Alright, I've been lurking and posting here for long enough I feel I should formalize it with an introductory post. Forgive me for getting long and rambly, but that's how I roll.
Name: Derrick
Age: 30
Location: Calgary
Favorite Team(s): WHL: Hitmen
Favorite Team(s): NHL: None? I don't really cheer for any one team consistently, it's mostly a factor of the players on a particular team. I would lean towards the Flyers, Flames, Predators, Sharks, and Capitals right now, with the Hurricanes and Jets falling somewhere in there too.
Most Hated Team(s): WHL: Kootenay ICE
Most Hated Team(s): NHL: Canucks, Oilers, Leafs, Canadiens, Wild, Lightning, and Kings. Avalanche come and go from this list.
Favorite Player(s): Oh hell. Lots. [Almost] always gotta pull for my ex-Hitmen: Getzlaf, Alzner, Jones, Ladd, Rask, Stone, Postma, and of course the prospects like Sanheim, Fazleev, Driedger, Bean, etc. Special omissions from this list: Ryan White and Jake Virtanen. Retro favourite players: Rhett Warrener, Mike Commodore, and Martin Brodeur (the three NHL jerseys I have with names on the back). Other favourites tend to be your classic "good-guys" of the NHL, but it varies.
Most Hated Player(s): Kevin Bieksa. Ryan Kesler. Phil Kessel. Milan Lucic. Leo Komarov. Connor McJesus (I ****ing love McDavid. He is a joy to watch. I absolutely detest that the ****ing Oilers got another ****ing gift of a player). Sidney Crosby (again, hate the hype, not the player). There are others I can't think of right now.
Position: Captain and top 2-way centre. I'm dominant in the faceoffs and generally described as mucker or grinder. My career year came in the 13-14 season when I put up
36 points and 53 PIM in 24 games played.
Flyers fan since: Hard to say. Probably 2014 when they drafted Travis Sanheim. However, my fandom with the Flyers goes way back: my mother was a Flyers fan back in the late 70s and 80s when they were the Broad Street Bullies. So I grew up at the tail end of my mom's fandom of the Flyers, as she transitioned to the Flames (don't blame her - she loves being a part of the Flames fanbase and for her it's part of being able to participate locally). I was cheering for the Flyers in the 2010 playoffs. My beer league team was founded in 2010, and our primary uniforms are the Flyers colours and pattern. Then I won tickets to the 2012 Winter Classic through a radio station here in Calgary - my (now) wife and I got a paid trip to Philadelphia for the game. It is still the only NHL game I have attended at a venue other than the Saddledome. Once the Flyers drafted Sanheim and I started frequenting these boards, it really cemented my place as a Flyers fan.
SPECIAL BONUS: Here is a picture of my mother at Game 3 of this year's first round matchup against the Ducks
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