I haven't been around here posting for a few years now, school caught up with me. So thought I would re-introduce myself.
Name: Josh
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Hometown: Barrie, Ontario
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 160
Location: Barrie/Toronto/St. Catharines
Occupation: Student
Favorite TV show: Community
Favorite food: Perogies
Favorite Coyote: Brendan Perlini (former Niagara IceDog)
Favorite non-Coyote: Shane Doan (too soon?)
Next or other favorite team: Whoever the Leafs are playing
How else is hockey in your life?: First real job was a hockey ref, still ref occasionally. Mostly intramurals at school or ball hockey in my off time. Currently my summer job is organizing a lawyer's hockey memorabilia collection in Toronto. He's a huge donor to the HHOF so this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me haha.
Favorite Coyotes moment: 2012 Playoffs or Mike Smith goal
How and when did you become a Coyote fan?: So 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. I was an impressionable kid, so when he signed with the Yotes I followed his career a bit closer, and ended up becoming a Yotes fan that season. Haven't looked back since. Can't say I'm a fan of his antics on the ice, but off the ice he was a fantastic guy, and that sold me when I met him as a kid. I used to be a Coyotes fan because of Smitty, but after I vacationed in Phoenix in 2013 I really fell in love with the area, and the team, and the us against the world mentality, to the point where I wasn't a fan just cause of Smith, I was just a Yotes fan period.
Other Stuff: Currently studying Sport Management at Brock University. I'm also a huge soccer guy, so doing some long term volunteer work for the Canadian Soccer Association in the lead up to a potential internship in 4th year. Other favourite teams include the Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Being exposed to the constant stream of uninformed Canadian hockey fans and media up here slamming the Yotes actually made me start cheering against Canada in international hockey. I love my Team Canada baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, golf...you name it. But in hockey my favourite team is whoever Canada is playing.
Looking forward to posting on here more often.