Sharks Fans Roll Call

[druncan]

Name: Duncan

Age: 25

Resides: San Francisco

Favorite player: Marleau

Favorite rookie: Bernier

Favorite hockey moment: McLaren hit on Cajanek. I can still see that stick floating slowly through the atmosphere.

Favorite movie: Blazing Saddles, High Fidelity

Favorite book: Dharma Bums

Favorite TV show: still the Simpsons

Favorite food: I don't discriminate

Hobbies: Music, writing, playoff beards

School: Former Banana Slug

 

[Furious George]

Name: Colin

Age: 22

Hometown: Sacramento, CA

Occupation: Student

Favorite player: Jonathan Cheechoo, Big Joe Thornton, Ville Nieminen

Favorite team: Sharks

Favorite Sharks prospect: Steve Bernier

Favorite hockey moment: Marleau Goal in 2006 NBC game, McLaren hit on Letowski

Other sports?: Big Oakland A's fan

Favorite movie: Fight Club, Kill Bill 2, Dr. Strangelove

Favorite book: Sphere - Michael Crichton

Favorite TV show: Seinfeld, Simpsons, Futurama, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Favorite food: Sushi

School: Sac State - Business

Skills(?): Numchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills

 

[Jovofan]

Name: Jordan

Age: 26

Hometown: Vancouver, BC

Occupation: Retail/Customer Service

Favorite player: Ed Jovanovski/Scott Stevens

Favorite Sharks player: Patrick Marleau

Favorite prospect: Peter Mueller, Gilbert Brule

Favorite Sharks prospect: Steve Bernier

Favorite team(s): Canucks, Sharks and Devils

Favorite hockey moment: Greg Adams' Double OT winner against Toronto to send the Canucks to the '94 Stanley Cup Final.

Other Sports: Football (Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Bucs)

Favorite movie: Braveheart

Favorite book: The Hockey News

Favorite TV show: The Ultimate Fighter, Simpsons, Monday Night Raw

Favorite band(s): Metallica, Pantera, Machine Head, Lamb Of God

School: Woodlands Secondary School - Class of '98 (Namaimo, BC)

Skills: Accurately predicting San Jose's selection of Milan Michalek when every experet pegged them as taking Ryan Suter.

 

[Rathmar]

Name: Darryl

Age: 27

Hometown: San Ramon, CA (Currently Albuquerque, NM)

Occupation: Asia Pacific Application Analyst

Favorite Player: Patrick Marleau

Favorite Former Shark: Link Gaetz

Favorite Non-Shark: Alexander Ovechkin

Favorite Non-Sharks Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

Favorite Hockey Moment(s): Cheechoo's through the legs goal against the Avs, and then finally FINALLY eliminating the Avs in 04. (Beating Detroit and nearly beating Toronto in 94 are a close second)

Favorite Other Sports Moment: Was at Game 4 of the 2004 World Series in St Louis, was able to see the Red Sox finally break the curse in person.

Biggest Hockey Heartbreak: Garpenlov hits the post in overtime in game 6 against Toronto in 1994-1995 playoffs.

Other Sports: SF Giants, SF Niners (Sigh), Golden State Warriors (Sigh), Boston Red Sox

Biggest Regret: Have yet to attend a live Sharks Game (Hoping to change that this upcoming season)

Favorite Movie(s): Fight Club, Kill Bill 1&2

Favorite Book(s): George RR Martin's "A Song of Fire And Ice" series, Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead"

Favorite TV Show(s): Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, The Sopranos

School: Attended 'California High School' (Cal High) in San Ramon, eventually
went on to college at New Mexico State in Las Cruces

Favorite Food: Five Meat Chili

 

[will_go19]

Name: Will

Age: 43

Hometown: San Fernando Valley (LA) -- currently San Jose (past 10yrs)
Occupation: Engr

Favorite Player: Joe Thornton

Favorite Former Shark: Scott Thornton (saw him at Aldo's - good taste in restaurants)

Favorite Non-Shark: Ryan Smyth (SOB makes a lot out of nothing)

Favorite Non-Sharks Team: Montreal Canadiens

Favorite Hockey Moment(s): To date, the 5-on-1 pp against EDM - watched hockey since 1975, never seen anything like it.

Favorite Other Sports Moment: Kirk Gibson's HR 1st game WS against the A's (on my wedding day)

Biggest Hockey Heartbreak: Game 4 EDM vs SJ 2006 -- we win that game, and we beat Carolina in the finals.

Other Sports: Oak A's (AL), LA Dodgers (NL), LA Lakers, Raiders

Biggest Regret: left the Phoenix/SJSharks game early -- 1 and only time we ever did that and they took it to OT - beginning of the end-of-season run

Favorite Movie(s): LOTR Fellowship, Aliens

Favorite Book(s): Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (1st trilogy)

Favorite TV Show(s): SG1
School: DeVRY, Phoenix BSEET, CSUN MSEE
Favorite Food: pork spare ribs with the South-central rub

 

[Lee Van Cleef*]

Name: Mikael

Age: 20

Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden

Occupation: Soldier

Favorite player: Owen Nolan

Favorite prospect: Doug Murray

Favorite team(s): Sharks/Bolts

Favorite Sharks player: Patrick Marleau

Favorite Sharks prospect: Doug Murray

Favorite hockey moment: Sweden's Olympic gold 2006

Favorite movie: Ghost Dog

Favorite book: The Invincible by Peter Englund

Favorite TV show: Married With Children

Favorite food: Mexican

School: Went to Butcher school

Skills(?): I excel in WoW pvp

Became a fan in '96 when I first played NHL 96 on SEGA, didn't know of any team so I picked the Sharks because they had the best looking logo, been hooked ever since.

 

[SharkPack]

Name: I forgot... because I'm old.

Age: Mid-thirties

Hometown: Milwaukee, currently Half Moon Bay

Favorite Sharks Offensive Player: Steve Bernier (disappeared in the PO's though), Cheech a close second

Favorite Sharks Defensive Player: Doug Murray (love the hits)

Favorite Former Sharks: Marco Sturm, Rathje

Favorite Prospect: Joe Pavelski - go WI!

Favorite Non-Shark: Scott Neidermeyer - the guy practically plays the entire game at an extremely high level.

Favorite Non-Sharks Team: Chicago Blackhawks

Favorite Hockey Moment(s): Marchment's open ice hit on Donald Brashear at the tank a few years back. You could hear Brashear's body thump on the ice from the upper deck (where I was sitting).

Favorite Other Sports Moment: Super Bowl 31

Biggest Hockey Heartbreak: I agree with Will. Game 4 EDM vs SJ 2006 -- I too think that if we had won that game that we would have been in the Finals.

Other Sports: Green Bay Packers (lifelong fan)

Favorite Movie(s): Star Wars Episodes 4 and 5, Alien/Aliens

Favorite Book(s): The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings

Favorite TV Show(s): (The new) Battlestar Galactica on the Sci Fi Channel, Entourage (HBO)

Was always a hockey fan, but never had a team growing up in Milwaukee. When I moved to CA in 1997, I immediately adopted the Sharks and haven't looked back. I've even converted most of my Wisconsin friends back home to Sharks fans.

 

[Dan K211]

Hello fellow Sharkies!

Name: Dan

Age: 28

Hometown: San Jose , CA

Occupation: Software QA

Favorite non-Shark player: Joe Sakic

Favorite Sharks player: Patrick Marleau

Favorite Sharks prospect: Steve Bernier

Favorite team(s): Sharks, Senators, Devils

Favorite hockey moment: Owen Nolan slapshot from center ice beats Turek in game 7

Other Sports: Football (49ers)

Favorite movie: Half Baked

Favorite magazine: The Sporting News

Favorite TV show: Sportscenter

Favorite music artist: Dre Dog (Andre Nickatina)

School: San Jose State University (2004)

Skills: wannabe professional video gamer

 

[DeWalt]

Name: Andrew

Age: 22

Hometown: Sacramento, CA

Occupation: Marketing Manager for Black and Decker

Favorite non-Shark player: Ricci, Brett Favre

Favorite Sharks player: Jonathan Cheechoo

Favorite Sharks prospect: Schafer!

Favorite team(s): Sharks, Isles, Sabres, Canes

Favorite hockey moment: Sitting at glass seats for warmups and these two kids are banging on the glass yelling scott hannans name...he turns and wings a wrist shot right at the glass hits the glass right where the kids face was....kid jumps back and doesnt talk for like 30 min....i was laughing uncontrollably

Other Sports: Football Green Bay Packers

School: Sacramento State University 2004

 

[Puckguy14]

Name: Erik

Age: 27

Hometown: Pleasant Hill, CA

Occupation: Produce Clerk / Graphic Designer

Favorite player: Jonathan Cheechoo, Ray Whitney

Favorite prospect: Devin Setoguchi

Favorite team(s): Sharks

Favorite Sharks player: Jonathan Cheechoo

Favorite Sharks prospect: Devin Setoguchi

Favorite hockey moment: It hasn't happened yet... Sharks win the Stanley Cup

Favorite movie: Miracle

Favorite book: no one book stands out

Favorite TV show: Late Show with David Letterman

Favorite food: Italian, Mexican, American, Chinese

School: San Jose State/Diablo Valley College, graduated 2003

Skills(?): Co-designer of San Jose State's third jersey

 

[SharkBitten]

Name: Lyndelle

Age: Creeping ever closer to 26

Hometown: Adelaide, Australia, currently living in Melbourne, Australia

Occupation: Clinical Pharmacist

FavoUrite Sharks players: Thornton, Cheechoo, Hannan, TOSKALA, Smitty, Fahey...um...yeah...everyone?

FavoUrite non-Sharks players: Rick Nash, Marco Sturm, Dany Heatley, Ilya Kovalchuk, Simon Gagne, Jason Spezza

FavoUrite prospect: Vlasic seems to be money

FavoUrite team(s): Sharks, Bruins (although I dont even recognise them anymore), Sens

FavoUrite hockey moment: Cheech getting a trick in front of his family was great. When I can SEE the games, I'll have even more!

FavoUrite movie: Probably 'Clueless'. I'm a sucker for bad teen movies

FavoUrite book: Anything by Nick Earls

FavoUrite TV show: Amazing Race, Thank God You're Here (Australian improvisational sketch show)

FavoUrite food: Thai, Chinese

School: University of South Australia

Skills(?): Speaking bad German, estimating the street value of common painkillers.

 

[TrappedInFullerton]

Name: Ian

Age: 23

Hometown: Saratoga, CA

Occupation: Student/zzstar Admin

Favorite player: Thornton and Marleau

Favorite rookie: Steve Bernier

Favorite team(s): Sharks

Fan Since: '91

Favorite hockey moment: As of right now, Mike Ricci's hattrick on Hat Day.

Favorite movie: Too many to pick just one...

Favorite book: Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Favorite TV show: Too many to pick one...

Favorite food: Italian or Chinese

School: San Francisco State University

Skills(?): Writing

 

[foggdawg77]

Name: Chris

Age: 19

Hometown: Half Moon Bay, CA (currently at University of Oregon in Eugene though)

Occupation: Student

Favorite player: Marco Sturm

Favorite prospect: Jack Johnson (Still for his name, I am so bad)

Favorite team(s): Sharks

Favorite Sharks player: Matt Carle (Cheechoo takes second)

Favorite Sharks prospect: Nolan Scheafer I guess

Favorite hockey moment: Ovechkin scoring from his bottom (That was tight)

Favorite movie: honestly don't really have one (I don't watch all that many movies)

Favorite book: Missing Links (or something close to that) by Rick Rielly

Favorite TV show: The Daily Show/Sportscenter

Favorite food: Chinese or Pizza

School: University of Oregon (major undecided)

Skills(?): I played basketball all four years in high school, and in middle school, so I guess that. Also wasting time on the internet (if that is a skill).

Random fact: I have made the Sharks team thread on the IGN hockey board for the past two years.

 

[atomicpunk5150]

I am looking for a Sharks board were they actually talk some hockey. Looks good here so far. Can't take the OffTopic and other trolls over at the official site(sjsharks.com) anymore....

Name: Jeff

Age: mid 30s

Hometown: Sacramento, CA (NORCAL)

Occupation: Government work/Hockey Instructor & Coach

Favorite players: Current Sharks, Bob Probert, JR, Owen Nolan, Tony Twist

Favorite team(s): Sharks

Favorite Sharks players: Joe, Pat, Cheechoo, ect..

Favorite Sharks prospect: Carle

 

[jwhitesj]

Name: Joe

Age: 27

Hometown: Livermore

Occupation: Mortage Rep.

Favorite player: Patrick Marleau

Favorite team(s): Sharks

Favorite Sharks player: Patrick Marleau

Favorite Sharks prospect: "Pickles"

Favorite hockey moment: Nolan's called shot on Hasek

Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption

Favorite TV show: Sharks Hockey

Favorite food: Mexican

School: Overfelt High School Class of '96

 

[mfw13]

Name: Matt

Age: 36

Resides: Seattle (born and raised in San Francisco)

Favorite player: Irbe

Favorite rookie: Carle

Favorite hockey moment: Irbe getting the first shutout in franchise history 6-0 against the Kings at the Cow Palace

Favorite movie: original Star Wars

Favorite book: the Eight

Favorite TV show: Night Court

Favorite food: grapes

Hobbies: Chess, Photography, Travelling around the world

School: Cal

 

[CaptainShark]

As my last post in here was 2 years ago (nearly exactly) I will make an update...

Name: Dominik

Age: 24 (i will turn 25 in a few days)

Hometown: Fulda, Hessen, Germany

Occupation: Law Student

Favorite player: Owen Nolan

Favorite prospect outside the Sharks organization: Shea Weber, Pat O´Sullivan

Favorite team(s): Sharks

Favorite Sharks player: Patrick Marleau

Favorite Sharks prospect: Matt Carle (still a prospect by HF standards); Joe Pavelski

Favorite hockey moment: Nolan´s Called Shot; Korky´s coast-to-coast-goal vs the Wild last season (in a 3-4 loosing effort) --> that was my first game at the tank and that goal got everybody in the building out of it´s seat; Cheechoo´s between-the-legs-goal.

Favorite movie: The Usual Suspects

Favorite book: None right now, as I have zero time to read because of my exams

Favorite TV show: Friends

Favorite food: Italian

 

[pasharkiegirl]

Name: Julie

Age: 23

Hometown: Royersford, PA

Occupation: Waitress

Favorite player: Mike Knuble and Jonathan Cheechoo

Favorite prospect: Milan Michalek

Favorite team(s): Flyers and Sharks

Favorite Sharks player: Jonathan Cheechoo

Favorite Sharks prospect: Milan Michalek

Favorite hockey moment: My first game I ever went to when Mike Knuble scored the game winning goal, shorthanded with 3.2 seconds left in the game.

Favorite movie: Little Big League

Favorite book: Icy Sparks

Favorite TV show: Gilmore Girls and Family Guy

Favorite food: Lo Mein and baked ziti

School: I dont attned school but I cheer FSU on in football and Villanova in basketball

Skills(?): Hmmm...good question

 

[bigwillie]

Name: Willie
Age: 18
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Occupation: Student
Favorite player: Mike Ricci
Favorite prospect: Kari Lehtonen
Favorite team(s): Sharks
Favorite Sharks player: Milan Michalek
Favorite Sharks prospect: Milan Michalek
Favorite hockey moment: Sharks run to WCF
Favorite movie: This is Spinal Tap
Favorite book: Moneyball
Favorite TV show: The Daily Show
Favorite food: Fish Tacos
School: Hoping to attend either UC Davis, Santa Cruz or Santa Barbara next year
Favorite Band: Frank Zappa

 

[mademoiselle requin]

Name: Jen

Age: 16

Hometown: San Jose

Occupation: Student

Favorite player (Non-Sharks): Sidney Crosby, Alexander "the great" Ovechkin

Favorite prospect (Non-Sharks): Erik Johnson, Yann Sauve

Favorite team(s): Sharks solomente

Favorite Sharks player: Cap. patty, JT, stevie.b, milan i really do like 'em all.

Favorite Sharks prospect: Devin Seto, Marc-Edouard Vlasic (does pickles still count?)

Favorite hockey moment: nabby's goal, our 5-1 PK, and our pacific champion banners

Favorite movie: can't think of any

Favorite book: The Outsiders, To Kill a Mockingbird, lol :] i don't read much. do the Sharks magazines count?

Favorite TV show: Arrested Development

Favorite food: besides my hot pockets lol anything italian

School: West Valley College

Skills: none, whatsoever

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Name: Bret

Age: 23

Hometown: Roseville, CA

Occupation: Student/Office Depot CSA

Favorite player: Mario Lemieux

Favorite prospect: Rhett Rakhshani(Cali-boy)

Favorite team(s): Sharks, don't need another team.

Favorite Sharks player: Patrick Marleau

Favorite Sharks prospect: Ty Wishart

Favorite hockey moment: Mario Lemieux's return game from cancer.

Favorite movie: Slapshot

Favorite book: Tuesdays with Morrie

Favorite TV show: A Sharks hockey game on FSN.

Favorite food: Lasagna

School: Sierra J.C.

Skills(?): Laziest white man in America...is that a skill?

Anyone wants to gather to watch a game, let me know. Nothing like a hockey game at a bar or similar joint.

 

[Vodka*]

Name: Igor

Age: 17

Hometown: Sunnyvale, CA

Occupation: High school student

Favorite player: Ilya Kovalchuk

Favorite prospect: Evgeni Malkin

Favorite team(s): Sharks & Rangers

Favorite Sharks player: Patrick Marleau

Favorite Sharks prospect: Milan Michalek

Favorite hockey moment: Ovechkin's "the goal"

Favorite movie: Apocalypse Now (original version)

Favorite book: Trainspotting

Favorite TV show: The Ali G Show

Favorite food: Italian, Australian BBQ

School: Wilcox High School

Skills(?): Some acoustic guitar, soccer and making scrambled eggs.

 

[Asdfro]

Name: Jon

Age: 16

Hometown: San Jose, CA

Occupation: Student

Favorite player: Vesa Toskala

Favorite prospect: Devin Setoguchi

Favorite team(s): Sharks/sens

Favorite Sharks player: Vesa

Favorite Sharks prospect: Devin seto

Favorite hockey moment: martin brodeur's illigal stick/ Nabby's goal

Favorite movie: Oceans 11

Favorite book: Cyrano de bergreac

Favorite TV show: Family Guy/Boondocks

Favorite food: Italian

School: SHS

Skills(?): Goalie in logitech

 

[TheDanceOfMaternity]

Name: Jake

Age: 17

Hometown: Palo Alto/San Francisco, California

Occupation: Student/ part time musician

Favorite sharks player: Patty

Favorite Prospect: Pavelski

Favorite moment: Gretzky's 802nd goal

Favorite movie: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Favorite Book: Crime and Punishment

Favorite TV Show: Southpark/Family Guy/Simpsons/Scrubs

School: School of the Arts, San Francisco

Skills: Every drummer you hear on the radio sucks. Trust me.

 

[RAF]

Name:Rob

Age:27

Location:Santa Rosa

Favorite player:Gordie

Favorite Shark:Scott Hannan

Favorite prospect:Bernier

Favorite moment:Beating the Blues in 00-01, beating the Av's to advance to the WCF

Favorite Book:Fear and Loathing in LV, The Complete Short Stories of Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

Favorite movie:The Godfather

Favorite tv show:The Wire

Favorite Food:Sushi

Skills:I fall one criterion short of being diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder.