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[Summer Rose]

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[Summer Rose]

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!

 

[Admiral Swedge]

Name: Mark
Age: 23
Gender: Man
Hometown: LA
Where you live: Chicago
Nationality: American
Occupation: Data Analyst @ Nonprofit
What brought you to HF: Prospect discussions
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: I'm invested in the players and prospects, and since I already wasn't a local fan, things don't ultimately change that much for me.
Favorite player on the team: J.J. Moser
Favorite player around the league: Marc-André Fleury
Games you like: Minecraft
Music you like: Kishi Bashi, Bon Iver, Tyler the Creator
Movies you like: The Thing, Dune(s)
TV shows you like: Futurama, Breaking Bad
Favorite food: Anything Vegan
Hockey jerseys owned: Christian Dvorak lol
Anything else: Long time F40 lurker, hoping to become more active

 

[sundance74]

Name: Oliver
Age: 49
Gender: male
Hometown: Aachen, Germany
Where you live: Bratislava, Slovakia
Nationality: German
Occupation: Database programmer
What brought you to HF: colleague recommended me to come here
Are you a former Arizona fan: yes
Why you're a Utah fan: I started with the Jets in the early 90s, went through all **** with the Coyotes.. So Utah's next
Favorite player on the team: Guenther
Favorite player around the league: Sidney Crosby (the older version)
Games you like: Trackmania Nation
Music you like: Clutch, Mazzy Star, Ray Charles
Movies you like: Raising Arizona, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Sting
TV shows you like: Seinfeld, The Great, Legion, Only Murders in the Building
Favorite food: Indian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai all week long
Hockey jerseys owned: I'm not much in merch, but I'm still having a Jets cap from '94
Anything else: mostly lurking around, delivering thumb-ups

 

[Puckrobber]

Name: R.J.
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Hometown: Port Angeles, Washington
Where you live: Clinton, Oklahoma
Nationality: North American
Occupation: Retired (Former Security)
What brought you to HF: Huge hockey fan. Interested in other fans opinions.
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes, although L.A. Kings are my favorite.
Why you're a Utah fan: Glad that the Yotes are moving to a place that will support them.
Favorite player on the team: Lawson Crouse
Favorite player around the league: Jonathan Quick
Games you like: NHL branded games, Halo, C.O.D.
Music you like: Mostly hard rock & metal, however, anything but rap
Movies you like: DC & Marvel movies, action movies
TV shows you like: Old school police & detective shows: Rockford, Columbo, Kojak, etc.
Favorite food: Lasagna
Hockey jerseys owned: Coyotes, Pens, Wings and several Kings versions
Anything else: Yotes forever! Good luck in Utah!

 

[DustyDangler]

Name: Jeff
Age: 50 something
Gender: Male
Hometown: None
Where you live: 3 hours north of SLC
Nationality: It's complicated
Occupation: Right clicker of mice
What brought you to HF: Hockey
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yup
Why you're a Utah fan: Cuz Uncle Gary says
Favorite player on the team: Crouser
Favorite player around the league: Cousins
Games you like: Catan
Music you like: NeedtoBreath
Movies you like: Miracle
TV shows you like:
Favorite food: Poke
Hockey jerseys owned: ID Steelheads
Anything else:

 

[chrapril]

Name: Chris
Age: 49
Gender: M
Hometown: CA
Where you live: Utah
What brought you to HF: Hockey
Are you a former Arizona fan: No
Why you're a Utah fan: So stoked to have a team coming here. They will be my second team LA Kings until I die.
Favorite player on the team: Young fun team Utah is very lucky to be getting them.
Favorite player around the league: Quinton Byfield at the moment
Hockey jerseys owned: Kopi, Carter, and a blank
Anything else: I will mostly be a lurker here on the board.

There is so much excitement here in Utah about the team coming. I get asked 2-3 times a day about hockey now. Love it. The fan base is going to be very very good here.

 

[SjMilhouse]

We'll see how frequent I am here as a Sharks fan but...

Name: Justin
Age: 30s
Gender: Male
Hometown: SF Bay Area
Where you live: Salt Lake
What brought you to HF: Sharks Hockey
Are you a former Arizona fan: Nope, loved the jerseys
Why you're a Utah fan: I live here now
Favorite player on the team: TBD
Favorite player around the league: Tomas Hertl (RIP )
Hockey jerseys owned: All Sharks jerseys of various styles over the years...Hertl, Boyle, Toskola, and a few blanks
Anything else: Utah will be my B team given I live here and the Sharks are in the midst of a brutal rebuild. Still a Sharks fan but love having hockey in Utah and plan to follow the team going forward. Also having weird success explaining hockey to people in Utah who know nothing about it by mentioning the Snoop Dogg videos online. People love Snoop

 

[AintLifeGrand]

Name: Redacted
Age: mid 30s
Gender: Male
Hometown: Atlanta GA
Where you live: Atlanta GA
Nationality: USA
Occupation: High Capital Equipment Sales
What brought you to HF: Thrashers back in 2008
Are you a former Arizona fan: No
Why you're an Utah fan: Grew up skiing the Bird and Alta. Moved to Utah in 2017 (life long goal of mine) to continue my career and ski the greatest snow on earth. Lived in Sugarhouse. Moved back in 2021 to start family with my wife because I'm not a MoMo. Still come back to Utah several times a year for work/play. Love the Wasatch. Alta, Snowbird, The Chateaux at Deer Valley, Dinosaur NM, Southern Utah/Grand/San Juan County is my happy place.
Favorite player on the team: Cooley
Favorite player around the league: Tommy Novak
Games you like: N/A
Music you like: Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, Phish, Bluegrass
Movies you like: Ski Movies
TV shows you like: Rick Steves Europe on PBS
Favorite food: Sushi
Hockey jerseys owned: Thrashers and Preds and Utah (TBD)
Anything else: Utah and Preds new Co-Favorite teams.

 

[Llewzaher]

Name: Christian
Age: 53 (yikes .. in my head I am still 20 )
Gender: male
Hometown: Brandon MB
Where you live: Calgary AB
Nationality: Scottish , and Norwegian ( Vikings and the Celts ) a tad bit of Native American( Canadian? )
Occupation: recently layed off
What brought you to HF: Hockey
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes back to the Jets
Why you're a Utah fan: Following my original team
Favorite player on the team: Cooley
Favorite player around the league: Garland / Matthews
Games you like: NHL/ Red Dead / Ghost Recon types
Music you like: Christian Music, Rock,Metal from late 70's to present.
Movies you like: Godfather, Marvel univers / StarWars universe.. Sandlar/ Farley
TV shows you like: According to Jim, Turn , anything in Hawaiil..5.0 Mag P.I
Favorite food: Beef...
Hockey jerseys owned: 96 Blue Jets, 96 Black Yotes, Green thirds.. White 2002 with he Dog head.
Anything else: in my free time , I like playing guitar to all the rock jam tracks on YT. Horrible at typing.. fast but very inaccurate

 

[rt]

Name: Trent
Age: Late 30s
Gender: The ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
Hometown: Arizona
Where you live: Arizona
Nationality: Arizona
Occupation: Sales
What brought you to HF: NHL Prospect Talk
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: Yotes fan since ‘96
Favorite player on the team: The Kids
Favorite player around the league: Doan
Games you like: None
Music you like: None
Movies you like: None
TV shows you like: None
Favorite food: All (fat)
Hockey jerseys owned: Nothing Fancy
Anything else: I love Junior Hockey

 

[Prarievarg]

Name: Anton
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Hometown: Linköping, Sweden
Where you live: Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality: Swedish
Occupation: Web developer
What brought you to HF: Yotes prospect reports, around 2010
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: Relocation
Favorite player on the team: Keller, Guenther, Cooley, JJ Moser
Favorite player around the league: Keller, Duclair
Games you like: Rocket League, Stardew Valley, Minecraft
Music you like: Alternative or 90s Hip hop
Movies you like: anything Wes Anderson
TV shows you like: The office, Seinfeld
Favorite food: Swedish Meatballs
Hockey jerseys owned: 4
Anything else: Heartbroken from the relo. I will do my best to keep being invested in nhl hockey.

 

[Kai Yo T]

Name: Brian
Age: 48
Gender: M
Hometown: Rochester, MI
Where you live: Scottsdale, AZ
Are you a former Arizona fan: I still am

Got to see BA's rebuild through.

 

[Gnova]

Welcome to the central division!!

 

[Schemp]

Name: Sam I am
Age: old
Gender: yes I have 1
Hometown: back east
Where you live: HOME
Nationality:AMERICAN
Occupation: The living room couch
What brought you to HF: my phone connected to the web
Are you a former Arizona fan: nope, I still am an Arizona fan
Why? you're a Utah fan: why? Are you starting trouble?
Favorite player on the team: whoever is hot!
Favorite player around the league: whomever is hot from my team.
Games you like: Life
Music you like: soul, reveille, anthems
Movies you like: westerners
TV shows you like: "my mother the car", "Gilligan's Island", "F Troop", "BATMAN", "Time tunnel","I love lucy", "The Outter Limits", "Johnny Quest", "The man from uncle", "David and Goliath",
Favorite food: potato
Hockey jerseys owned: I've own a few over the years
Anything else: YES...
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[Grimes]

Name: Gretzky Betzky (or Brad)
Age: almost 40
Gender: Male
Hometown: Tempe
Where you live: Tempe
Nationality: American
Occupation: Jack of all trades
What brought you to HF: Boredom at my first office job and an obsession with talking about hockey
Are you a former Arizona fan: Diehard
Why you're a Utah fan: Following my favorite sports team of all time
Favorite player on the team: Guenther and Cooley and Doan
Favorite player around the league: The Tkachuks and Barkov
Music you like: All of it from traditional gamelan music to Goreguts to Prince to Eno
Movies you like: Artsy fartsy ones.
TV shows you like: See avatar
Favorite food: All of it. But been especially into Thai food the past couple years
Hockey jerseys owned: White and black Kachinas. No name plates
Anything else: I run a dumb NHL gambling twitter account and co-host two NHL gambling related podcasts PUCK IT and Expected Bets For twitter.com/gretzkybetzkys

 

[Antonche]

Name: Anton
Age: 33
Gender: male
Hometown: Russia, Siberia
Where you live: Novosibirsk
Nationality: russian
Occupation: doctor
What brought you to HF: arizona's fans
Are you a former Arizona fan: yes, from 2014
Why you're a Utah fan: not yet, i need time
Favorite player on the team: Maccelli and Moser
Favorite player around the league: Mark Stone, Necas, Heiskanen, Ryan Suter.
Games you like: nhl 20, pes 2017
Music you like: alternative rock/metal
Movies you like: drama
TV shows you like: breaking bad
Favorite food: Pizza, pasta, burgers
Hockey jerseys owned: -

 

[starman]

Name: Gavin
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Hometown: Edinburgh
Where you live: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Nationality: Scottish
Occupation: Astrologer/Teacher
What brought you to HF: Going to Phoenix Coyotes games
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes, since 1998
Why you're a Utah fan: Because I've followed these players closely for their whole careers, and this team since 1998.
Favorite players on the team: Matias Maccelli, Dylan Guenther
Favorite player around the league: Alex Ovechkin
Music you like: Grateful Dead, Vampire Weekend, Goose, Bowie, Richard Thompson, Edie Brickell
Movies you like: Local Hero, Dr Zhivago
TV shows you like: Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert
Favorite foods: Sushi, Indian food, Thai food
Hockey jerseys owned: Keith Yandle (black third), Max Domi (red)
Anything else: Utah is very lucky. This team is developing into something very special.

 

[cslebn]

Name: Chris
Age: 40
Gender: male
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Where you live: Sandy, UT
Nationality: US
Occupation: engineer
What brought you to HF: CBJ boards
Are you a former Arizona fan: nope
Why you're a Utah fan: nice to live in a town with a team again
Favorite player on the team: Cooley, loved him at Minnesota
Favorite player around the league: TBD
Games you like: helldivers 2, phasmophobia, anything tabletop especially horror
Music you like: metal, prog
Movies you like: horror
TV shows you like: horror and anime
Favorite food: tacos
Hockey jerseys owned: CBJ original, DRW Shanahan, Whalers Shanahan, NJD Shanahan
Anything else:
I ski, hike, rockhound, play hockey, climb, golf. Play tennis, etc

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[Baby Doaner]

Name: Bryce
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Hometown: Phoenix
Where you live: MO
Nationality: US
Occupation: Retired 50
What brought you to HF: not sure. It was so long ago.
Are you a former Arizona fan: yup. I’m an OG.
Why you're a Utah fan: keep up with the team
Favorite player on the team: Doaner
Favorite player around the league: Stamkos
Games you like: Fortnite
Music you like: pretty open
Movies you like: old school, step bros, Adam Sandler and will ferrell stuff.
TV shows you like: outlander, MAFS
Favorite food: anything the wife makes
Hockey jerseys owned:authentic white kachina
Anything else: numb

 

[MIGs Dog]

Name: Scott
Age: Older than most
Gender: M
Hometown: HS in Phoenix, but can't say I claim a hometown
Where you live: Atchison KS
Nationality: USA
Occupation: Analyst
What brought you to HF: Coyote fandom
Are you a former Arizona fan: Duh
Why you're a Utah fan: see above
Favorite player on the team: Dylan Guenther and his lightening fast release
Favorite player around the league: I always liked Pavel Datsyuk...even before he was a Coyote.
Games you like: I played the original pong when it first came out in the 70s, but games aren't my thing
Music you like: Most rock, ska, punk, and some metal
Movies you like: Airheads is my all-time favorite, but that's an inside joke.
TV shows you like: Looking forward to Wednesday season II
Favorite food: Pizza, burgers, probably why I'm on Lipitor
Hockey jerseys owned: Found an original first Gen Kachina (white) in a second-hand store in Leavenworth, KS...what are the odds?
Anything else:

 

[Stanley Thermos]

Name: Ryan
Age: 40s
Where you live: Northern UT
Occupation: Engineer
What brought you to HF: Colorado Avalanche
Why you're a Utah fan: As a hockey fan, I've got to support the new team.
Favorite player on the team: Don't have one yet, but I'm excited to get to know this team.
Favorite player around the league: Probably Sid, but I love the core from the Avs '21-'22 cup winning team.
Games you like: Doesn't matter as much as who I'm playing with.
Music you like: Many genres (metal, classical, indie, jazz, bluegrass, old country, punk rock, and etc.), but I'm pretty picky
Movies you like: Lots. I'm excited to see Dune 2 and catch up on the last couple of Ghostbusters movies.
TV shows you like: Comedies, but only the funny ones.
Favorite food: Curries of all kinds, a good Rueben, fresh vegetables, great Greek food, anything else that's great.
Hockey jerseys owned: Avs
Anything else: Hiking, morel mushroom hunting, ATV tailriding, snowshoeing; I just love being in the mountains.

 

[eojsmada]

Name: Joe
Age: 50's
Gender: Male
Hometown: Virginia
Where you live: Virginia
Nationality: US
Occupation: Self
What brought you to HF: Connecting with other Hockey Fans
Are you a former Arizona fan: Kind of (I lived in Tempe/Mesa for a number of years)
Why you're a Utah fan: I like the talent of the team and want to get in on the ground floor with the franchise
Favorite player on the team: Logan Cooley
Favorite player around the league: Jason Robertson
Games you like: MMO's
Music you like: 90's
Movies you like: Sci Fi
TV shows you like: Don't watch many TV shows
Favorite food: Ramen
Hockey jerseys owned: I have an Orlando Solar Bears jersey from when I was an original STH with them back in the 90's
Anything else: Hi!

 

[Joe Cooley]

Name: Joe
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Hometown: Mesa, Az
Where you live: Gold Canyon, Az
Nationality: US
Occupation: Space and Defense
What brought you to HF: Hockey fandom
Are you a former Arizona fan: Yes
Why you're a Utah fan: Tired of the ownership bullshit. Big fan of Bill Armstrong, scouting department. Coach Bear. And the players and team I followed since they moved to Az from Winnipeg. For Season ticket holder when they were downtown Phoenix
Favorite player on the team: See avatar
Favorite player around the league: Fell in love with hockey watching Sergei Fedorov
Games you like: NHL 24 haha
Music you like: 90's alternative
Movies you like: Star wars junkie, sci-fi, action, comedy, etc
TV shows you like: In search of a new binge
Favorite food: anything bread and cheese
Hockey jerseys owned: Numerous Yote jerseys, one Maple leaf (don't ask) and had Fedorov jersey
Anything else: Hardly ever post, but thought I'd say hi. Maybe make some new friends.


Credit to the Canes board for the rough template.

 

[5 Minute Major]

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!