Fav All time Bruins: Ray Bourque, Terry O'Reilly, Rick Middleton, Brad Park, Gerry Cheevers, Cam Neely, Patrice Bergeron (only including those I saw play in person - saw Turk, Bobby Orr and Esposito play on TV38, was too young to go to the games)
Fav Current Bruins: Bergy, Peverley, Chara, Marchmont
Fav Non Bruin Players:Active: Zach Parise, Martin St. Louis, Dustin Brown, Shea Weber, Henrik Zetterberg, Ryan Miller, Patrick Kane, Dominic Moore (Go Crimson!), Brian Gionta (Go Eagles!) Retired: Joe Mullen, Rene Robert (always wore #14 when I could get it), Guy Lafleur (only Hab I ever heard cheered at the Garden), Bernie Nicholls, Joe Sakic, Steve Yzerman, Bryan Trottier.
Fav Movies:Slapshot... "Scouts?"
Music: "Paree" as performed by John Kiley
Hobbies: Reading, sports, boardgames, collecting books and horror and hockey memorabilia
Fav food: Chinese, Thai, Grilled Steaks, Hot Dogs, 'Za
Fav Beer: Bass Ale on tap
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: I was at the game where Stan Jonathan destroyed Pierre Bouchard, fourth game of the 78 Finals, it was actually the greatest game I've ever seen and not because of that fight - it was the game Schmautzie scored under a sprawling Larry Robinson, beating Dryden to win it in OT. I grew up on the south shore playing youth hockey, played in H.S. too, and followed the Bs, NHL, as well as local college hockey.
How long I have been a B's fan: I know this is a very bandwagonish time to be registering, but I've been lurking on these boards for a few years now and have been a Bruins fan for much longer. We've had season tickets in my family since the mid-70s. I'm old enough to have seen the Cup, in person, carried on Garden Ice. Unfortunately, on both occasions it was being held by Yvan Cournoyer! Maybe this is the year! (But I've learned to keep my hopes in check... even when we're up 2-0 on the Flyers...especially then.)
Origin of screen name: Derek is unreal!
Jerseys owned: Bergeron #37 t-shirt; had a "Neely/Bad to the Bone" tee I used to wear to games late-80s early 90s... anybody remember those?
Fav All time Bruins: Borque, Neely, Oates, Moog. Those are the guys I grew up watching and nothing will ever top them for me.
Fav Current Bruins: So hard to pick but I will go with Lucic, Chara, Timmy and Bergeron. I also have a soft spot for Tukka and Marchand since I have been watching them since they were in Providence (I have season tickets to the P-Bruins)
Fav Non Bruin Players: Sergei Federov. I was just always so impressed with him when I was a kid.
Fav Movies: Star Wars Trilogy, Boondock Saints and so many more.
Music: Dropkick Murphy's, Flogging Molly, Killswitch Engage are my favorites but I iwll listen to pretty much everything.
Hobbies: I play a lot of cards
Fav food: Chinese, I could eat it every day if it wouldn't make me a fat ass lol.
Fav Beer: Depends on the season. Right now I have been drinking a lot of Magic Hat Circus Boy.
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: How I became a fan? Growing up watching them. I do not remember a time when I didn't watch hockey or didn't love the Bs. I can tell you my favorite moment though.
In all my time as a fan I never made it to a Boston Bruins game until this year and it just so happened to be the Habs game in early February where we kicked their ***** up and down the ice. It was an amazing time.
How long I have been a B's fan: My whole life.
Origin of screen name: It is the name of the Scorpion King
Jerseys owned: Black Chara, White Thomas, Black Orr.
Fav Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean, Mouse Hunt, Lord of the Rings, Requiem for a Dream; art-house and other noncommercial cinema (Francis Ford Coppola, Ingmar Bergman, 김기덕, Zvyagincev e.t.c).
Music: Radiohead, Beck, Blink 182, Sopor Aeternus, The Verve, some russian and world rock'n'roll
Fav food: Everything, that is tasty and it is useful, Sweets
Fav Beer: Stella Artois, Heinneken
How I became a fan: We collected cards with NHL players at school. It was Fashionably at that time. When I begin to make my collection, I didn't have enough knowlege about NHL and hockey teams. I found the card with Ray Bourque, and i live him with his great stats.
I also like BB jersey's colours: yellow and black.
Fav All time Bruins: Ray Bourque, Cam Neely, Andy Moog, P. J. Axelsson, Adam Oates.
Fav Current Bruins: Bergeron, Marchand, Thomas, Horton.
Fav Non Bruin Players: Dan Boyle, Ovechkin, Ryan Miller, Martin, Brodeur, Malkin, Toews, Dominik Hasek.
Fav Movies: Mystery Alaska, Star Wars, Major League.
Music: Mogwai, NFG, Brand New, Explosions in the sky.
Hobbies: Collecting autographs, vinyl.
Fav food: Mexican
Fav Beer: Sam Adams Winter
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: My favorite moment was in 98' I was 11 and was at a game with my hockey team and there was a line brawl including a Byron Dafoe goalie fight.
How long I have been a B's fan: Born a Bruins fan, always a Bruins fan.
Origin of screen name: My name plus my goalie number and baseball number.
Jerseys owned: Bergeron, Thomas, Blank Winter Classic, Kessel and a few more over the years.
Fav Non Bruin Players: Clutterbuck, Satan, Sturm (dunno, if you can call Satan and Sturm "non-bruins" yet..)
Fav Movies: Leon, The Lovely Bones, Shaun of the Dead
Music: Muse, Radiohead, RHCP, John Frusciante... and of course our beautiful goal song
Hobbies: Bruins, guitar, writing, photography
Fav food: lots of meat and chinese food.
Fav Beer: Heineken
Fav Bruin moment: can't decide... maybe sweeping the habs in 08/09, maybe sweeping Philly this year.
How I became a fan: I played NHL 01, back when I was younger. Started playing the Bruins, since my aunt had some exchange student from MA. Started watching hockey streams on a regular basis during the 07/08 playoffs.
How long I have been a B's fan: 2001/2008 - you decide
Origin of screen name: piet from my nickname, B for the B's
Fav All time Bruins: Cam Neely, Ray Bourque, Rick Middleton, Dave Reid.
Fav Current Bruins: Recchi, Lucic, Thomas, Chara, Bergy.
Fav Non Bruin Players: What?
Fav Movies: Star Wars, Horror and sci-fi films.
Music: Metal ... not that crap nu-metal garbage.
Hobbies: Playing ice hockey, playing guitar, collecting Star Wars collectibles and toys
Fav food: Pepperoni Pizza
Fav Beer: Don't drink.
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: Was born into it during the Beeez Stanley Cup era (born in 68)
How long I have been a B's fan: Since 1972
Origin of screen name: I am a Hockey Fan born in 68
Jerseys owned: Signed all over 80s white (Home then) jersey, The Winnie the Pooh alternate jersey, Road 90s with the gold sleeve stripe, the 2007 alternate, white home 90s with the black stripe up the sleeve.
Hey guys, completely new to HF.
I'm the only person out of my group of friends who even pays attention to American sports, mainly because I am born and raised in Liverpool, England . I started in 2003, I was pretty big on Wrestling and my favourite guy was John Cena. I thought it was awesome when he walked down to the ring in a Sox jersey or a Celtics jersey, and I picked up on the fact that he was from West Newbury, Massachusetts, so I started following the Red Sox and then the Patriots. After a while I started watching more hockey and basketball, and thought that it was better to stay faithful to Boston sports, so then I added the Bruins and Celtics. I don't consider myself a bandwagoner whatsoever - at the time in '03, the Bruins and Celtics were barely relevant, and obviously it was a pretty crappy time to be a Sox fan too. I also know quite a lot about each of the sports, and it pains me to see people in my school magically becoming Packers fans Fortunately there's around 3 other lads in my school who follow the NHL - one Penguins fan, one 'Nucks fan and one Rangers fan, so I'm not completely isolated. That's all, great to be here.
Name: Joe
Age: 17 (18 in 2 weeks)
Location: Liverpool, England
Fav All Time Bruins: I'd be being false to say Orr or anyone else.
Fav Current Bruins: Lucic, Thomas, Seguin.
Fav Non-Bruin Players: Daniel Sedin, Pavel Datsyuk.
Music: Daft Punk, Muse, Metallica
Fav Beer: Corona, Messina
Fav Food: Pizza
Fav Bruin moment: Savard OT goal vs Philadelphia.
How long I have been a Bruins fan: 7/8 years
Jerseys owned: None, going to Boston in the summer though
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Fav All time Bruins: Bourque, O'Reilly, Middleton, Neely, Orr (vaguely remember seeing him play), S. Thornton (see below)
Fav Current Bruins: Thornton, Thomas, Krejci, Bergeron
Fav Non Bruin Players: Whoever is playing against the Canadiens
Fav Movies: Hopefully, The 2011 Bruins Stanley Cup Year in Review
Music: Kernkraft 400 by Zombie Nation (whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh....)
Hobbies: Torturing myself year after year watching the B's
Fav food: Anyone really care?
Fav Beer: The first one after a B's victory
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: Park OT winner, 2011 Game 5 double OT vs. Montreal (was there) & .... Me and my son (7 yrs old and at his first game @ NJ) front row behind Bruins bench & 1st seat next to tunnel ... before game Shawn Thornton goes to get sticks (right next to our seat) and picks up 3 of them. He asks my son to pick one .. my son thought it was for my him to keep - but Thornton said it was for him to play with BUT if he scores he will give him the stick. (Last year Thornton had 1 goal all season) ... Sure enough he scores his first of this season ... in between periods he goes into locker room gets stick & comes back and autographs it for him! AWESOME!!!
How long I have been a B's fan: since '74 (Still waiting for 1st Cup!)
Origin of screen name: Home & Birth Yr.
Jerseys owned: authentic Joe Thornton, Framed autographed Bobby Orr hanging on wall
Fav Bruin moment: Any time I could watch Bobby Orr play was magic
How long I have been a B's fan: always
Origin of screen name: French Canadians use this tome to explain Bobby Orr's brilliance-that there was some kind of conspiracy never to hit him. Guess nobody told his knees the good news.
Therefore: Don't hit him, he's Bobby Orr
Fav Current Bruins: Zdeno Chara, Tim Thomas, Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron
Fav Non Bruin Players: Shea Webber, Joe Thornton, Jonathan Tavares, Toews, Duncan Keith, Joel Ward
Fav Movies: American Psycho, American History x, Green Mile, Ned Kelly, Almost Famous
Music: Rock, Punk, Metal, Oldies,
Hobbies: Internet, PS3, exercise, AFL, NHL
Fav food: Australian Pizza, Bacon and egg on it
Fav Beer: None
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: Had always been interested in the Bruins because of Chara had watched the odd game on and off for a year, watched every game of the Montreal series and was hooked, love Thomas, Chara the spirit of the team and the defensive focus.
How long I have been a B's fan: 1 year on and off
Origin of screen name: tasty ice cream/hockey
Jerseys owned: Getting an eastern conference champs T- shirt off ebay, hoping for more
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: Favorite moment was Cam Neely grabbing Claude Lemieux by his helmet and throwing him into the boards. I'd obviously have to throw this 2011 playoff run and Stanley Cup title into the mix as well. Became a fan as a little kid, my dad's a die hard and I'd watch games with him.
How long I have been a B's fan: Since I can remember, raised on the Bruins by my Dad. Watching them since I was 3 or 4, obviously at that age not completely aware of what was going on
Origin of screen name: It's a name I have on another message board
Jerseys owned: Neely, Lucic, Personalized, and a few blanks
Fav All time Bruins: Andy Moog - started me playing between the piped.
Fav Current Bruins: Horton, Looch, Marchand, Boychuk
Fav Non Bruin Players: Brodeur, Ovechkin
Fav Movies: Miracle (Obv), Star Wars trilogies, Indiana Jones sans the latest one.
Music: Hardcore - Silverstein, Thursday, along with The Beatles, Jimmy Buffett.
Hobbies: Hockey and golf. The usual.
Fav food: Chinese and fast food. I'm a sucker for Sonic.
Fav Beer: Landshark
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: Been playing since I was 2.5 years old. Andy Moog helped solidify my urge to be a goalie.
How long I have been a B's fan: My whole life.
Origin of screen name: This run. Was an old member but didn't remember my login info. So this is the new one.
Jerseys owned: WC Savard, 3rd Jersey Lucic (Signed by him - my fiance shaved his head at Cuts for a Cause), Brodeur, Ovechkin, Potvin (Poohbear 3rd Jersey & Maple Leafs), 3rd jersey Patrick Roy
Fav All time Bruins: Axelsson, Oates (yeah yeah, I'm young sorry)
Fav Current Bruins: Krejci, Bergeron, Thomas, Peverley, McQuaid
Fav Non Bruin Players: Teemu Selanne, Bobby Ryan, Vinny Lecavalier, John LeClair, Ryan Miller, Kasparaitis, Michael Grabner, Paul Stastny, Thomas Vanek, Mark Streit
Fav Movies: The Usual Suspects, Inception, Moon, Leon: The Professional, The Matrix, A Knight's Tale
Music: Against Me, OAR, Refused, anything Tom Morello
Hobbies: Drums, skiing, tennis, street hockey, drawing, movies
Fav food: Buffalo wings
Fav Beer: I'm underage
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: Played hockey since a young age so always liked the Bruins. I go to school about 5 minutes away from Nassau Coliseum so I got to go to a bunch of Islanders games, some againt the Bruins. Basically I was really bored in college and ended up watching hockey every night haha.
How long I have been a B's fan: Been a Bruins fan as long as I can remember...
Origin of screen name: Play-on-words... Partially my name, plus a good book, a slogan, and my favorite number
Jerseys owned: Selanne Might Ducks (purple), Peverley Bruins (home black), some random other ones without names: Flyers completely blank home, old Coyotes Aztec one, Penguins practice one
Fav All time Bruins: Thornton (Joe), Orr, Esposito, Neely... Only been a fan since 03-04 but revised this team so much they are my blood...
Fav Current Bruins: Krejci, Horton (loved him before he came up here), McQuaid.
Fav Non Bruin Players: Bobby Ryan, Ryan Getzlaf, Tyler Myers, Scott Niedermayer, Jason Becker.
Fav Movies: Fight Club, Good Will Hunting, Shawshank... etc
Music: Rock, Grunge, Post Hardcore, Pop Punk. Funeral For a Friend (my Mam taught the singer) and their Casually Dressed Album is the ****!)
Hobbies: Passionate Rugby player and supporter. The Bruins. Pisshead. Son. Brother. Lover. Friend.
Fav food: Pizza.
Fav Beer: Stella Artois.
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: Now it's the cup... obviously. But falling in love with the club in the first place... But other than that, silent fist pumps and screams watching games at 4am... My Mam coming back from a holiday in NYC with a jersey for me... Bergerons rookie season, there was a freeview, first game of NHL I ever saw, vs the Flyers we won a close one and Bergeron bossed it... I was in love.
How long I have been a B's fan: 2003-04
Origin of screen name: Iain said fast = Yun.. then bruin!
Jerseys owned: Joe Thornton #19 w/ C Koho black, Cardiff Devils 2004/2005 Home, white Becker #44 EIHL. Shawn Maltby (Brother of Kirk) Basingstoke Bison Game Issue, #11 w/ C Playoff Issue. (Player Issue, w/ COA and Fight strap etc) EIHL. Current B's home.
P.S I saw Theoren Fleury when he played in the British League... Incredible, top guy.
Location: San Diego (Originally from New England-Vermont, hence the name)
Fav All time Bruins: Courtnall, Bourque, Neely, Middleton
Fav Current Bruins: Thomas, Marchand
Fav Non Bruin Players: Selanne, St. Louis
Fav Movies: Youngblood, Caddyshack, Major League
Music: Anything but Rap
Hobbies: Golf, hunting, fishing, all Boston sports but football
Fav food: Do I have to pick just one???
Fav Beer: See Fav Food answer.... Stone Arrogant *******
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: Wow. Just always been a fan, so don't remember the moment. I remember being superstitious and holding a hockey stick, all game, every game, during the 88 finals run.
How long I have been a B's fan: Birth.............
Origin of screen name: Always wanted to move back to Vermont, and my wife was tired of hearing about it. She thinks I was a "monster" about it, hence the name.
Jerseys owned: No Jerseys, but an old Bourque T-shirt, and a generic "B" T-Shirt from when I was in high school.
Favorite all-time Bruins: The Kraut line, Esposito, Orr, and Oates.
Favorite Current Bruins: Timmy, "Marshmont", and Horton. Also, big props to Handsome Ralph.
Favorite non-Bruins: Datsyuk and Rinne
Favorite movies: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Braveheart, the Patriot, Boyz N the Hood, every Chris Rock standup special, and all the Star Wars movies.
Music: ACDC, Iron Maiden, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble, and 2Pac.
Favorite Moment: Lucic tearing Komisarek down by his face in the 2009 playoffs.
How long a Bs fan?: Since I watched Lucic tear Komisarek down by his face in the 2009 playoffs. I watched a lot of games on UPN as a kid though.
My screenname is my name and I don't own one jersey. That's something I'll have to remedy.
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Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: Dafoe vs. Kolzig (brawl), Savard's GWG vs. Philly, and Game 4 of 2011 SCG; watching the Bs on UPN 38 and wanting to grow up to be like Ray Bourque.
How long I have been a B's fan: 20 years
Origin of screen name: name & number
Jerseys owned: white Neely, '03 yellow alternate (blank), black early 90s (blank), black Savard, black Thomas (scf patch).
Fav Non Bruin Players: Michael Grabner, Stamkos, Kesler, Datsuyk
Fav Movies: Star Wars original trilogy, Godfather 1 & 2, Grandma's Boy
Music: DMB
Hobbies: Skiing and fantasy sports
Fav food: Chinese
Fav Scotch: Lagavulin 16 yr and Balvenie Doublewood
Fav Bruin moment/how I became a fan: When I was 9 the Bruins were playing the Habs in a game 7. It was 0-0 until Doug Keans let in a softy. My fate was sealed forever.
How long I have been a B's fan: 27 years
Origin of screen name: Patrice will win at least 3 Selkes before his career is over
Jerseys owned: Cam Neely Home, Hannu Toivenen Home, Chuck Kobasew Away, Raymond Bourque Winter Classic, Dennis Seidenberg SCF Away
Maybe this is the year! (But I've learned to keep my hopes in check... even when we're up 2-0 on the Flyers...especially then.)
. I started in 2003, I was pretty big on Wrestling and my favourite guy was John Cena. I thought it was awesome when he walked down to the ring in a Sox jersey or a Celtics jersey, and I picked up on the fact that he was from West Newbury, Massachusetts, so I started following the Red Sox and then the Patriots. After a while I started watching more hockey and basketball, and thought that it was better to stay faithful to Boston sports, so then I added the Bruins and Celtics. I don't consider myself a bandwagoner whatsoever - at the time in '03, the Bruins and Celtics were barely relevant, and obviously it was a pretty crappy time to be a Sox fan too. I also know quite a lot about each of the sports, and it pains me to see people in my school magically becoming Packers fans 
Fortunately there's around 3 other lads in my school who follow the NHL - one Penguins fan, one 'Nucks fan 
and one Rangers fan, so I'm not completely isolated. That's all, great to be here.
