OT: HFStars - Introduce Yourself!

[Canterano]

Age: 21
Gender: M
Job: Economics student
How and when you became a Stars fan: Had NHL 2001 demo, with two playable teams, Stars and Devils. Picked the one with the cool jersey and one Finnish player. The team stuck with me ever since as I started to follow NHL more and more.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Miro Heiskanen
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Jere Lehtinen
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Sebastian Aho
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Ville Vahalahti
Favorite Band(s): Bloc Party, Portugal. The Man, Death Cab For Cutie + other indie/alt rock
Favorite Movie(s): The Big Short, Rush
Favorite Food: Anything with salmon
Favorite TV Show(s): Community, House M.D, Silicon Valley
Favorite City: Turku, Budapest, The Croatian coast
Hobbies: Floorball, Running
Interesting Fact About Yourself: When I was 11, I scored a few goals behind the legendary Florida Panthers goalie and Czech international, Alexander Salak.

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Hope to be working on a resort project on the Croatian coast next year. From photos, the whole place is pretty special!

 

[smitter88]

Hi ladies and gents,

Probably not the right place to post this, but don’t see a better option. I’m in Dallas for the Cotton Bowl, and would love to watch my Sabres tonight. I’m staying Uptown (in Uptown?), and wondering if there’s a good spot to watch a very random NHL game?

 

[Machinehead]

Figured I'd jump in, break the ice on the bandwagon.

Name: John
Age: 27
Gender: M
Job: Professor
How and when you became a Stars fan: @LatvianTwist drafted me
Current Favorite Stars Player: John Klingberg (Zuccarello too of course)
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Sergei Zubov
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Chris Kreider
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Brian Leetch
College Attended/Attending: Queens College at the City University of New York (go Knights)
Favorite Band(s): Trivium, Metallica, Slipknot, The Amity Affliction, The Black Dahlia Murder, Green Day, Eminem
Favorite Movie(s): The Godfather, The Mighty Ducks, Liar Liar, Don Jon
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite TV Show(s): SpongeBob, Hey Arnold. That's basically it. I don't watch much TV outside of sports and cartoons.
Favorite City: New York, Vancouver, Liverpool
Hobbies: Sports, metal, Yu-Gi-Oh, posting on HF if we're being honest
Interesting Fact About Yourself: I'm applying to get my PhD soon and I'm planning a book about sports from a human behavior perspective

 

[LT]

Figured I'd jump in, break the ice on the bandwagon.

Name: John
Age: 27
Gender: M
Job: Professor
How and when you became a Stars fan: @LatvianTwist drafted me
Current Favorite Stars Player: John Klingberg (Zuccarello too of course)
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Sergei Zubov
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Chris Kreider
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Brian Leetch
College Attended/Attending: Queens College at the City University of New York (go Knights)
Favorite Band(s): Trivium, Metallica, Slipknot, The Amity Affliction, The Black Dahlia Murder, Green Day, Eminem
Favorite Movie(s): The Godfather, The Mighty Ducks, Liar Liar, Don Jon
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite TV Show(s): SpongeBob, Hey Arnold. That's basically it. I don't watch much TV outside of sports and cartoons.
Favorite City: New York, Vancouver, Liverpool
Hobbies: Sports, metal, Yu-Gi-Oh, posting on HF if we're being honest
Interesting Fact About Yourself: I'm applying to get my PhD soon and I'm planning a book about sports from a human behavior perspective

Hey, a fellow future Ph.D. There's the potential I drafted.

 

[Satan]

Hey, a fellow future Ph.D. There's the potential I drafted.

i just puked in my mouth

 

[Starry Knight]

Hey, a fellow future Ph.D. There's the potential I drafted.

Are you in your PhD right now LT?

 

[LT]

Are you in your PhD right now LT?

Yes.

 

[Johno]

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Interesting Fact About Yourself: I'm applying to get my PhD soon and I'm planning a book about sports from a human behavior perspective

Nice, I'm just finishing up my Bachelor's thesis about sports fandom / mob mentality / social psychology

 

[Starry Knight]

Yes.

What's your thesis research focusing on, if you don't mind me asking? Also a PhD student and am curious. I vaguely recall your interests being in meteorology/climate research.

 

[LT]

What's your thesis research focusing on, if you don't mind me asking? Also a PhD student and am curious. I vaguely recall your interests being in meteorology/climate research.

Yep, BS in meteorology. PhD will be in internal climate variability (natural climate change). In my first year, so the details are hazy?

What about yourself?

 

[Starry Knight]

Yep, BS in meteorology. PhD will be in internal climate variability (natural climate change). In my first year, so the details are hazy?

What about yourself?

PhD in biochemistry, also in the first year. I'm looking at how bacteria in our intestines can contribute to the risk of cardiovascular disease. Thankfully, I get to outsource the sample collection to other people, and I just get to play around with data on my laptop all day.

 

[Satan]

the boys are intelligent

 

[Starry Knight]

the boys are intelligent

If I was really intelligent, I would have had the foresight to do a BEng, like you, so I wouldn't need a PhD to be employable.

 

[One Winged Angel]

Just a diehard Ranger fan rooting for the Stars and Zuccarello. Watched a lot of Dallas games in the mid-late 90’s early 2000’s because Mike Modano is one of my all time favorite players.

Love having Zuccarrello playing for a team I actually like.

 

[Gryphon]

Name: Gryphon
Age: Old
Gender: M
Job: Software Engineer/Programmer/Developer/Whatever the hell it's called nowadays
How and when you became a Stars fan: 1998-ish - good friend was into hockey and I tried watching it (and I lived near Dallas at the time) and the rest is history.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Miro Heiskanen
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Jere Lehtinen
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Unsure (I'd really have to think about these two. Hard not to just see them all as "the enemy")
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Unsure
College Attended/Attending: Johns Hopkins University
Favorite Band(s): EDM (Vocal Trance)
Favorite Movie(s): The Usual Suspects
Favorite Food: Spaghetti
Favorite TV Show(s): Mystery Science Theater 3000
Favorite City: N/A
Hobbies: Video games, automobile repair/modification, Cat herding
Interesting Fact About Yourself: My hatred for people grows more and more each day

 

[Elysian]

Might as well do this again.

Name: Adam
Age: 37
Gender: M
Job: CNC programmer, guitar pickup maker
How and when you became a Stars fan: When the Stars moved to Dallas, my parents took me to a game vs the NYR, we won 5-3 and I was hooked.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Radulov
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Belfour
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Ovechkin
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: NA
College Attended/Attending: Austin Community College, Collin County Community College
Favorite Band(s): Death, Leprous, Distorted Harmony, Haken, Devin Townsend, Aether Realm, Ghost, Opeth, Arsis,
Favorite Movie(s): Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Star Wars, anything Wes Anderson, The Big Lebowski, Tombstone,
Favorite Food: Coffee
Favorite TV Show(s): It's Always Sunny, GoT, Dexter, King of the Hill, Bob's Burgers, Wheeler Dealers, Roadkill, bunch of Youtube shows
Favorite City: New York, Austin, Dallas, Seattle
Hobbies: Don't really have time for hobbies anymore.
Interesting Fact About Yourself: I gave up drinking cold turkey in Nov. 2018.

 

[TheNorthStars]

Name: Dan
Age: 27
Gender: M
Job: Shipping/Receiving
How and when you became a Stars fan: Grandfather was a huge North Stars fan. I started following the Stars after their forming not long after I was born. Was able to see them win the cup with my Grandfather before he passed and Ive been with them ever since.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Tyler Seguin
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Joe Nieuwendyk
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Freddy Andersen
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player:
Dom Hasek
College Attending: None
Favorite Band(s): Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Rise Against, AC/DC, Billy Talent, Tom Petty
Favorite Movie(s): Saving Private Ryan, Men In Black, Star Wars Series, Lord Of The Rings Series.
Favorite Food: Hamburgers
Favorite TV Show(s): Breaking Bad, Spartacus, Better Call Saul, Forged In Fire
Favorite City: Toronto
Hobbies: Gaming, Watching TV.
Interesting Fact About Yourself: Live in Toronto, Born in Newfoundland.

 

[Satan]

Name: Dan
Age: 27
Gender: M
Job: Shipping/Receiving
How and when you became a Stars fan: Grandfather was a huge North Stars fan. I started following the Stars after their forming not long after I was born. Was able to see them win the cup with my Grandfather before he passed and Ive been with them ever since.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Tyler Seguin
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Joe Nieuwendyk
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Freddy Andersen
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player:
Dom Hasek
College Attending: None
Favorite Band(s): Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Rise Against, AC/DC, Billy Talent, Tom Petty
Favorite Movie(s): Saving Private Ryan, Men In Black, Star Wars Series, Lord Of The Rings Series.
Favorite Food: Hamburgers
Favorite TV Show(s): Breaking Bad, Spartacus, Better Call Saul, Forged In Fire
Favorite City: Toronto
Hobbies: Gaming, Watching TV.
Interesting Fact About Yourself: Live in Toronto, Born in Newfoundland.

Yes by

 

[LokiDog]

Name: Matt
Age: 33
Gender: M
Job: Commercial/Real Estate Developer in military markets
How and when you became a Stars fan: Was stationed in North Texas for 5 years while in the military, moved back to Dallas a few years later. Live next door to AAC now. NYR will always be my #1 but I have Stars half season tix.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Hintz
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Lehtinen
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Tough one... maybe Zibanejad or ROR
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Forsberg
College Attended/Attending: SUNY New Paltz/LIU Post
Favorite Band(s): Whiskey Myers
Favorite Movie(s): Inglorious Basterds
Favorite Food: Chicken Parm or Wings
Favorite TV Show(s): Peaky Blinders or Umbrella Academy
Favorite City: Dallas, Denver, Raleigh, Boston
Hobbies: Hockey, powerlifting, cooking and eating, brewing and consuming beer
Interesting Fact About Yourself: Prior military special operations and then law enforcement, live 500 feet from the AAC

 

[Arkham32]

Name: Karn
Age: 27
Gender: M
Job: Systems Analyst
How and when you became a Stars fan: Born and raised in Edmonton watched the playoff series between the stars and oil and started cheering for the stars, at least thats how I think it went lol.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Heiskanen
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Turco
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Ovechkin
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Ovechkin
College Attended/Attending: Macewan
Favorite Band(s): Kendrick Lamar
Favorite Movie(s): Lord of War
Favorite Food: Medium Rare Steak
Favorite TV Show(s): Game of Thrones or Snowfall
Favorite City: Tokyo
Hobbies: Softball, Hockey, Weightlifting
Interesting Fact About Yourself: Built a gaming pc is about as interesting as it gets

 

[Klockis]

Might go back posting more frequently on this forum. Figured I'll do one of these

Name: Simon
Age: 25
Gender: M
Job: Student
How and when you became a Stars fan: My favorite colour growing up was green so naturally I frequently picked the Stars in the old NHL99 game. Became a real fan ca. 2012.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Benn/Klingberg/Heiskanen
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Benn/Klingberg/Heiskanen
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Erik Karlsson
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Erik Karlsson
College Attended/Attending: Linnéuniversitetet
Favorite Band(s): Currently enjoying Esperanza Spalding. Historically: Toe, Radiohead, Elephant Gym, Kanye, Bowie, to name a few.
Favorite Movie(s): Off the top of my head: The Usual suspects, Black Swan, Ran
Favorite Food: No idea, changes on the day
Favorite TV Show(s): First fourish seasons of GoT
Favorite City: Stockholm or London
Hobbies: Watching sports and esports, strategy games, history
Interesting Fact About Yourself: I can locate every country on the map (with a little warmup practice) except some of the small island nations.

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

Name: Nathan
Age: 27
Gender: M
Job: Pharmacist
How and when you became a Stars fan: Family was pretty sports crazed growing up, dad would have kicked me out of the house if I wasn't into hockey. Started cheering for the Stars in the late nineties because I liked the logo and colors.
Current Favorite Stars Player: Miro Heiskanen
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Sergei Zubov
Current Favorite Non-Stars Player: Patrice Bergeron
All-Time Favorite Non-Stars Player: Nicklas Lidstrom
College Attended: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Favorite Band(s): Black Keys, The Weeknd
Favorite Movie(s): Wolf of Wallstreet, Inglorious Bastards
Favorite Food: Hawaiian Pizza
Favorite TV Show(s): The Boys, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Favorite City: Toronto
Hobbies: Rec sports, working out, I'm into cars
Interesting Fact About Yourself: Dad was a childhood friend and line-mate of Gerard Gallant, apparently he even outscored the former NHLer (he is a year or two older than Gerard so I'm not 100% sure it's bullshit)

 

[Drops of Jupiter]

Name: Demi
Age:
Gender: F
Job: Financier
How and when you became a Stars fan: My son got me into Dallas Stars hockey, my other boys cheer for Buffalo and New Jersey, lots of hockey fandom in the house
Current Favorite Stars Player: Jason Robertson
All-Time Favorite Stars Player: Sergei Zubov
Favorite Band(s): Train
Favorite Food: Sushi
Hobbies: Pottery, gardening, spending time with my boys

 

[LT]

Welcome!