Teams You Cheer For: Detroit Red Wings due to Datsyuk and Zetterberg being on the team. College Attended/Attending: None, was studying Poli-sci at WCU before moving and getting into Real Estate investments. Video Game Systems Owned: PC, Xbox. Favorite Game(s): Fallout series, Elder Scrolls series, Forza series, F1 series, Dota 2, TF2. Music You Listen To: Pretty much anything but mostly listen to Reggae, rock and some 90's hip-hop, Jazz and Blues. Favorite Movie(s): Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Book Of Eli, Big Lebowski, many many more. Especially cult films. Favorite Book(s): Favorite Food(s): Spanish (There's more to it than Tapas and Sangria lol) Japanese, Mexican. Favorite TV Show(s): Top Gear, South Park. Hockey Jerseys In Wardrobe: Dynamo jerseys (KHL) of Datsyuk and Ovechkin, 1 Stanley Cup Final Red Wings replica jersey with Datsyuk on the back. (Never worn and tag is still on) 2 blank named Hurricane jersey and 1 Erik Cole Jersey. Anything Else: "mmm this is a tasty burger." "Do they speak English in what?"
Name: Dalton Age: 20 Sex: ♂ Where You're From: Raleigh Where You Live Now: Raleigh Nationality: 'Merica (White) Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Mode of Transportation: crappy old volvo Job: student/lifeguard What brought you to HF Boards: I've been a canes fan since they relocated to the area, andI had been looking for a hockey forum for the past few years. How you became a hockey fan: Canes came to the area How you became a Canes fan: Relocation of the Whalers, brought me to the love the great sport of hockey Favorite thing about being a Canes fan: how enthusiastic the fans are, and how much other hockey teams' fans dislike the canes and our fans Favorite Canes Player(s): Brind'amour, Irbe, Kapanen, E.Staal, Justin Faulk, Tim Gleason, Jokinen, Semin Favorite NON Canes Player(s): don't really have other favorites, but my LEAST favorites are Chara, Lucic, Marchand, Tim Thomas (really the whole Bruins team), Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin Other Sports You Like: College Basketball/Football, NFL, MLB Other Sports Teams You Cheer For: NC State, Carolina Panthers, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Orioles College Attended/Attending: NC State Video Game Systems Owned: N64, gameboy, all playstations (currently play the crap out of my ps3) Favorite Game(s): Pokémon GameBoy games, NFL Blitz, Sly Cooper series, NCAA Football, NHL, Skyrim Music You Listen To: Jam Bands (Phish, Grateful Dead, moe.), Classic Rock (The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Aerosmith, Van Halen) Favorite Movie(s): anything funny Favorite Book(s): reading hurts my head Favorite Food(s): pizza, french fries, pizza, french fries Favorite TV Show(s): south park, family guy, tosh.0, HIMYM, Seinfeld, Friends Hockey Jerseys In Wardrobe: soon to be a Gleason third jersey (shipping) Anything Else: I like money
Name: Carrie
Age: 22
Sex: Female
Where You're From: Arizona
Where You Live Now: Raleigh
Nationality: USA
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Mode of Transportation: car
Job: student
What brought you to HF Boards: the lockout
How you became a hockey fan: Attended my first game in 2001 and fell in love with it
How you became a Canes fan: 2001-2002 playoffs
Favorite thing about being a Canes fan: the passion other canes fans have for the game and their team
Favorite Canes Player(s): Brandon Sutter (was my favorite), Dalpe, Whitney, Markov, Semin
Favorite NON Canes Player(s): Paul Kariya. After Kariya its a list of people I have loosely followed their careers: Selanne, Sakic, Modano, Stu Barnes, Parise, Pominville, Sutter (hate putting his name on this list).
Other Sports You Like: Soccer, MLB, Volleyball
Other Sports Teams You Cheer For: App State, NC State
College Attended/Attending: Appalachian State for undergrad, NC State for grad
Video Game Systems Owned: Used to own a Xbox
Favorite Game(s): Sorry guys, I don't play video games
Music You Listen To: All kinds. Anything with an acoustic guitar sound
Favorite Movie(s): Pride and Prejudice
Favorite Book(s): Pride and Prejudice, North and South (Gaskell), Dracula, Frankenstein (I'm a huge Victorian Lit fan)
Favorite Food(s): Nothing in particular
Favorite TV Show(s): Any Canes game, Revenge
Hockey Jerseys In Wardrobe: Brandon Sutter 3rd jersey, a home jersey with autographs from every player off the 2006 team, home Faulk jersey
Anything Else: Well now that you know my life story, not really
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Name: Pete
Age:24
Sex:M
Where You're From:Raleigh
Where You Live Now:Raleigh
Nationality:American
Hair Color:brown
Eye Color:blue
Mode of Transportation:feet, car if it starts
Job:student, waiting to hear from potential employers
What brought you to HF Boards:want to become an expert on adjusted Giroux-adjusted statistics
How you became a hockey fan:1994 SCF
How you became a Canes fan:by default/location
Favorite thing about being a Canes fan:every 3-4 years an amazing run is guaranteed
Favorite Cane's Player(s):current: Faulk--former: Damian Surma
Favorite NON Cane's Player(s):Brian Campbell
Other Sports You Like: NBA, college fb and bb, soccer
Other Sports Teams You Cheer For:Arsenal FC, NC State, Univ. of South Carolina, Golden State Warriors
College Attended/Attending:NC State
Video Game Systems Owned: PS3, PSVita
Favorite Game(s): Patapon 2, MGS: Peacewalker, FIFA, NBA 2k13, Ni No Kuni, Final Fantasy VI
Music You Listen To:Folk Punk, Uplifting instrumental rock, Post-rock, drone, shoegaze, dream pop, hardcore grimy east-coast boom bap real hip hop
Favorite Movie(s):The Thin Red Line, The New World, Paths of Glory, Troll 2
Favorite Book(s):From Here to Eternity, Stalingrad, Life and Fate, World War Z
Favorite Food(s):fried chicken livers, blueberries, cinnamon toast crunch
Favorite TV Show(s): Southland, Homeland, The League, The First 48
Hockey Jerseys In Wardrobe:Erik Cole
Anything Else:section 108 or 114
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Name: Daniel
Age:19
Sex: M
Where You're From: Darwen, England
Where You Live Now: Darwen, England
Nationality: English
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Mode of Transportation: Bus, Feet, Citroen Xara Picasso (Parents car)
Job: Steward at Blackburn Rovers Football Club
What brought you to HF Boards: Lurked for a while, signed up to take part in a GMC league.
How you became a hockey fan: Visiting family in Toronto in 2000, went to a Habs/Leafs game, cheered for the Habs, Habs lost, annoyed my family as a 7 year old, success
How you became a Canes fan: Adopted second team, mainly due to knocking Boston out in 09
Favorite thing about being a Canes fan: Commentary team is amazing.
Favorite Cane's Player(s): Alexander Semin (Username isn't a giveaway at all), Eric Staal, Joni Pitkanen, Jussi Jokinen
Favorite NON Cane's Player(s): Saku Koivu, Alex Kovalev, All the Habs (apart from PK Subban, Kaberle and Budaj), Mikhail Grabovski, Ovechkin, Backstrom, any Russian NHL player (apart from Yakupov)
Other Sports You Like: Football (Soccer), Cricket, Baseball, Rugby Union
Other Sports Teams You Cheer For: Montreal Canadiens , Chelsea FC, Dynamo Kyiv, Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque, HC Donbass Donetsk, New South Wales Blues, Sydney Sixers, Australian Cricket Teams, Ukraine for International Football. Montreal Expos, Montreal Alouettes, Montreal Impact.
College Attended/Attending: St Mary's College, Blackburn (Our College system is different, College is 16-18, then University afterwards)
Video Game Systems Owned: Xbox 360, Nintendo 64, GBC, (Current ones in use)
Favorite Game(s): Pokemon (All of them really), F-Zero X, GTA San Andreas, NHL 09, FFVIII
Music You Listen To: Neue Deutsche Härte, Eastern European dance and 70/80/90's music (at the moment, it changes quite often)
Favorite Movie(s): Anchorman, Dodgeball, Goodbye Lenin!, Goldeneye, Escape to Victory, Casablanca
Favorite Book(s): Lord of the Rings Trilogy, A Song of Fire and Ice series
Favorite Food(s): Sushi, Japanese and Chinese food, Chicken Tikka Massala
Favorite TV Show(s): Phoenix Nights, Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, Skins (Series 1-4), An Idiot Abroad, Shameless, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Coronation Street, Game of Thrones
Hockey Jerseys In Wardrobe: Michael Ryder Habs 06/07 Alt, Andrei Markov Habs home, Saku Koivu Habs Home Centennial/Match des Etoiles patches, Mikhail Grabovski Leafs home, Alex Semin Caps Home, blank Sheffield Steelers jersey, blank Blackburn Hawks jersey. Intending to get a Semin Canes jersey and Galchenyuk Habs jersey soon. (So expensive though with import tax etc)
Anything Else: Fluent German speaker, love Soviet and East German history.
Zomg another UK based Canes fan, think this might be a sign of the apocalypse. Minus points for Chelsea though. (Fulham fan)
After Montreal, I want Carolina to win the cup, after the 09 series for Carolina against Boston, I finally managed to get over the 06 Canes/Habs series and the team are great to watch. And Fulham are literally the most unhateable team ever, there is no good reason to hate them (apart from that statue XD)
Name: Nathan
Age: 25
Sex: Manly man
Where You're From: West Jefferson, NC
Where You Live Now: West Jefferson, NC
Nationality: 'Merica!
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Mode of Transportation: Ford Mustang
Job: Sports Writer
What brought you to HF Boards: Friend of mine posts here sometimes
How you became a hockey fan: Watched Tie Domi beat someone up on the ice, started loving hockey
How you became a Canes fan: Stanley Cup appearance against the Red Wings got me hooked
Favorite thing about being a Canes fan: love the logo, and always loved the Whalers logo too
Favorite Cane's Player(s): Eric Staal
Favorite NON Cane's Player(s): Jarome Iginla
Other Sports You Like: Football, basketball, baseball, auto racing
Other Sports Teams You Cheer For: NC State, Michigan, Appalachian State, Minnesota Vikings, Cincinnati Reds, LA Lakers
College Attended/Attending: Appalachian State, Class of '09
Video Game Systems Owned: PS3
Favorite Game(s): NHL, COD, MLB The Show, NCAA, Madden, Gran Turismo series
Music You Listen To: Metal, rock, hip hop, indie, alternative
Favorite Movie(s): Fletch, Fletch Lives, Dirty Harry, Diehard series, Friday Night Lights, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, We Are Marshall, Blow, 21, Enemy of the State, Independence Day
Favorite Book(s): I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, When March Went Mad, anything by Bill Maher
Favorite Food(s): Steak, pizza, brownies, lasagna, shrimp, good quality hot dogs
Favorite TV Show(s): Sportscenter, King of the Hill, The Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher
Hockey Jerseys In Wardrobe: Eric Staal home authentic, Hartford Whalers home authentic, Michigan Wolverines home jersey
Anything Else: a cat named Callahan
