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[Heldig]

Name: Jim
Age: 60
Gender: old man yelling at the clouds
Hometown: Winnipeg
Where you live: Interior BC
Nationality: Canadian
Occupation: Solar
What brought you to HF: Was a way to follow the Coyotes from rural BC
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: Im a fan of the team. Followed them from Winnipeg to Arizona to SLC
Favorite player on the team: Too old to be a fanboy anymore. Probably last favourite player was Keith Yandle cause he was funny as heck. Before that Derek Morris.
Favorite player around the league: Same as above answer. Dont really have one.
Games you like: Mind Cribbage, Ticket to Ride
Music you like: Huge range, currently listening to Kaleo a lot, female artists like Sara Bareilles...(and also Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straights, Bob Seger).
Movies you like: Sci-Fi and Apocalypse stuff
TV shows you like: British and Scandinavian crime thrillers
Favorite food: Japanese and Italian.
Hockey jerseys owned: Not a collector. None currently.
Anything else: My former user name was Ducky in honour of Dale Hawerchuk.

 

[rt]

Name: Jim
Age: 60
Gender: old man yelling at the clouds
Hometown: Winnipeg
Where you live: Interior BC
Nationality: Canadian
Occupation: Solar
What brought you to HF: Was a way to follow the Coyotes from rural BC
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: Im a fan of the team. Followed them from Winnipeg to Arizona to SLC
Favorite player on the team: Too old to be a fanboy anymore. Probably last favourite player was Keith Yandle cause he was funny as heck. Before that Derek Morris.
Favorite player around the league: Same as above answer. Dont really have one.
Games you like: Mind Cribbage, Ticket to Ride
Music you like: Huge range, currently listening to Kaleo a lot, female artists like Sara Bareilles...(and also Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straights, Bob Seger).
Movies you like: Sci-Fi and Apocalypse stuff
TV shows you like: British and Scandinavian crime thrillers
Favorite food: Japanese and Italian.
Hockey jerseys owned: Not a collector. None currently.
Anything else: My former user name was Ducky in honour of Dale Hawerchuk.

You are ducky??!?!? I KNEW I liked you!!!

 

[Heldig]

You are ducky??!?!? I KNEW I liked you!!!

Ha ha ha...yeah I changed user names this year in a somewhat vain attempt to lessen my fandom and the angst it can cause.

 

[wunderpanda]

Hometown: buffalo/honolulu
Where you live: myrtle beach
Are you a former Arizona fan: bandwagon
Why you're a Utah fan: bandwagon for the players i've been watching
Favorite player on the team: doan
Favorite player around the league: tchuk, tchuk, wilson, kopitar
Music you like:
TV shows you like: twin peaks, dark shadows, the prisoner
Favorite food: beef wellington, kimchee
Hockey jerseys owned: 1999 sabres set (ccm, ccm, koho), retro 1950s leafs (koho)
Anything else: learned to ski in ogden utah, never spent time in salt lake but liked the a&w near the idaho border

 

[crazyhockeylover96]

Name: Bryan
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Hometown: Mesa, AZ
Where you live: California
Nationality: US
Occupation: Physician Assistant
What brought you to HF: Love of the Coyotes
Are you a former Arizona fan: Hell, yes!
Why you're a Utah fan: Love the players, hate the circumstance
Favorite player on the team: Khabibulin
Movies you like: The Alien/Predator franchise
Hockey jerseys owned: Original home and away Kachinas, custom "dead coyote" alternate with different front crest via S. Korea

 

[SR]

Name: Scott
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ
Where you live: Mesa, AZ
Occupation: Engineer/paramedic
What brought you to HF: looking for a quote of a in game conversation between two players
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: Coming aboard after the AZ debacle
Favorite player on the team: Partial to Guenther
Anything else: Still can’t believe this is where we’re at. Of all the times of relo threats and here we are

 

[paulmm3]

SLC local (Draper). Massive Sabres fan and hfboards participant. From upstate NY originally. Go Bills. But I despise the Sabres current roster except Zach Benson and looking forward to being a Utah (hopefully team name is Pioneers) fan

 

[LittlePipes]

Name: Kevin (Little Pipes)
Age: old
Gender:M
Hometown: lots of places, born near Detroit
Where you live: Chandler AZ/ Lakeside AZ
Nationality: USA
Occupation: Retired Engineer
What brought you to HF: All the great fans and my love for hockey
Are you a former Arizona fan: Indeed
Why you're a Utah fan: Gotta love this team...Stanley Cup in the near future
Favorite player on the team: tie: Cooley and Guenther boots
Favorite player around the league: Lots, mostly Coyotes, but I like Bennet from Panthers
Games you like: Hockey, Golf, Running (is that a game?) Weight lifting (is that a game?)
Music you like: Lots of kinds
Movies you like: "Raising Arizona" pretty funny. "Contact" was a great movie and book.
TV shows you like: Hockey & Golf; not much else
Favorite food: Spaghetti
Hockey jerseys owned: 3 Coyotes, multiple adult league team jerseys
Anything else: Many Thanks! to Summer Rose for setting this up.

 

[LittlePipes]

Name: Tricia
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Hometown: Tempe, Arizona
Where you live: Gainesville, Florida
Nationality: American
Occupation: None
What brought you to HF: 2012 Playoff Photoshop Thread
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: Too excited about what Bill Armstrong is building and too emotionally attached to many of the players to give up on the team despite relocation.
Favorite player on the team: Clayton Keller
Favorite player around the league: Erik Cernak
Games you like: Stellaris, Factorio, Rocket League
Music you like: Richard Wagner, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Taylor Swift, That Poppy
Movies you like: Frozen, Interstellar
TV shows you like: Monk, Breaking Bad, Mrs. Maisel
Favorite food: Jiaozi (also called "gyoza" or "pot stickers")
Hockey jerseys owned: Shane Doan (Coyotes, dark), Marc-André Fleury (Golden Knights, home), Erik Cernak (Lightning, home)
Anything else: Nothing for now!

Taylor Swift?

 

[Summer Rose]

Taylor Swift?

She's one of exactly two pop/rock artists I've seen in concert more than once.

Edit: the other being... Linkin Park.

 

[MIGs Dog]

She's one of exactly two pop/rock artists I've seen in concert more than once.

Edit: the other being... Linkin Park.

The only act I've seen more than once is Bon Jovi, and I didn't go to see them either time. They just happened to be one of the bands playing a large festival in Germany. That said, they rock hard live.

 

[LittlePipes]

She's one of exactly two pop/rock artists I've seen in concert more than once.

Edit: the other being... Linkin Park.

“but in the end , it didnt even matter”
“shake it off”

great input & advice

 

[hangman005]

Name: Alex
Age: 34 Chronologically, 82 physically.... maybe 2 mentally
Gender: Male
Hometown: Dunedin, NZ
Where you live: Palmerston North, NZ
Nationality: New Zealander
Occupation: Senior Contact Center Advisor/Internal Compliance
What brought you to HF: Hockey I imagine
Are you a former Arizona fan: Does the last week or two of the season count
Why you're a Utah fan: We'll see but the players I watched the last couple of weeks were excitinng
Favorite player on the team: Doan, Guenther
Favorite player around the league: Wild Bill
Games you like:RDR2, ETS2, ATS
Music you like: Anything that is good, the full 1812 overture is the best piece of music ever written.
Movies you like: T2 Judgement Day, Twister, Night of the Twisters, Dantes Peak, Godfather 1 & 2
TV shows you like: Jericho
Favorite food: Pizza, wings, pizza and wings, mexican food, and generally anything spicy enough it's hot at both ends.
Hockey jerseys owned:VGK Gold, Grey & White, also a Calgary Red Rebock and CCM
Anything else: I can't believe it's not butter.

 

[Mangosteen]

Namearrell
Age:53
Hometown:Calgary
Where you live: Platanillo Costa Rica
Occupation: Changing the world 1 tree at a time (retired)
What brought you to HF: Lonely being a Yotes fan in Canada
Why you're a Utah fan:This team is going to be something special.
Favorite player on the team:Keller
Favorite player around the league:Josi
Music you like: Anything 80s
Favorite food:
Hockey jerseys owned: Ducky, Selanne, Gartner and Doan
Anything else: Dreams nourishes our souls, gives us hope and enables us to be the best version of ourselves

 

[Llewzaher]

Namearrell
Age:53
Hometown:Calgary
Where you live: Platanillo Costa Rica
Occupation: Changing the world 1 tree at a time (retired)
What brought you to HF: Lonely being a Yotes fan in Canada
Why you're a Utah fan:This team is going to be something special.
Favorite player on the team:Keller
Favorite player around the league:Josi
Music you like: Anything 80s
Favorite food:
Hockey jerseys owned: Ducky, Selanne, Gartner and Doan
Anything else: Dreams nourishes our souls, gives us hope and enables us to be the best version of ourselves

We are contemplating Costa Rica as a place to retire.. I assume you must be loving it to live there?

 

[nosnhoj]

Name: Troy
Age: 30s
Gender: M
Hometown: Southern CA
Where you live: SLC
Nationality: American
Occupation: Software
What brought you to HF: Flyers
Are you a former Arizona fan: No
Why you're a Utah fan: Finally living near an NHL team again
Favorite player on the team: Cooley
Favorite player around the league: Makar
Games you like: Video games (RL, Apex, etc.) and board games (I like a wide range)
Music you like: Typically rock, but there are bands I like in most genres
Movies/TV you like: scifi, drama, action, comedies
Favorite food: Sushi and Mexican
Hockey jerseys owned: Mostly Flyers
Anything else: I play beer league in the SLC area

 

[cslebn]

Name: Jeff
Age: 56
Gender: M
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Where you live: Vestal, NY
Nationality: American
Occupation: Retired Law Enforcement- Now a PI
What brought you to HF: Love of hockey
Are you a former Arizona fan: No
Why you're a Utah fan: I’m a Sabres fan and always will be. Have been since 1973 when I was a very young boy. However, time to pick up a second team to root for. Utah sounds perfect.
Favorite player on the team: TBD
Favorite player around the league: Rasmus Dahlin
Music you like: Rock
Movies you like: action
TV shows you like: Everyone Loves Raymond, Seinfeld, Yellowstone
Favorite food: Steak
Hockey jerseys owned: none
Anything else: That’s all for now!

You don't happen to play do you? I remember playing in vestal and other rinks when I lived in Endicott

Name: Troy
Age: 30s
Gender: M
Hometown: Southern CA
Where you live: SLC
Nationality: American
Occupation: Software
What brought you to HF: Flyers
Are you a former Arizona fan: No
Why you're a Utah fan: Finally living near an NHL team again
Favorite player on the team: Cooley
Favorite player around the league: Makar
Games you like: Video games (RL, Apex, etc.) and board games (I like a wide range)
Music you like: Typically rock, but there are bands I like in most genres
Movies/TV you like: scifi, drama, action, comedies
Favorite food: Sushi and Mexican
Hockey jerseys owned: Mostly Flyers
Anything else: I play beer league in the SLC area

County, UHL or oval for playing?

 

[nosnhoj]

You don't happen to play do you? I remember playing in vestal and other rinks when I lived in Endicott



County, UHL or oval for playing?

County and I sub in park city on occasion. You?

 

[cslebn]

County and I sub in park city on occasion. You?

I left county after a couple slashes broken bones and a knee to knee toe my MCL. Did oval for a few years and then that group became the UHL over at cottonwood/maverick. I took a break last winter to focus on skiing with the kids since their ski team stuff is Sundays. I still sub with some friends at oval

 

[Mangosteen]

I played goalie, do you remember the orange cooper cups? Took a slapper and it broke, still to this day I close my eyes when someone shoots. Goalies kinda need to keep there eyes open lol

 

[Stumbledore]

Name: Douglas
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Hometown: Cambridge, England
Where you live: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nationality: Canadian
Occupation: Retired
What brought you to HF: Following Baum's rulings during the bankruptcy.
Are you a former Arizona fan: Only in so far as I attended the last Jets 1.0 game in 1996.
Why you're a Utah fan: Curious to see what the Coyotes could have been.
Favorite player on the team: None
Favorite player around the league: Nik Ehlers
Games you like: Poker
Music you like: Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Bizet, The Who, Led Zepplin, BTO
Movies you like: Knives Out, Lady Bird, Little Women (Gerwig)
TV shows you like: Pokerface, Star Trek, Shogun
Favorite food: Bangers and Mash
Hockey jerseys owned: None
Anything else: A couple of strokes have weakened my left hand so I often sound like an inarticulate or illiterate idiot, but I'm probably not.

 

[wunderpanda]

Age: 78

Music you like:BTO

TV shows you like: Pokerface, Star Trek, Shogun

i saw BTO open for van halen (with sammy hager) in niagara falls, what old tv did you watch? you pretty much lived the time tv replaced radio, and cable replaced tv, and streaming replaced cable. just curious, no disrespect. i'm just in a bogart, sinatra, elke sommer phase and not a fan of lawrence welk is all.

 

[Jagged Ice]

Name: James
Age: 52
Gender: M
Hometown: St. Cloud, MN
Where you live: Phoenix
Nationality: American
Occupation: Funeral Service
What brought you to HF: Wild>>>Yotes
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: To finish the road to the Stanley Cup
Favorite player on the team: Logan Cooley
Favorite player around the league: All time- Chris Pronger
Games you like: Don't
Music you like: Heavy stuff (Gojira, Slipknot and similar.)
Movies you like: Not into
TV shows you like: Not into
Favorite food: Mexican and BBQ
Hockey jerseys owned: Whalers, Wild and a couple of Beer League teams I played on.
Anything else: Weightlifting, hockey, cigars and podcasts.

 

[che]

Name: Per
Age: 37
Gender: M
Hometown: Trollhättan
Nationality: Swedish
Occupation: Marketing
What brought you to HF: Don't remember
Are you a former Arizona fan: YES
Why you're a Utah fan: I love the players
Favorite player on the team: Keller
Favorite player around the league: Matthews
Games you like: Video games
Music you like: Hip hop, reggae
Movies you like: Big Lebowski
TV shows you like: Seinfeld
Favorite food: Spaghetti alle vongole
Hockey jerseys owned: Frölunda (Marko Jantunen)
Anything else: Sailing

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Name: Tony
Age: Past the half-century
Gender: M
Hometown: Peoria, AZ
Nationality: USA
Occupation: Senior Writer, PR/Media Relations, former sports journalist
What brought you to HF: Shared misery with Arizona hockey fans
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes - two-decade lower bowl STH
Why you're a Utah fan: Josh Doan (plus my kids in Utah love hockey)
Favorite player on the team: Josh Doan
Favorite player around the league: Josh Doan
Games you like: NHL 23 (XBox), Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, The Show 24
Music you like: Everything, but particularly jazz, piano, instrumental
Movies you like: This Is Spinal Tap, Moneyball, Shawshank, and hundreds more
TV shows you like: The Bear, Ghosts, So Help Me Todd (RIP), Emergency!, Parks & Rec, B99, The Good Place, etc.
Favorite food: Pizza, snow crab, Italian food, Indian food
Hockey jerseys owned: Shane Doan, Notre Dame, NAU club hockey, Halifax Mooseheads, Charlestown Chiefs, Winnipeg Jets Dale Hawerchuk, and an autographed Wayne Gretzky Phoenix Coyotes sweater that I can't decide what to do with
Anything else: Lived in Utah for eight years (Provo/Orem), and my whole extended family as well as two (soon to be three) kids are living in the SLC/Provo corridor. I love the state itself, but I hate its politics and religion (which are essentially one and the same). Cheered for the Jazz when Stockton and Malone were playing. If you want a really great Utah experience, go visit Ruby's Inn in the Bryce Canyon area.