Introduce yourself here!

[Coyotedroppings]

Name: Tim
Age: 62
Gender: male
Hometown: Aurora Il.
Where you live: Phoenix Az
Nationality: 'Merican
Occupation: Retired
What brought you to HF: Love of the greatest game on earth
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: Following my team, pissed I can't attend every game any longer
Favorite player on the team: I don't play favorites at my age
Favorite player around the league: See above
Games you like: Hockey
Music you like: Rolling Stones
Movies you like: No Country for Old Men
TV shows you like: Don't watch
Favorite food: I don't play favorites at my age
Hockey jerseys owned: Many
Anything else: Did have a favorite player growing up - Bobby Clarke

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Hometown: Aurora Il.

WAYNE'S WORLD, WAYNE'S WORLD...

 

[RollingCoyote]

Name: Tim
Age: 57
Gender: male
Hometown: Winnipeg
Where you live: southeastern Alberta
Nationality: Canadian
Occupation: retired
What brought you to HF: don’t remember how I heard about this place
Are you a former Arizona fan: yes
Why you're a Utah fan: followed the team from Winnipeg to Phoenix so not going to dump them now
Favorite player on the team: all of them
Favorite player around the league:
Games you like: Flight Simulator, EA Sports Golf
Music you like: pretty much anything pre 2000
Movies you like: Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 Marlon Brando version) Memphis Belle, We Were Soldiers, Thirteen Days
TV shows you like: my wife and I have a number we watch regularly
Favorite food: pretty much everything from all cultures
Hockey jerseys owned: none
Anything else:

 

[MayDayMayDay]

Name: Michael
Age: 37
Gender: M
Hometown: Buffalo, NY > Central Illinois > Chicago > Arizona
Where you live: Peoria, AZ
Nationality: American
Occupation: Tech
What brought you to HF: Joined years ago. Just looking to converse and connect with other hockey fans.
Are you a former Arizona fan: Former and current. I really hope we can get a new team here in AZ in a timely manner.
Why you're a Utah fan: I don't know yet. Seeing if I'm going to grow into it. Remaining open minded.
Favorite player on the team: Cooley
Favorite player around the league: Having been born in Buffalo, I'm also a pretty big Sabres fan. So I think I'd have to go with Tage Thompson.
Games you like: Pokemon Go, FIFA, Chel, Ticket To Ride, various poker games.
Music you like: Hardcore, metalcore, rock, alt, punk, pop punk, emocore.
Movies you like: Anything Star Wars, Marvel, and some comedies. I like Old School, Orange County,, Talladega Nights and Wedding Crashers are a few that come to mind.
TV shows you like: Anything Food Network, HGTV and paranormal shit on Travel Channel. My wife and I also dig Masked Singer (it's a f***ing cult, I swear).
Favorite food: Nachos
Hockey jerseys owned: Two Coyotes and Two Sabres jerseys.
Anything else: Hey y'all. I'm trying to work through this and make sense of it, please grant me some grace here. I've never been to Utah. I love living in AZ. Losing the Coyotes in AZ has been devastating on my mental health. I guess reaching out here because I do feel some attachment to the players and team/this group y'all are getting up North. They really are a great group. But on a more personal note, the Yotes and hockey community here in Arizona has been huge in helping it feel like home when I moved here five years ago. I guess this post is my first foray into seeing if that same sense of community can expand North. I don't know. Like I said, I am still working to make sense of it. I know this much - if I were watching a hockey game right now with this group of players, and Logan Cooley scored a goal, I think I would both cry and smile. So I don't know. I guess I'm just hoping to feel welcome - feel a proxy for the sense of community and connection I'm feeling from the loss, and remaining open minded of what I might find.

 

[lanky]

Name: Nick
Age: 39
Hometown: Winnipeg
Where you live: Winnipeg
Occupation: Finance
What brought you to HF: Following drafts and prospects long ago. Starting with Peter Mueller?
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Favorite player on the team: Guenther
Games you like: Catan, Trekking, Skyjo
Music you like: Future Islands, Arcade Fire, Toubab Krewe, Queens of the Stoneage
Favorite food: Meatballs in tomato sauce
Hockey jerseys owned: Fedorov, Burmistrov with name bar changed to Trouba (I then gave up on buying jerseys or changing name bars)

 

[brentashton]

Name: Ron
Age: 59
Gender: M
Hometown: Saskatoon , SK
Where you live: Anthem AZ/ Saskatchewan - 50-50 in both places
Nationality: CDN, based on current state of things, wish I was American
Occupation: Retired
What brought you to HF: lifelong love of hockey, played, coached and fanned since I could stand
Are you a former Arizona fan: yes (and DRW and Oilers)
Why you're a Utah fan: exciting young group of players and want to see this group moving forward have success
Favorite player on the team: Josh Doan (i know his grandparents from Halkirk, AB, wonderful family), hon mention to Clayton Keller
Favorite player around the league: all time - Gordie Howe, today - Moritz Seider DRW
Games you like: I’m too serious for games
Music you like: 70’s Rock, Americana, Johnny Cash, John Prine, Jackson Browne
Movies you like: not a movie guy
TV shows you like: Curb, Seinfeld, old SNL episodes, documentaries on streaming services
Favorite food: anything Mexican
Hockey jerseys owned: Lidstrom, Howe, Zetterberg (all signed), a Kachina and a burgundy Yotes, and a bunch of other ones from the 70 and 80s. I have a green Hartford jersey that i am particularly fond of
Anything else: many aquaintences that played (and in some cases now their sons) in the NHL over the decades (a few played in AZ). Always have had a close attachment to the game. Utah, it appears that you won the lottery with Ryan Smith as an owner. Well done!

 

[samandbigboy]

Name: Will
Age: 54
Gender: M
Hometown: None claimed
Where you live: DC
Nationality: USA
Occupation: Safety/Health
What brought you to HF: Continue to follow the Jets/Yotes/Utah franchise
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: I have been following this Jets/Yotes franchise for 38 years, can't give up now, can I?
Favorite player on the team: Guenther
Favorite player around the league: None
Games you like: Does Donkey Kong Country counts?
Music you like: 70s/80s anything
Movies you like: Heat/Big fish/My life
TV shows you like: Night courts/Miami Vice/Cardinal
Favorite food: Burgers
Hockey jerseys owned: Old Jets one, Most of all Yotes, Caps, stars (to wipe my dog's wet paws)
Anything else: Thanks for setting this up Summer Rose

 

[snowave]

Name: Todd
Age: 53
Gender: M
Hometown: St. Louis
Where you live: McCall, ID
Nationality: USA
Occupation: Trophy Husband
What brought you to HF: To talk hockey/Anaheim Ducks
Are you a former Arizona fan: No
Why you're a Utah fan: It feels regional to where I am (7 hrs away), and I need a second team. I will also come see the Ducks/UT here. I also like the natural beauty of Utah.
Favorite player on the team: Keller
Favorite player around the league: Jeez, I don't know I have one anymore!
Games you like: nothing video, but I enjoy Pickleball, Snowboarding and boating.
Music you like: 80s,90s etc.
Movies you like: Slapshot, Miracle, A River Runs Through It
TV shows you like: Northern Exposure
Favorite food: sushi and chicken wings (not together)
Hockey jerseys owned: Anaheim Ducks home
Anything else: Anaheim is my favorite team, although I still lkeep Tabs on the Blues since it's where I grew up.

 

[AZviaNJ]

Name: Pat
Age: Been watching NHL hockey since 1970....add a few years on that.
Gender: M
Hometown: Long Island , NY / Parsippany, NJ
Where you live: Queen Creek, AZ
Nationality: USA
Occupation: Indirect Procurement / Real Estate Investment
What brought you to HF: To talk hockey/Arizona Coyotes
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes, and still am.
Why you're a Utah fan: Following the young players I've seen drafted and developed by this outstanding hockey ops staff. Devils and Islanders on back-up alert.
Favorite player on the team: The young core.
Favorite player around the league: Jack Hughes / Anders Lee
Games you like: nothing video, Go Niners and Go Irish.
Music you like: Classic Rock, Southern Rock, R&B.
Movies you like: The one where Jerry Colangelo's grandson is awarded an Arizona NHL expansion franchise and wins the Cup in 4 years (like the Dbacks WS title)
TV shows you like: Mostly stuff on YouTube these days
Favorite food: Italian and Seafood
Hockey jerseys owned: Doan (2), OEL, Murphy, Gaudet, a few blank ones.
Anything else: Hope Utah sees the re-build through......don't rush it.

 

[Dead Coyote]

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

Edit: the other being... Linkin Park.

I knew I liked you for a reason

 

[More Cooley]

Name: Jakob
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Where you live: Sweden
Occupation: IT
What brought you to HF: Coyotes
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: GMBA, AT, Keller, Cooley, Guenther, Doan
Favorite player on the team: Take a guess!
Favorite player around the league: Kaprizov, M Tkachuk, W Nylander
Games you like: Multiplayer ones
Music you like: According to my last.fm = Iron Maiden, Led Zep, Rush, Mike Oldfield and Pink Floyd
Movies you like: Too many to mention. Classic western and sci fi
TV shows you like: Curb, Trailer Park Boys, Twin Peaks
Favorite food: Swedish meatballs
Hockey jerseys owned: Jets (Keith Tkachuk) and Yotes (Max Domi)
Anything else: I'm torn after all this bullshit. Going to follow Minny while keeping an eye on the Utah team to see where it all goes.

 

[Summer Rose]

Just for fun, so far, I counted up where people live (who have actually responded to that question) and divided it into four categories. Here are the results:

Arizona: 11.5 (one part-time resident explains the 0.5)
Utah: 6
Manitoba: 2
Other: 24.5 (one part-time resident's other place for the 0.5)

 

[Dog]

Name: Paul
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Hometown: Don't have one. I have lived all over the USA + West Germany!
Where you live: Virginia
Nationality: American
Occupation: Self Employed
What brought you to HF: Been here for years
Are you a former Arizona fan: No
Why you're a Utah fan: New team and new hopes plus happy Yotes moved.
Favorite player on the team: Macceli
Favorite player around the league: Matthews/Draisaitl
Former favorite player(s) : Cujo/Sundin/Forsberg
Music you like: All sorts
Movies you like: All sorts
TV shows you like: All sorts
Favorite food: All sorts
Hockey jerseys owned: Used to own alot but donated them all.
Anything else: Leafs fan but I always was looking for new team aka 2nd team.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Just for fun, so far, I counted up where people live (who have actually responded to that question) and divided it into four categories. Here are the results:

Arizona: 11.5 (one part-time resident explains the 0.5)
Utah: 6
Manitoba: 2
Other: 24.5 (one part-time resident's other place for the 0.5)

A few foreigners too...besides the Canadians.

 

[RABBIT]

Name: Ken
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Hometown: Mesa, AZ/Torrance, CA
Where you live: Queen Creek, AZ
Nationality:
Occupation: Realtor
What brought you to HF: insanity/stupidy. Love it here.
Are you a former Arizona fan: Till I die
Why you're a Utah fan: the players and staff
Favorite player on the team: Hard to pick one. Keller, Cooley, Guenther and Doan all lead the pack
Favorite player around the league: too many. Patrick Kane first to come to mind.
Games you like: not a big game guy so I’ll go NHL 24
Music you like: Reggae, 90’s Hip Hop, Big Band, Alternative, Country, etc. Probably easier to list what I don’t.
Movies you like: Jurassic Park. Tarantino movies
TV shows you like: Breaking Bad, The Office, Yellowjackets, Dexter
Favorite food: Italian
Hockey jerseys owned: First ever was a Shane Doan home howling Coyotes. Next was a Keith Ballard authentic away jersey. Mix in the roadkill Coyote 3rd jersey. I own all of the 3 Coyotes current (?) jerseys. I own a Black Keller, a white one with my name and number on it and the Arizona 3rd with my name and number on it
Anything else: i’m gonna try my best to be fully committed to a team that is no longer the team I grew up with. I’m giving it a shot, but won’t know how I truly feel about it until the season starts. I also have no idea how I’m going to feel if the Coyotes do truly come back. Will I still follow Utah? Or will I start fresh in AZ? I can’t imagine myself passionately following two teams. I’m just gonna figure it out as I go along.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

Name: Chris
Age: 56
Gender: male
Hometown: Redding, CA
Where you live: Chandler Az
Occupation: Sr Analyst
What brought you to HF: Love talking hockey
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: Following my team until another one arrives
Favorite player on the team: Maccelli, but Guenther is coming
Games you like: hockey
Music you like: Rock
Movies you like: Science Fiction
TV shows you like: Breaking Bad, Seinfeld etc...
Favorite food: a really good green chile burger (this changes often at my age)
Hockey jerseys owned: Too many
Anything else: Did have a favorite player growing up - Mogilny and the Dominator

 

[TheFoss]

Name: Jimbo
Age: 66
Gender: M
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Where you live: Roosevelt, UT
Nationality: American
Occupation: Retired Pharmacist
What brought you to HF: Web Search
Are you a former Arizona fan: No
Why you're a Utah fan: Under consideration, now that they are a local NHL team.
Favorite player on the team: Schmaltz
Favorite player around the league: P. Kane
Games you like: Chess
Music you like: Classic Rock
Movies you like: Campy 50's and 60's Asian Sci-Fi
TV shows you like: None in particular
Favorite food: Creamed Spinach Crepes with Bearnaise Sauce
Hockey jerseys owned: 4
Anything else: First NHL game attended: Toronto 1- Chicago 1 , December 26, 1965, at the Chicago Stadium. No helmets on players, and no masks on goalies. Have been a Chicago fan ever since, but a more local team could sway my allegiance.

 

[kickback256]

Name: Nate
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Hometown: All over Utah
Where you live: Salt Lake City, UT
Nationality: American
Occupation: Railroad Track Maintainer
What brought you to HF: Looking for Canes/Isles game 5 commentary
Are you a former Arizona fan: Not until the last three games
Why you're a Utah fan: I'm Utah born and raised, baby! This state is weird as hell for sure, but it's MY weird as hell state. I've been hooked on hockey since a buddy introduced me to the Canes a few years back, and I can't describe how thrilling it is to be getting our own local team. Here for the long haul.
Favorite player on the team: Gotta love O'Brien's energy. Instant crowd favorite at the welcome party. Schmaltz is a beast.
Favorite player around the league: Hated watching Kuznetsov play against the Canes. Love watching him play for us now.
Games you like: Breath of the Wild, Pan Am, Spades
Music you like: Whole wide range. Got a commercial music degree, so pretty much anything. Really been digging Beyonce's 2018 Homecoming: Live album. Never heard anything so high-energy and high-quality for so long, especially as a live show.
Movies you like: Everything Everywhere, What's Up Doc?
TV shows you like: Star Trek TNG (SNW has grown on me), A Gentleman in Moscow, Reno 911!
Favorite food: I'd kill for a good mac salad. Hands down.
Hockey jerseys owned: Couple knockoffs. Seth Jarvis/Freddie Andersen
Anything else: I'm determined to be the grouchy old "I was there on day one" man, since technically this is a brand new team. Camped out at the Delta Center all day before the "welcome party," made it through the doors first, and cried tears of joy when the players walked out. Can't wait for the season to start! At the same time, I hope the Yotes franchise can be reactivated down the road for SURE. I'm thrilled to have a team to finally, properly call my own, but I don't love that it's at the expense of the wonderful folks in Phoenix.

 

[Grimes]

Name: Nate
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Hometown: All over Utah
Where you live: Salt Lake City, UT
Nationality: American
Occupation: Railroad Track Maintainer
What brought you to HF: Looking for Canes/Isles game 5 commentary
Are you a former Arizona fan: Not until the last three games
Why you're a Utah fan: I'm Utah born and raised, baby! This state is weird as hell for sure, but it's MY weird as hell state. I've been hooked on hockey since a buddy introduced me to the Canes a few years back, and I can't describe how thrilling it is to be getting our own local team. Here for the long haul.
Favorite player on the team: Gotta love O'Brien's energy. Instant crowd favorite at the welcome party. Schmaltz is a beast.
Favorite player around the league: Hated watching Kuznetsov play against the Canes. Love watching him play for us now.
Games you like: Breath of the Wild, Pan Am, Spades
Music you like: Whole wide range. Got a commercial music degree, so pretty much anything. Really been digging Beyonce's 2018 Homecoming: Live album. Never heard anything so high-energy and high-quality for so long, especially as a live show.
Movies you like: Everything Everywhere, What's Up Doc?
TV shows you like: Star Trek TNG (SNW has grown on me), A Gentleman in Moscow, Reno 911!
Favorite food: I'd kill for a good mac salad. Hands down.
Hockey jerseys owned: Couple knockoffs. Seth Jarvis/Freddie Andersen
Anything else: I'm determined to be the grouchy old "I was there on day one" man, since technically this is a brand new team. Camped out at the Delta Center all day before the "welcome party," made it through the doors first, and cried tears of joy when the players walked out. Can't wait for the season to start! At the same time, I hope the Yotes franchise can be reactivated down the road for SURE. I'm thrilled to have a team to finally, properly call my own, but I don't love that it's at the expense of the wonderful folks in Phoenix.

So fuggin cool that you got to be there day one! Congrats!

 

[More Cooley]

Just for fun, so far, I counted up where people live (who have actually responded to that question) and divided it into four categories. Here are the results:

Arizona: 11.5 (one part-time resident explains the 0.5)
Utah: 6
Manitoba: 2
Other: 24.5 (one part-time resident's other place for the 0.5)

To quote American Pie, God bless the internet

 

[kickback256]

So fuggin cool that you got to be there day one! Congrats!

One of those “well, it’s only gonna happen once” moments. Can’t overstate the thrill.

 

[Mosby]

Cool to see the Utah folks coming out of the woodwork. Welcome. Don't be surprised to learn that much of this group is certifiable

 

[Naych_PHX]

Name: Nay
Age: 69
Gender: M
Hometown: Phx
Where you live: AZ
Nationality: US
Occupation: Sanitations
What brought you to HF: Idk. I think people from CC mentioned it
Are you a former Arizona fan: Coyotes, yes.
Why you're a Utah fan: I'm not a fan of a state but a team maybe
Favorite player on the team: I think boogie. Keller's not bad either.
Favorite player around the league: Flower
Games you like: NHL. Red Dead. Battlefront
Music you like: Take a guess.
Movies you like: Toxic Avenger. American Psycho. Fargo. Willy Wonka.
TV shows you like: Andor. Arthur. MST3K. Fallout. Simpsons. King of the Hill. Judge Judy. 3 Stooges.
Favorite food: No olives
Hockey jerseys owned: Orange/Sand reverse retro
Anything else: Yes. Can I get a diet Coke?

 

[Fyreman]

Name: Gary
Age: 70
Gender: M
Hometown: Uniontown, PA
Where you live: Phoenix
Nationality: America
Occupation: Retired Fire Battalion Chief (33yrs)
What brought you to HF: Looking for other Coyotes' fans
Are you a former Arizona fan: YES- most definitely
Why you're a Utah fan: Following team, irate at first, but got over it
Favorite player on the team: Tough one- Keller, Cooley, Guenther and Doan
Favorite player around the league: I'll throw it out there- Matthews
Games you like: Besides hockey? Football, baseball, basketball, soccer (watching my granddaughter)
Music you like: Anything with a GREAT beat, throwback oldies (notice age)
Movies you like: Action, drama, good mysteries
TV shows you like: Blue Bloods, Law & Order- SVU, Last Week Tonight, Friends, Penn & Teller Fool Us
Favorite food: Italian, Mexican
Hockey jerseys owned: Just 2- Howling Coyote Head
Anything else: Coached youth football (Pop Warner) for many years. Won a National Championship- undefeated, then retired from coaching.

 

[Mangosteen]

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