Introductions/Behind the Posters II

[Lapa]

Last thread got full. Continue here.

Old thread

Name:

Age:

Location:

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars):

Fav Current Wild:

Fav Non Wild Players:

Fav Wild Prospect:

Fav Non Wild Prospects:

Fav Movies:

Fav TV Show:

Fav Books:

Music:

Hobbies:

Fav food:

Fav Beer:

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan:

How long I have been a Wild fan:

Origin of screen name:

Jerseys owned:

Married?:

Kids:

Pets:

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[Engebretson]

We killed off a Behind the Posters thread?

Awesome

 

[Hall of Faber]

We killed off a Behind the Posters thread?

Awesome

Jbcraig1983 posted in the first one he was 20 at the time now he is 31. That's crazy.

 

[Lapa]

Maybe we'll get this thread killed off by the year 2023.

 

[Syan Ruter]

Just realized I've posted a "lot" but never did a "behind the posters"-post, so here goes:

Name: Theo

Age: 19

Location: Finland

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Brent Burns (good god I'm a "MNwild rookie fan")

Fav Current Wild: Ryan Suter

Fav Non Wild Players: Jarome Iginla, Teemu Selänne, Big Buff

Fav Wild Prospect: Erik Haula

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Johnny Gaudreu, Anthony Mantha, Jesse Puljujärvi

Fav Movies: Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump

Music: Hip hop, old rock

Hobbies: Gym, basketball, hockey

Fav food: gaains mah bruh

Fav Beer: Koff...lol

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Mikko Koivu got drafted

How long I have been a Wild fan: for about 5-6 years

Origin of screen name: You figure it out

Jerseys owned: Myllys, Selänne

Married?: No

Kids: no

Typing that out made me realize I am still only 19...no North Stars epicness to share with you guys

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Name: James

Age: 23

Location: Rochester, MN

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Manny Fernandez

Fav Current Wild: Jared Spurgeon

Fav Non Wild Players: Umm Cullen

Fav Wild Prospect: 2014 1st Round Pick >.>

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Marcus Granlund

Fav Movies: Mystery Alaska, Serenity, How to Train Your Dragon

Music: Imagine Dragons, Mumford and Sons, Avicii, Of Monsters and Men

Hobbies: Hockey, Baseball, Volleyball, Motorcycling, Flying, Fishing, Poker, Drinking

Fav food: Tacos

Fav Beer: Labatt Blue

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Inauguration in 2000!

How long I have been a Wild fan: 14 years

Origin of screen name: Socom U.S. Navy Seals.. (clan JJE, Judges, Jurors, and Executioners!)

Jerseys owned: None: Koivu Jersey Shirt

Married?: Heck no

Kids: Nope

 

[GopherState]

We killed off a Behind the Posters thread?

Awesome

Never thought that was possible.

 

[Jbcraig1883]

Jbcraig1983 posted in the first one he was 20 at the time now he is 31. That's crazy.

Hey, I'm not 31 yet...don't rush it.

Just realized I had Heater down as a favorite non-Wild player...I don't even remember that, jeez.

TSK was even a pessimist back then, ha! At least he's consistent.

 

[Engebretson]

Never thought that was possible.

Yet you deserve a lot of the credit for the board's activity in recent years.

That's why you get a Memorial Memorial Thread

 

[CaptainZach11]

Name: Hunter

Age: 22

Location: Duluth,MN

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Marian Gaborik

Fav Current Wild: Zach Parise

Fav Non Wild Players: Evgeni Malkin

Fav Wild Prospect: Gustav Oloffson

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Hudson Fasching

Fav Movies: The Sandlot, Wolf of Wall Street, All the Star Wars

Music: Pretty much anything

Hobbies: Beer, Sports, School

Fav food: Chipotle Burritos

Fav Beer: Blue Moon

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: First game i went to in 2004

How long I have been a Wild fan: 10 years

Origin of screen name: love Zach Parise and think he should be captain

Jerseys owned: Zach Parise, About to get a Brodin

Married?: No

Kids:No

 

[GinoLucia2217]

Welcome to the boards!

 

[Minnesota]

It would be interesting to have people re-do their lists... I'll have to update mine soon.

 

[Lapa]

I'll update mine for ***** and giggles.

Name: Lauri

Age: 22

Location: Tampere, Finland

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): I've been a fan of Mikko Koivu for a long time. Also a big fan of Bruce and Scandella.

Fav Current Wild: Marco Scandella, Mikko Koivu, Bruce

Fav Non Wild Players: Jacob Trouba, Aleksander Barkov, Nathan MacKinnon, Teemu Selänne

Fav Wild Prospect: Dumba (Or if Haula is considered a prospect, then Haula)

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Teuvo Teräväinen

Fav Movies: Seven, Gran Torino, 12 Years a Slave, The Wolf of Wall Street

Music: I'll listen to anything as long as it's good.

Hobbies: Gym

Fav food: Tortilla

Fav Beer: Dead Pony Club ale

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: I was a casual fan for a long time since Mikko Koivu joined the Wild. I saw my first and only live Wild game in Helsinki in 2010, and been a big fan after that.

Origin of screen name: People call me Lapa.

Jerseys owned: Koivu t-shirt jersey (home)

Married?: Nope.

Kids: Nope.

 

[Avder]

Aw hell, I'll update mine too.

Name: Avder

Age: 32

Location: Moorhead, MN

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Bruno & Roloson

Fav Current Wild: Parise, Spurgeon, Bryzgalov

Fav Non Wild Players: Stamkos, MacKinnon, Duchene, Dupuis.

Fav Wild Prospect: Haula, Blum

Fav Non Wild Prospect: Dunno, to be honest.

Fav Movies: Ghost in the Shell, Back to the Future 1 & 3, Donnie Darko, Better Off Dead.

Music: Something with a good beat that's not rap or top-40 crap.

Hobbies: Hockey, computers, video games

Fav food: Spaghetti

Fav Beer: I can't smell so I hate beer. I'll have a screwdriver, please.

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Bruno beats Roy for the game 7 winner.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 11 years

Origin of screen name: Ain't sayin'.

Jerseys owned: Replica blank original green and white.

Married: Nope.

Kids: Nope.

 

[gphr513]

Well I've never done one of these. And just got back from the bars after celebrating the Wild victory. Seems like the perfect time to do it, haha.

Name: Adam

Age: 22

Location: Prior Lake, MN

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Rolston, Bruno

Fav Current Wild: Parise, Haula

Fav Non Wild Players: Jaromir Jagr, PK Subban, Jonathan Quick

Fav Wild Prospect: Dumba, Lucia

Fav Non Wild Prospect: Hudson Fasching

Fav Movies: The Departed, LOTR, Training Day, and many others

Music: Rock, country (in small doses), 90's hip hop

Hobbies: Hockey, video games, fishing

Fav food: I've never had a bad pizza

Fav Beer: Summit, Surly, Sierra Nevada

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Been a Gopher hockey fan since birth. Once we got a pro team it was easy to be a fan.

How long I have been a Wild fan: Since the inception of the franchise.

Origin of screen name: gphr = gopher without the vowels. 513 = 5/13, when I graduated from the U.

Jerseys owned: Gopher hockey jersey.

Married: No

Kids: No

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Same!

Name: Tyler

Age: 24

Location: Farmington, MN

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Bouchard, Parise, Granlund

Fav Current Wild: Parise, Granlund, Nino

Fav Non Wild Players: Backes, Pavelski, Kopitar

Fav Wild Prospect: Dumba, Haula

Fav Non Wild Prospect: Drouin.

Fav Movies: A Few Good Men, Star Wars, Anchorman, Caddyshack

Music: Country, almost anything.

Hobbies: Happy Hour

Fav food: Burgers

Fav Beer: Right now, Deschutes Fresh Squeezed. Also enjoy anything from Alaskan.

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: 2003 run, but more so in 2008.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 11 years.

Origin of screen name: Spells out Doc. Old nickname.

Jerseys owned: Old away Bouchard, blank home Green, Brodin new away.

Married: Nope.

Kids: Nope.

 

[Generic User]

It would be interesting to have people re-do their lists... I'll have to update mine soon.

Truth.

Name: Mike

Age: 25

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Mike Modano

Fav Current Wild: Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Jonas Brodin, Mikael Granlund

Fav Non Wild Players: Steven Stamkos, Pavel Datsyuk, Corey Perry, Henrik Zetterberg, John Tavares, Zdeno Chara

Fav Wild Prospect: Mathew Dumba

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Jonathan Drouin, Connor McDavid

Fav Movies: Dumb & Dumber, Fight Club, Memento, Happy Gilmour, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Anchorman, Jaws

Music: Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, Clutch, Tool, Led Zeppelin, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Soundgarden, The Dead Weather, Gorillaz, The Doors, Tame Impala, Down

Hobbies: Sports, art, playing guitar, listening to music, new food, reading, booze

Fav food: Steak, sushi, sandwiches, apples, chicken wings, Pad Thai

Fav Beer: Sierra Nevada or 312 Urban Wheat. Not a big beer guy. Like Jack & Cokes, vodka sodas and tequila.

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Fan from the start. 2003 playoff run for favorite moment. Signing Parise and Suter on the same day is a close second.

How long I have been a Wild fan: The beginning

Origin of screen name: I am a generic user.

Jerseys owned: Custom red home with #63, old white aways used for player autographs, old Chicago Ed Belfour, Red Wings' Sergei Fedorov

Married?: No

Kids:No

 

[Minnesota]

Found my original Behind the Posters post. Interesting.

Name: Nick

Age: 23

Location: St. Cloud, MN

Fav All-time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Can't choose. Trying to pick a player that is no longer on the team, but nobody stands out.

Fav Current Wild (changes daily): Nino Niederreiter

Fav Non Wild Players: Brent Burns, Pavel Datsyuk, Roberto Luongo (for teh lulz)

Fav Wild Prospects: Mathew Dumba, Zack Phillips, Tyler Graovac, Mario Lucia

Fav Non Wild Prospects: John Gibson (ANA), Jake McCabe (BUF), Johan Larsson (BUFF), Hudson Fasching (BUFF), Elias Lindholm (CAR), Filip Forsberg (NSH)

Fav Movies: The Truman Show, Space Jam, Office Space, Tommy Boy, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Fight Club, A Beautiful Mind

Music: Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, Gorillaz, The Black Keys, Deftones, Daft Punk, Nine Inch Nails, American Head Charge

Hobbies: Watching hockey, exercising, watching video games on the internet

Fav Food: Depends on my mood.

Fav Beer: Currently, Three Way from Third Street

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Not sure.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 2005-2006?

Origin of screen name: Wanted something short, simple, and memorable that conveyed my location/team(s).

Jerseys owned: Green 3rd with #24 Boogaard

Married?: No - Just realized how creepy this question is

Kids: No - This one too

 

[GinoLucia2217]

I guess I'll update just to get it on the new thread

Name: Gino

Age: 16

Location: St. Cloud

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Tom Younghans, Mike Modano, Is it to early to say Thomas Vanek??

Fav Current Wild: Haula, Brodin, Harding

Fav Non Wild Players: Jeff Skinner, John Tavares, Phil Kessel

Fav Wild Prospect: Mario Lucia, and Avery Peterson

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Elias Lindholm, Taylor Cammarata, and Adam Wilcox

Fav Movies: Speed, and Air Force One

Music: Anything but heavy metal

Hobbies: Playing Hockey and baseball, as well as some good ol video games.

Fav food: Pasta

Fav Beer: Well you know I always love a good MGD

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Always been a fan of the wild, favorite moment is the signing of Parise and Suter

How long I have been a Wild fan: 16 years.

Origin of screen name: My name and then the numbers of 22 and 17

Jerseys owned: Have a couple t-shirts. Not a big jersey kind of guy. I will for sure get a Vanek one if he joins the team

Married?: Nope

Kids: Nope

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Damn I was 44 when I did mine. In a month I will be 53. Crazy.

 

[Puhis]

Might as well.

Name: Joonas

Age: Between 20 and 30

Location: Espoo, Finland

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Spurgeon, Koivu, Bouchard

Fav Current Wild: Spurgeon

Fav Non Wild Players: Tuomo Ruutu, Darren Helm, Saku Koivu

Fav Wild Prospect: Haula, Gunnarsson, Gabriel, Bussieres

Fav Non Wild Prospect: Artturi Lehkonen, Boone Jenner

Fav Movies: Fight Club, Wolf of Wall Street, Pulp Fiction, V For Vendetta, Stranger Than Fiction

Music: Classic rock, Progressive rock, drum n' bass, anything that sounds good

Hobbies: Writing, Floorball, Gaming

Fav food: Salmon and fish in general

Fav Beer: Kozel Dark is good, dark beers in general are to my liking

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Favorite moment has to be Nino's game 7 goal vs. Colorado. Also, Spurgeon's slapper in the same series.

How long I have been a Wild fan: Actively four years, but Wild has been my favorite team since I started remotely following NHL.

Origin of screen name: That's what everyone calls me. Shortened version of my surname.

Jerseys owned: Finland #1 Hurme, Wild T-shirt

Married: Hell no.

Kids: Never.

 

[Screaming Buffalo]

My old one in from 2010, lots of changes!

Name: Still the same

Age: 25

Location: Woodbury, MN

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Burns

Fav Current Wild: Granlund, Suter, Koivu, all of them really

Fav Non Wild Players: Burns, McDonagh, Stepan, Oshie

Fav Wild Prospect: Olofsson

Fav Movies: The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Body of Lies

Music: Country, 90's rock (Matchbox 20, Foo Fighters, Goo Goo Dolls)

Hobbies: Playing hockey, watching hockey, working in my yard, waterskiing, fishing

Fav food:Still Chipotle Burrittos

Fav Beer: Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing by far.

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: When the expansion was announced and they had people submit ideas for team names. I actually submitted some. I was like 12 or 13 so I'm sure they were terrible. Favorite moments: Brunnette game 7 goal, Nino game 7 goal!

How long I have been a Wild fan: Since the beginning

Jerseys owned: Red Gordie Howe, Black Bobby Orr, Light Blue Sakic Nordiques, Gretzky Edmontom home, Parise new away, Suter green, Boogaard green.

Married?: Yes, almost 2 years now.

Kids: No

 

[Jbcraig1883]

Guess I might as well do a third or fourth one....

Name: Ben

Age: 30

Location: Louisville, KY

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Walz and Koivu

Fav Current Wild: Koivu, Suter, Brodin, Coyle, Nino, Scandella, and Haula

Fav Non Wild Players: Stamkos, Weber, and Tavares ( all-time, Steve Yzerman)

Fav Wild Prospect: Olofsson and Graovac

Fav Non Wild Prospect: Johan Larsson

Fav Movies: Departed, River Runs Through It, Braveheart, and many more.

Music: Mumford and Sons, Alice in Chains, Staind/Aaron Lewis, Civil Wars, and many more.

Hobbies: Paintball, military history, following Wild and their prospects, collecting, and learning in general.

Fav food: Davannis and Little Venetian in Little Canada - wish they had both of those in Louisville.

Fav Beer: Any bourbon ale.

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Brunette in OT. I was a fresh in college and I was very nervous. I watched it with about 4 or 5 buddies and remember screaming down the hallway.

How long I have been a Wild fan: Since the beginning.

Jerseys owned: Christmas Red Bouchard (this was around 05); white Yzerman, and third Koivu

Married?: Nope, but realize that time is going by fast...gotta work on that

Kids: No

 

[PariseNation]

New here, have been lurking since the olympics.

Name: Bob

Age: 22

Location: Wayzata/Mound/MPLS

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Parise/Gaborik, Paul Kariya favorite all time for any team

Fav Current Wild: Parise, Pommer, Spurgeon, Brodin, Granlund, Nino. I can't pick 1 but it would be Pominville.

Fav Non Wild Players: Danny Briere, Mason Raymond, Nathan Horton, Thomas Vanek, Phil Kessel, Blake Wheeler, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Bobby Ryan

Fav Wild Prospect: Erik Haula

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Not sure. I love Finnish prospects. Connor McDavid, Kevin Fiala.

Fav Movies: Dumb & Dumber, Blow

Music: Phish, Umphrey's McGee, The Disco Biscuits, Pavement, Brian Eno - live music

Hobbies: competitive gaming and sports. 'lake life'

Fav food: food.

Fav Beer: Bourbon County, KBS, Cantillon sours (beer snob)

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: 2014 playoffs round 1, game 7 - Spurgy's patient snipe & El Nino's two rockets. Bringing Parise home. Trading clutter for nino.

How long I have been a Wild fan: season ticket holder since day 1 (fortunate for cool parents)

Origin of screen name: When Parise was named Captain America.

Jerseys owned: Suter (home, red, fake) Pommer (away,official)

Married?: no

Kids: one day

 

[GopherState]

Welcome!