OT: Arizona Fan Biographies

[zetajerk]

Something funny I noticed is whenever I wear a Yotes jersey to a Canes game, the Canes win. Every time. And my kachina gets me a lot of high fives.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Something funny I noticed is whenever I wear a Yotes jersey to a Canes game, the Canes win. Every time. And my kachina gets me a lot of high fives.

We're non traditional hockey market bros. I'd love if the Yotes and a team like the Canes or Panthers ever met up in the cup finals, the "hockey only belongs up north" crowd would have a collective aneurysm.

 

[rt]

Name: Trent
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Location: AZ
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 205
Occupation: Account Manager
Favorite food: Whiskey mostly (also noodles)
Favorite Coyote: OEL
Favorite non-Coyote: Max Domi
Next or other favorite team: Canadiens
Favorite Coyotes moment: Doan's hat-trick, and the handshake line after we beat the Hawks.
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: I picked up a newspaper with the headline that the Jets were moving to Phoenix. I started following the move, the naming, uniforms, watched the draft as we picked up Focht and Briere, watched the Mighty Ducks movie about 600 times, watched the first game on TV, and was forever hooked.

 

[Sleestak Nation]

Probably should throw this out there.

Name: Andrew
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 189 lbs
Location: Alberta
Occupation: Communications
Favorite TV show: Any Marvel Netflix show
Favorite food: Hummus
Favorite Coyote: Current - Clayton Keller; Past - Dallas Drake (grew up in same home town)
Favorite non-Coyote: Sean Couturier
Next or other favorite team: Detroit Red Wings
Non-hockey team: Fulham FC
How else is hockey in your life?: Just a fan now. Used to play and used to cover the sport for print and radio media.
Favorite Coyotes moment: First playoff series win in 2012.
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: Was a Jets fan (mostly due to a friend being on the team), just transitioned with them to Phoenix because had no investment in Winnipeg like other Jets fans.
Other Hockey-related: Was a terrible player. Decent skater. Became a much better skier so dropped hockey to ski bum!

 

[zz]

Name: Stephan
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Location: AZ
Height: 5’8”
Weight: 170
Occupation: Business owner / software engineer
Favorite food: anything weird or new
Favorite Coyote: OEL
Favorite non-Coyote: Current: Ovie, All-time: Forsberg
How else is hockey in your life?: I play C & D league hockey. I played as a kid for a few years, I wasn't anything special, got back into it 4 years ago. There's just no sport like it.
Favorite Coyotes moment: 2012 playoffs - I bought tickets for the duration of the playoffs and attended every game, it was amazing.
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: I moved to Phoenix from France in '98. I had always wanted to see an NHL game, so i went to see the local team with a $ 10 limited view student ticket. I was hooked. I attended the Blues playoff series in '99, with that game 7 loss. America West Arena was rocking!!! Oh, and watching Forsberg play in person that season. Incredible.

 

[ck26]

I haven't been around here posting for a few years now, school caught up with me. So thought I would re-introduce myself.

I actually grew up a Leafs fan until the age of 14. Mike Smith was a family friend, so he got my family tickets when we had gone down to Florida on vacation when he was with Tampa.

Good to see you back man.

Name: Grant
Gender: m
Age: 34
Hometown: Dallas
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 200
Location: Glendale England
Occupation: Air Force
Favorite TV show: don't watch TV
Favorite food: fish
Favorite Coyote: Moss, Yandle Dvorak maybe?
Favorite non-Coyote: Jere Lehtinen, Sergei Zubov, Sergei Fedorov Yands
Next or other favorite team: Stars, U Michigan
How else is hockey in your life?: Played in high school, occasional PS3 PS4, listen religiously to the Spittin' Chiclets podcast

Favorite Coyotes moment: came back to the Valley last winter for the wedding of a guy and girl whom I had season tickets next to in 2014-2015. Wedding was Friday and we went to the game the next night, only a few seats away from our old seats. Great visit.

Got a week up in Ontario in 2016 to see Strome (in Erie and @Mississauga), Dvorak (in London), MacInnis (@Erie) and Perlini (in Niagara) play for their juniors teams, wore Coyotes jersey to every game and had great talks over bad Canadian beer with the locals.

Wore my OEL jersey to the Leksands IF game in Sweden last year, OEL's old team, three hour train ride from Stockholm, tiny quaint town, Swedish fans buying me beers and pizzas in the stadium. Great trip.

How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: When I moved to town in 2013

 

[Jagged Ice]

Updated ~ Aug. 7, 2019

Name: James
Gender: M
Age: 48
Hometown: Minneapolis (Now Phoenix)
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 220
Location: Central Phoenix
Occupation: Funeral Service
Favorite TV show: Joe Rogan Podcast and The Hockey Guy on Youtube.
Favorite food: BBQ and Shellfish
Favorite Coyote: Phil Kessel and Lawson Crouse
Favorite non-Coyote: Non-active: Chris Pronger Active: Sasha Barkov and Sidney Crosby
Next or other favorite team: Wild and Kings
Favorite Coyotes moment: 3/31/2018 Coyotes 6 Blues 0. Goals by Chychrun, Goligoski, Panik, OEL, Shenn, Rinaldo. Strome with three assists.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

New season coming up. Maybe new Forum 40 members would like to chime in, others may want to update.

 

[rt]

Name: Trent
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Location: AZ
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 205
Occupation: Account Manager
Favorite food: Whiskey mostly (also noodles)
Favorite Coyote: OEL
Favorite non-Coyote: Max Domi
Next or other favorite team: Canadiens
Favorite Coyotes moment: Doan's hat-trick, and the handshake line after we beat the Hawks.
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: I picked up a newspaper with the headline that the Jets were moving to Phoenix. I started following the move, the naming, uniforms, watched the draft as we picked up Focht and Briere, watched the Mighty Ducks movie about 600 times, watched the first game on TV, and was forever hooked.

Update:
Name: Trent
Gender: Male
Age: 34* (+1yr)
Location: AZ
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 212* (+7lbs of pure animal fat)
Occupation: Business Development Manager* (little promotion for ya)
Favorite food: Whiskey mostly (also noodles)
Favorite Coyote: Kessel* (sorry OEL ya got bumped)
Favorite non-Coyote: Max Domi/Yandle
Next or other favorite team: Canadiens/Panthers* (Go Max & Yandle!)
Favorite Coyotes moment: Doan's hat-trick, and the handshake line after we beat the Hawks.
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: I picked up a newspaper with the headline that the Jets were moving to Phoenix. I started following the move, the naming, uniforms, watched the draft as we picked up Focht and Briere, watched the Mighty Ducks movie about 600 times, watched the first game on TV, and was forever hooked.

 

[Mosby]

Name: Cory
Gender: Male
Age: 23 29
Hometown: London, Ont. (home of the Knights...)
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 150
Location: Toronto
Occupation: Editor Sports PR
Favorite TV show: HIMYM! Either that or "The Newsroom" or "House of Cards" Silicon Valley, Trailer Park Boys
Favorite food: Chicken, Pasta
Favorite Coyote: Radim Vrbata We have a REALLY likeable team ... OEL, Kells, Chychrun, Crouse, Raanta ...
Favorite non-Coyote: Zdeno CharaChara is still solid but maybe Jack Eichel? I watched way too much video of him in 2015...
Next or other favorite team: Boston Bruins Boston is still solid too but Florida is likable, and now they're finally going to be good
How else is hockey in your life?: Mostly just following it and reading about it 24/7, except I haven't played in a number of years
Favorite Coyotes moment: Ray Whitney's playoff OT winner vs. Nashville
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: Former Leafs fan turned Coyotes fan. I became tired of the Leafs' continued failure and ownership's monopoly of the market. At the same time, I've followed the Coyotes since the ownership story came to light, and followed more closely during each playoff run. I pulled the plug and became a full-time Coyotes fan during last year's playoff run. The Leafs are now my ex-wife.

Six years later

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Six years later

Yeah, I hadn't realized it had been that long. I seem to be just getting older.

 

[rt]

Six years later

Made it from 23 to 29 and have been 150lbs the whole way? Daaaaayum! Good job buddy!

What do you do in Sports PR?

 

[Vip]

Idea taken from the Lounge and Avs board. I don't know really any of you guys. It would be nice to get to know my fellow Yote fans better..

I'll start

Name: Steven
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Hometown: Goodyear, AZ
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 212
Location: SLC, UT
Occupation: Work in a supplement/nutrition store. Also a Firefighter intern.
Favorite TV show: The Walking Dead
Favorite food: Orange chicken
Favorite Coyote: Boeds
Favorite non-Coyote: Zetterberg
Next or other favorite team: Sharks , Avs
How else is hockey in your life?: Used to play AA/AAA Travel, now I just go to drop ins
Favorite Coyotes moment: Last year WCF.. It was a great run
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: Originally had season tix to the ECHL roadrunners.. Got hooked onto hockey.

Name: Steven
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Hometown: Goodyear, AZ
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 230
Location: Buckeye
Occupation: Truck driver
Favorite food: Yoshis
Favorite Coyote: Kessel
Favorite non-Coyote: Love watching Crosbys game, Keith Yandle, Max Domi
Next or other favorite team: Ducks (wifes team) and big Utah Jazz fan (sick league).
How else is hockey in your life?: Beer league
Favorite Coyotes moment: WCF run, upsetting the Hawks that year in the first round
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: Originally had season tix to the ECHL roadrunners.. Got hooked onto hockey. Became Yotes fan in 08'ish

 

[Summer Rose]

Since this was bumped and I'm intoxicated so why not:

Name: Tricia
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Location: Payson, AZ - soon to be Gainesville, FL though
Height: 6’0"
Weight: 145
Occupation: Firefighter/paramedic trainee, "part time" (they schedule me for so much more though) McDonald's employee in the meantime
Favorite food: Not McDonald's
Favorite Coyote: Niklas Hjalmarsson (when I played I was a shutdown defender so this is appropriate)
Favorite non-Coyote: Marc-Andre Fleury
Next or other favorite team: Vegas Golden Knights
Favorite Coyotes moment: At this point, probably Alex Meruelo buying the team
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: I'm an Arizona native and checked out hockey once on FSAZ. I got hooked. Enough said, right?

 

[Sinurgy]

Too lazy to participate but surprisingly I'm finding this pretty interesting, keep them coming! Update: Same

6 years later.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Since this was bumped and I'm intoxicated so why not:

Name: Tricia
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Location: Payson, AZ - soon to be Gainesville, FL though
Height: 6’0"
Weight: 145
Occupation: Firefighter/paramedic trainee, "part time" (they schedule me for so much more though) McDonald's employee in the meantime
Favorite food: Not McDonald's
Favorite Coyote: Niklas Hjalmarsson (when I played I was a shutdown defender so this is appropriate)
Favorite non-Coyote: Marc-Andre Fleury
Next or other favorite team: Vegas Golden Knights
Favorite Coyotes moment: At this point, probably Alex Meruelo buying the team
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: I'm an Arizona native and checked out hockey once on FSAZ. I got hooked. Enough said, right?

What's up with Gainesville? New job?

 

[che]

Name: Peter
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Hometown: Gothenburg, Sweden
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 202
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Occupation: Manager at a small marketing company
Favorite TV show: The Wire
Favorite food: Spaghetti Vongole
Favorite Coyote: OEL
Favorite non-Coyote: Henrik Lundqvist
Next or other favorite team: -
How else is hockey in your life?: Go to occasional Frölunda games but the past few years only playoff games.
Favorite Coyotes moment: When Domi beat up Kesler
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: Growing up if was difficult to watch games from Sweden. So I would play lots of NHL on playstation. Coyotes became my favorite team and I believe it was mostly due to the Kachina jerseys.​

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Name: Tony
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 225
Location: Peoria, AZ
Occupation: Ex-sports media, now herding local news cats and writing long things in postgraduate education
Favorite TV show: The Good Place, Steven Universe, American Ninja Warrior, A.P. Bio
Favorite food: Pizza
Favorite Coyote: Niklas Hjalmarsson (active; all-time is Shane Doan)
Favorite non-Coyote: Keith Yandle
Next or other favorite team: The "Bunch of Jerks"
How else is hockey in your life? Fan of ASU Hockey, Arizona Kachinas, and am a big believer in the women's pro game
Favorite Coyotes moment: Winning the playoff series against the Blackhawks in 2012; Alex Meruelo buying the team
How and when did you become a Coyotes fan? Opening night at Gila River Arena, 2003. Third-ever pro hockey game I'd seen. Got season tickets after the lockout ended and never looked back.

 

[Summer Rose]

What's up with Gainesville? New job?

Engagement/marriage.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

Name: Chris
Gender: Male
Age: 52 (was) 45
Hometown: Redding, CA
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 212 (was) 195
Location: Chandler
Occupation: Sr Analyst Intel Corp
Favorite TV show: Seinfeld, The Walking Dead
Favorite food: Still Sushi
Favorite Coyote: Still OEL
Favorite non-Coyote: Stamkos, New-Matthews (hate the Leafs though)
Next or other favorite team: Still Tampa Bay
How else is hockey in your life?: Quit beer league 2 seasons ago because of back issues - but still coach youth hockey - trying to get back issues resolved to resume playing beer league so I can play with my son
Favorite Coyotes moment: Doan Hat Trick - great moment and basically any time we beat Chicago (loathe Chicago)
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: Moved here 18 years ago and adopted the home team immediately

 

[LuckyNumber11]

Name: Louie
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Location: Phoenix Proper
Height: 6’3"
Weight: 165
Occupation: I work and study at GCU, do a lot of stuff with their alumni
Favorite TV Show: Sons of Anarchy and Peaky Blinders
Favorite food: Italian
Favorite Coyote: Niklas Hjalmarsson
Favorite non-Coyote: Jake Guentzel
Next or other favorite team: Everytime I'm ever asked this, I really have started to realize that I don't like other teams, just other players
Favorite Coyotes moment:
How else is hockey in your life?: Back when I lived in Omaha, I was a huge UNO Mavericks fan. Got to watch Jake Guentzel and Josh Archibald kill it for them
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?:I've always had family in the valley. Went to a game when I was a kid and I had my team.

 

[Tom Polakis]

Gender: Male
Age: 51 (now 57)
Hometown: Muskegon, MI
Height: 180 cm/6'1"
Weight: 79 kg/170 lbs (unchanged)
Location: Tempe
Occupation: Engineer, Honeywell. An engineer could do a lot worse. (Retired since 2016, highly recommended)
Favorite TV show: The Office (nah, it's Better Call Saul), all time probably Northern Exposure.
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite Coyote: Radim Vrbata (Niklas Hjalmarsoon - nice to see others feel the same)
Favorite non-Coyote: Active: Ovechkin, All-time: Gretzky
Next or other favorite team: Red Wings (a distant second)
Non-hockey team: D-Backs, Cardinals
How else is hockey in your life?: Play roller in a beer league twice per week, has been my favorite sport since I was a mite (still hanging on)
Favorite Coyotes moment: Advancing to Conference Finals last season. (ugh, seven seasons ago)
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: I had been living here for 11 years when the team arrived, patiently awaiting an NHL team that entire time.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Engagement/marriage.

Congrats!

 

[AZviaNJ]

Name: Pat
Gender: Male
Age: 57 (think I may be the oldest on the board)
Hometown: Parsippany, NJ and Shoreham, NY
Height: 6-4 (haven't shrunk yet)
Weight: 220 pounds (down 10 pounds from 5 years ago).
Location: San Tan Valley
Occupation: Procurement for a Fortune 50 company, 5 years ago account management for a Fortune 50 company
Favorite TV show: The Office, but Brockmire is giving it a run
Favorite food: Pizza or Steak
Favorite Coyote: Hmm, probably Dvorak, Fischer or Chychrun
Favorite non-Coyote: Active: was Tavares, now Brian Boyle. All-time: Bryan Trottier and Shane Doan
Next or other favorite team: Devils and Islanders
Non-hockey team: 49ers
How else is hockey in your life?: Volunteer coach for Desert Hockey Development up until the past year.
Favorite Coyotes moment: Hanzal OT goal vs Chicago Game 1 in 2012 and the final seconds of Game 5 vs Nashville in 2012.
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: Relocated to AZ from NJ 20 years ago, attended a couple of Coyote games at AWA in 1996 during business trips and I was hooked. Want that feeling back. STHer for 9 years (including the 2 future seasons I recently signed up for)
Other Hockey-related: first hockey game I attended was an ECHL or NAHL game between the Long Island Ducks vs Johnstown Jets in early/mid '70's at the old Commack Arena (now known as the Long Island Arena). Dingy old barn, saw a puck laying on floor behind the glass, picked it up and I was sold.

The Ducks were best known for player-head coach John Brophy, who is believed to be the role model for Paul Newman's character of Reggie Dunlop in Slap Shot.

The Jets roster included the Carlson brothers, who as we know became the basis for the Hanson Brothers. Jets had the same uniforms as the Chiefs in Slap Shot and years later changed their name to the Chiefs.

Didn't know any of those things at the time.

Bio's? Must be August.

Age +1 (and one year closer to retirement)
Weight +8
Favorite Coyote moment - April 4, 2020. Phil Kessel's OT goal vs Peg puts the Coyotes in the playoffs. 7 months later he's elected POTUS

#Phil2020

 

[Hogan20]

Name: Hogan
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Hometown: Falmouth, ME
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200
Location: Orono, ME
Occupation: Student
Favorite TV show: Futuroma
Favorite food: Grilled Chicken
Favorite Coyote: OEL
Favorite non-Coyote: Brandon Carlo
Next or other favorite team: Bruins
How else is hockey in your life?: I wish I could work in hockey one day, just not sure how to get there yet. Played hockey into college (just at a club level, no varsity level) and continue playing on men's league teams in the area.
Favorite Coyotes moment: Watching Smitty stand on his head during the 2012 playoff run.
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: Meet Lucas Lessio in person at a local skate shop when I was younger. Also loved the alternate/throwback jerseys, I thought they were some of the best jerseys in hockey.

Age: 20
Hometown: Falmouth, ME
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 215
Location: Orono, ME
Occupation: Civil Engineering in Training
Favorite TV show: Game of Thrones
Favorite food: Grilled Chicken OR Bacon, cheddar and broccoli salad
Favorite Coyote: Keller
Favorite non-Coyote: Yandle/Kevin Hayes/Whitney
Next or other favorite team: Bruins
Favorite Coyotes moment: Getting a notification saying DT had been let go/Barroway's sale to Meurlo

Lot's of things have changed in a couple of years haha