Colorado Avalanche Board Fan Biographies

[Starrlinx]

Name: David
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Location: Seattle, WA
Status: Commited - not engaged yet, but we own a house together and have been together since '97, basically married without being married.
Occupation: Web Designer/Student
Favorite Music: Evanescence, mostly soft rock and alternative
Favorite TV: Alias, 24, Rescue Me, Las Vegas, The Sopranos, and more. . .
Favorite Av: Adam Foote
Favorite FORMER Av: Roy, Bourque, Drury, & Lemieux
Favorite Non-Avs: Iginla, Thornton, Yzerman
How Did You Become an Avs Fan? Grew up in Quebec City until '96 when I relocated to the Pacific Northwest.
How else is hockey in your life?: I follow it on TV, and occasionally play with some friends, until a year ago I ran an Aalanche-related web site for about six years.

 

[Horsehouse]

Name: Sean
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Status: Involved with a girl much smarter and younger than I am
Occupation: Employed at Broadmoor Wine & Spirits, also a waiter at The Mona Lisa Fondue Rest.
Favoite Music Artist(s): The Mars Volta, Rx Bandits, Millencolin, The Clash, Underworld, The Avalanches, Daft Punk, At the Drive-In, VHS or Beta
Favorite TV show: Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Simpsons, Seinfeld (the big 3), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Salute Your Shorts
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Have yet to read anything that has blown me away
Favorite Av: Sakic
Favorite Ex-Av: Forsberg, Hinote
Favorite non-Av: Tom Preissing, Sundin
Next or other favorite team: Toronto and Tampa Bay
How else is hockey in your life?: GO CC TIGERS
Favorite Av moment: Our first cup
How and when did you become an Av fan?: Our first cup

 

[sweeterthanu2000]

Well, since I'm new here I figured that I might as well start by posting here to let everyone know something about me. I used to be a frequent poster on the official Avalanche message board in case any of you recognize the name.

Name: Chris
Gender: Female
Age: 18 In December
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Status: Single
Occupation: Engineering Student at U of S
Favoite Music Artist(s): Swollen Members, Social Code, Out of Your Mouth, Black Eyed Peas
Favorite TV show: The OC, CSI
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): JRR Tolkein, Margaret Mitchell, Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton
Favorite Av: SAKIC.....then Foote and Blake
Favorite Ex-Av: Adam Deadmarsh
Favorite non-Av: Ryan Smyth
Next or other favorite team: Edmonton
How else is hockey in your life?: I can't skate so I only play street hockey and floor hockey, but I follow it religiously and am actually kind of depressed because of the lockout
Favorite Av moment: When the Avs won the cup in 2001 and Sakic gave the cup for Bourque to hoist rather than taking it himself first.
How and when did you become an Av fan?: I was a Nordiques fan as long as I can remember. One of my first hockey memories was at a game between the Nords and the Oilers when I was little and my Dad was an oilers fan so he and I had a little rivalry that game.

 

[Little Wing]

NAME: alan
AGE: 36
LOCATION: Phoenix AZ (lived here 5 years grew up in aurora colorado smoky hill
FAVORITE T.V> SHOW: NHL Tonight
FAVORITE BANDS: KISS, FLOYD, SRV,and many others
FAVORITE AV MOMENT: was a season ticket holder for the 1st 4 years so there were alot then relocated to phoenix. when i was a kid the folks had rockies ticketsfor a couple of seasons. my mother worked in the editorial department for the flames too
FAVORITE AV: JOE SAKIC
FAVORITE EX AV: MIKE RICCI
FAVORITE NEW COYOTE: MIKE RICCI
BECAME AV'S FAN: when it was announced they would be coming some friends and i got on the priority list right away
BEFORE THE AV"S: NEW YORK RANGERS (originally transplanted to denver via upstate n.y.)

 

[InstantFunk]

Name: Brian
Age: 26
Location: Boulder
Occupation: Lab Tech...hopefully a prospective grad student
Music: Talib Kweli, Umphrey's McGee, The Slip, Addison Groove Project, Mos Def, Miles Davis, Zep, Radiohead, Modest Mouse...to name a few
Books: Just finished "The greatest sports writing of the century" and it was oustanding...highly recommended reading for anyone who likes (obsesses about) sports
Fav-Ave: Forsberg
Fav-Ex-Ave: Ricci
Fav-non-Ave: P.J. Stock!
Least Fav Player: Maltby
Next Fav Team: Broncos
Fav Ave Moment: Anytime the Avs would be playing the late (10pm start) game when I was living in boston
Least Fav Ave Moment: Red Wings 7-0 Avalanche

 

[Sakicfan19]

Name: Sakicfan19
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Location: Calgary, AB
Occupation: Student
Favorite TV show: Family Guy
Favorite Av: Joe Sakic
Favorite Ex-Av: Patrick Roy
Favorite non-Av: Jarome Iginla
Next or other favorite team: Calgary Flames
How else is hockey in your life?: I play ice hockey, floor hockey any type of hockey
Favorite Av moment: Avs winning the cup in 2001
LEAST favorite Av moment: Losing to Detroit
How and when did you become an Av fan?: I love Joe Sakic, he is my favorite player. I am an avs fan and a flames fan pretty equally, but my favorite player is an av.
Shoots: Right
Position: Forward (Centre)

 

[JohnnyRyall]

Ex. 3:14.

 

[Chileiceman]

[Gender: male
Age: 14 soon to be 15
Location: Chile
Occupation: Student
Favoite Music Artist(s): Coldplay, U2,Keane,Radiohead
Favorite TV show: Seinfeld
Favorite Av: Joe Sakic
Favorite ex-Av: Claude Lemieux
Favorite non-Av: Jarome Iginla
Next or other favorite team: Calgary Flames
How else is hockey in your life?: I don't play hockey. (I wish I did)
Position: If I played I'd be a center
Favorite Av moment: Game 7 of the 2001 stanley cup finals
How and when did you become an Av fan?: When the Quebec Nordiques moved to Colorado my grandpa for some reason (strange considiring he lives in Sasketchewan) started to root for them and I sort of took up after him. So I've been an Avs fan since 1996.

 

[eaton28]

Name: Eaton Carndel
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Location: Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada (Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada)
Status: Playing the Field
Occupation: Student
Favoite Music Artist(s): Silvertide
Favorite TV show: Family Guy
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Don't Read...
Favorite Av: (Future Av) Wojtek Wolski, (Now Av) Joe Sakic
Favorite Ex-Av: Adam Deadmarsh
Favorite non-Av: Jordin Tootoo
Next or other favorite team: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary...
How else is hockey in your life?: I play Midget AA, played since I was 3.
Favorite Av moment: 2001 Stanley Cup Final, watching number 77, Raymond Bourque raise the cup..
How and when did you become an Av fan?: I was raised a leaf fan (Father... ). I always didnt mind the nords then durning the 1996 Playoffs when the Leafs were out me and my dad each picked a team that would win the cup, i picked Colorado he picked, the Flyers. Sure another Colorado won and my dad was pissed off at me and told me that I can't jump the bandwaggon and i only liked the avs cuz they were winning, so to prove him wrong here I am today cherring for the avs!!

 

[Not Jared Cowen]

Name: Mike Gillikin
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Status: Taken
Occupation: Student
Favoite Music Artist(s): AFI, Chevelle
Favorite TV show: Don't really watch TV
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Don't really read
Favorite Av: Marek Svatos
Favorite Ex-Av: Patrick Roy
Favorite non-Av: Marian Hossa
Next or other favorite team: Ottawa Senators
How else is hockey in your life?: I've been playing since I was 5
Favorite Av moment: When I found out about the Forsberg-Lindros Trade
How and when did you become an Av fan?: I was born an Avs (ok, Quebec...) fan!

 

[peterthegreat21]

Name: Garret
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Location: Aurora, co
Status: Single
Occupation: Student
Favorite Music Artist: i dunno eminem i guess i dont really have a favorite
Favorite TV show: South park, chappelle show
Favorite Book: i hate books
Favorite Av: Peter Forsberg
Favorite Ex-Av: Chris Drury
Favorite non-Av: Ilya Kovalchuk
Next favorite team: Atlanta Thrashers
Favorite Av moment: Avalanche Stanley Cup win in 2001, and a few peter goals but i wont go into that
How and when did you become an Avs fan:when they came here, my dad loved them he got tickets when i was little and i started loving them
How and When Did You Become a hockey fan: when i became and avs fan
Position: RW
Shoots: Right

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Name: Marco
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Location: Turku,Finland
Status: single
Occupation: student
Favoite Music Artist(s): Not exactly artists, all techno goes.
Favorite TV show: Lost,Battlestar Galactica,Deadwood..
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Lord of the rings
Favorite Av: i like the most Sakic,Theodore,Svatos and others
Favorite Ex-Av: Forsberg,Foote,Roy,Bourque,Deadmarsh,Blake and Tanguay.
Favorite non-Av: Forsberg,Ovechkin,Tanguay,Foote and Crosby
Next or other favorite team: TPS
Favorite Av moment: 1996 and 2001 stanley cups
How and when did you become an Av fan?: I saw Peter Forsberg,Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy playing 1996 cup run for Colorado Avalanche, after few minutes, i was all heart the Colorado Avalanche fan.

 

[Yayo]

I updated mine.

Things change a lot after 22 months, wow.

 

[TheAnalogKid]

Name: TheAnalogKid
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Location: Windsor, Colorado
Status: Shackin' up!
Occupation: City Planner
Favoite Music Artist(s): Rush, and really anything that fits my mood.
Favorite TV show: HNIC, Lost, Family Guy, Simpsons
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Carl Hiassen, Brian MacFarlane (Hockey History)
Favorite Av: Milan Hejduk
Favorite Ex-Av: Roy, Derek Morris
Favorite non-Av: Michael Ryder, Sean MacEachern, Doug Weight, Jose Theodore
Next or other favorite team: The Montreal Canadiens are my favorite, but I like the Avs any day of the year except when they play the Habs...
Favorite Av moment: 2001 stanley cup
How and when did you become an Av fan?: When I finally got NHL hockey in my home town. Oh and when Roy suited up.

 

[betweenthepipes]

Name: BetweenThePipes
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Location: Saint John, NB
Status: Chained
Occupation: Graphic Artist/Web Designer
Favoite Music Artist(s): Clutch, DropKick Murphys
Favorite TV show: Lost, CSI
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Brian Lumley
Favorite Av: Sakic
Favorite Ex-Av: Simon, Krupp
Favorite non-Av: Micheal Goulet, Mario Gosselin
Next or other favorite team: Dont matter because Avs are #1
Favorite Av moment: 1996 and 2001 cups
How and when did you become an Av fan?: Nordique fan because family liked Montreal.

 

[the mandrew]

Name: andrew
Gender: male
Age: 20
Location: denver
Status: single
Occupation: i work for the denver rubber company. i make rubbers
Favoite Music Artist(s): bouncing souls, dead kennedys, the unseen, the casualties, social distortion, the briggs
Favorite TV show: the only tv i watch is the avalanche
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): howard zinn and noam chomsky
Favorite Av: joe sakic
Favorite Ex-Av: chris drury, adam foote, adam deadmarsh or patrick roy
Favorite non-Av: dany heatly
Next or other favorite team: boston bruins or ottawa senators
How else is hockey in your life?: i've played hockey since i was 9 years old
Favorite Av moment: besides the two cup years, i would have to say the two years we knocked detriot out of the playoffs in the second round
How and when did you become an Av fan?: i was a hockey fan before the avs came here, so i was ****in stoked when the nordiques moved here

 

[Lunachicken]

Hrmm, I havent posted in here yet. Guess I should.

Name: Kyle
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Location: Aurora, CO
Status: Married
Occupation: Telecom - Field Supervisor
Favoite Music Artist: The Bouncing Souls!
Favorite TV show: Dont really watch anything but hockey.
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Hitchhikers Guide, anything Neil Gaimen
Favorite Av: Super Joe
Favorite Ex-Av: Valeri Kamensky, Owen Nolan
Favorite non-Av: Alfredsson, Luongo, Kovalchuk, Thornton
Next or other favorite team: Ottawa
How else is hockey in your life?: Every way really. I've played for years off and on, coached for ten years or so off and on, Worked at the rink for several years, addicted most of my family, spend inordinate amounts of time on the EA series, EHM and fantasy leagues, and follow my younger brother around to watch him play competitively.
Favorite Av moment: First cup! All the good years of the Detroit rivalry. The blossoming Vancouver Rivalry.
How and when did you become an Av fan?: Right away when we heard the news. The funny thing, prior to the Av's I was a Red Wing fan (my grandfather grew up in Detroit, I grew up on Production Line stories) and my Brother in law was a huge Nordiques fan (he was a fan club member way back, had all the Nordiques team photos and newletters and everything) and we used to poke fun at him for being a fan of such a bad team. Turns out he got the last laugh.

 

[Golden Foppa]

Name: Cody
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Location: Boulder, CO
Status: Single
Occupation: Student
Favoite Music Artist(s): U2, Sublime, Linkin Park, 2Pac
Favorite TV show: Chappelles Show, Simpsons, South Park, Seinfeld
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Buffaloed by Bruce Plaskett
Favorite Av: After Foppa left I dont have one that stands out above the others but I would say my favorites are Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk, and Karlis Skrastins
Favorite Ex-Av: Peter Forsberg
Favorite non-Av: Mario Lemieux
Next or other favorite team: Used to like the Penguins before the Nordiques moved to Denver.
How else is hockey in your life?: Going to games. I have been to over 200 Avs games and seen them play in Calgary, Vancouver, San Jose, and Pittsburgh. Video Games. I used to play pick up hockey games in high school.
Favorite Av moment: Peter Forsbergs hat trick in the 96 SCF
How and when did you become an Av fan?: I followed them closely after they moved to town but did not become a die hard fan until I attended my first game at McNichols Arena. It was December of 1995 against Edmonton. Patrick Roys debut. The team lost but I was hooked immediately.

 

[Avalanche219]

Name: Xavier Cuellar
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Location: Portland, TX (near Corpus Christi, TX)
Status: Single
Occupation: Student at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Favoite Music Artist(s): Silvertide, Armored Saint, Metallica(old stuff)
Favorite TV show: Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, NewsRadio
Favorite Av: Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk
Favorite Ex-Av: Adam Deadmarsh, Peter Forsberg, Chris Drury, Ville Nieminen
Favorite Avs Moment: Beating the wings 2 years in a row in the playoffs (99/00)
Favorite non-Av: Tony Amonte
Next or other favorite team: Penguins
How else is hockey in your life?: For someone in South Texas, hockey was a huge part of my high school life. After school EVERY DAY, my friends and I would play street hockey until we were dead tired, go upstairs and watch all the games on center ice, then play NHL 99/00,, trade hockey cards, manage our fantasy teams, and then top the night off with some bubble hockey. I also played midget hockey for two years in a city that had enough people to form one midget team. It was great though. We played against other midget teams in texas and had a 3-6 record which we were proud of lol.
How and when did you become an Av fan?: I became a hockey fan after I attended my first Corpus Christi Icerays hockey game (we got a hockey team my sophomore year in HS). I was hooked right away. And I became an Avs fan after playing NHL 98 and picking a team to beat my brother with lol. I grew to hate the stars and wings pretty fast.

 

[RoyIsALegend*]

How else is hockey in your life?: For someone in South Texas, hockey was a huge part of my high school life. After school EVERY DAY, my friends and I would play street hockey until we were dead tired, go upstairs and watch all the games on center ice, then play NHL 99/00,, trade hockey cards, manage our fantasy teams, and then top the night off with some bubble hockey.

Ok, you're 23 years old and NHL Center Ice hasn't been around that long.

Something's not right here... lol.

 

[Avalanche219]

I had it my senior year of high school with DirecTV. Watched the regular ESPN and fox broadcasts before that

 

[SharkGirl27]

Name: Paige
Gender: female
Age: 24...10/18/81
Location: fort collins, co
Status: Single
Occupation: Studen at Colorado State
Favoite Music Artist(s): DAVE MATTHEWS BAND!!!!
Favorite TV show: Sports Center...it's the only show I watch religously
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): "It's Not About the Bike" by Lance Armstrong
Favorite Av: Sakic (would be Brisebois but he'll always be a Hab in my heart)
Favorite Ex-Av: Claude Lapointe
Favorite non-Av: Saku Koivu and Jeremy Roenick
Next or other favorite team: My favorite team is the Montreal Canadiens, I just moved to Colorado from the east coast and the Avs are quickly growing on me, but I've been a die hard Habs fan since '86
How else is hockey in your life?: I played in prep school, and also am in school studying public relations in hopes of working for an NHL team
Favorite Av moment: Sakic handing the Cup to Bourque for sure
How and when did you become an Av fan?: I moved out to Colorado, and love hockey so I went to a pre-season game and since they are the hometown team now I've gotta be a fan
Position: LW
Shoots: left

 

[weezman]

I realized that I dropped in on everyone and never really introduced myself. Sorry about that.

Name: Patrick
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Location: Phoenix, AZ USA
Status: Married
Occupation: Programmer
Favoite Music Artist(s): Too many to name.
Favorite TV show: I don't really watch TV. The only thing I watch on the TV is Hockey.
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Don't really have a singular favorite, not to mention most of my reading is not exactly for fun.
Favorite Av: Sakic. Liles. Tanguay.
Favorite Ex-Av: Pre-Ling beatdown Morris. Deadmarsh. Forsberg.
Favorite non-Av: Spezza, Heatley (you can imagine the joy I felt when that trade was made), Conroy.
Next or other favorite team: Senators (this is their year. finally). Rangers (I can finally say that out-loud now without the laughter).
How else is hockey in your life?: Played when I was a kid. Still play now. I used to play 3 times a week, but I had to cut back to 2 times a week. Lately I've been thinking about getting into coaching with the kids, hockey's gotten more popular here in the desert.
Favorite Av moment: The first cup win had good memories for me. I think this one more than the other because I was still in Denver at the time.
How and when did you become an Av fan?: Well I started playing hockey when I was a kid. I have always been a fan. I went to the Canada vs US scrimmage in Denver way back when. I went to the Grizzlie's games (anyone remember them?). Then the Avs arrived in Denver. I went to see their first game (I still have the towel/sheet/cloth somewhere). I have been a fan since day one.

That's a little about me. Hello everyone.

 

[AvalancheSpeedsters]

Name: Marc-André
Gender: Male
Age: 24, on January 27th
Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Status: Living with my gf for three years, and i am a Master's student in political science at the University of Ottawa

Favoite Music Artist(s): Oasis, Pink Floyd, U2, Green Day, Coldplay, R.E.M, AC DC

Favorite TV show: The simpsons, Family guy, Smallville, Hockey Night in Canada

Favorite Book(s) or Author(s) : The Conte of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Favorite Av: Alex Tanguay and Joe Sakic, and someday Paul Statsny
Favorite Ex-Av : Robyn Regehr, Chris Drury, Adam Deadmarsh
Favorite non-Av : Daniel Alfredsson, Mike Fisher and Patrice Bergeron
Next or other favorite team: The Ottawa Senators, the hometown team, second only to my undying Nordiques loyalty. Boston Red Sox in Baseball and the Patriots in the NFL. Montreal Alouettes in the CFL and Ireland national football club


Favorite Av moment: When Ray Bourque hoisted the cup over his head, after being handed it by Sakic was a priceless and classy gesture.

When did become an Avs fan? The day the team moved to Denver from Québec. Lacroix kept a solid nordiques base with him ( Michel Goulet, Jean Martineau, Jacques Cloutier) and players so i had no reason to switch to some less-deserving team ( aka the Habs or Leafs ugh)

 

[Hercules Rockefeller]

All hail! Fellow Av Fans

Name: Carl-Philip
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Location: Somewhere in Germany
Status: Single
Occupation: Student
Favoite Music Artist(s): The Who, Queen, Pink Floyd and some more
Favorite TV show: The Simpson and Southpark.
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): I tend to call Tom Jones by Henry Fielding my favorite bokk. Otherwise nearly everything written by Hermann Hesse (particulary Siddhartha), Heinrich von Kleist,Friedrich von Schiller and Michael Crichton.
Favorite Av: Sakic, Laperriere and Konowalchuk
Favorite Ex-Av: Roy, Bourque, Drury and Forsberg
Favorite non-Av: Tkachuk, Khabibulin, Hecht and E. Staal
Next or other favorite team: San José and Montréal are nice teams
How else is hockey in your life?: I play a lot of street hockey in the summer. That's it.
Favorite Av moment: Since I haven't followed the NHL during the Avs cup run I have to say that the signing of Kariya and Selanne was a very special moment for me.
How and when did you become an Av fan?: A lot of credit belongs to EA's NHL series. The NHL is not that popular in Germany, so the game was my first contact with North American hockey. It has to be back in 2002 or 2003, when i finally became an Av fan. Mainly because of Sakic and the cool jerseys