NHL Connect ID

Newsker93

Description

Being a Calgary Flames fan in Chicago has its challenges, especially now that the Blackhawks have joined the 21st century and are finally figuring out that an exciting NHL team can write its own ticket in this town. It will be nice going to the United Center this season to see some exciting hockey games, not just the opposition blowing out the Hawks! I’m the world’s biggest Doug Gilmour fan, but I follow players like Dion Phaneuf, Jarome Iginla and Jonathan Toews now as well. Looking forward to the upcoming season! Good luck to all of your teams. Feel free to drop me a line as I check often, especially once the season has started. Take care.

Favorite NHL Team

Calgary Flames

Favorite Sports/Teams

Calgary Flames, 1990’s Toronto Maple Leafs, Early-mid 1990’s Buffalo Sabres, Late 1980’s-early 1990’s Quebec Nordiques, Rochester Americans (AHL), Quad City Flames (AHL), Ottawa 67’s (OHL), HV71 (Elitserien), Boston Red Sox (MLB), Washington Redskins (NFL), Toronto Argonauts (CFL)

Favorite Players

Doug Gilmour, Dion Phaneuf, Jarome Iginla, Jonathan Toews, Doug Weight, Dean McAmmond, Daymond Langkow, Patrick Kane, Wendel Clark, Mike Fisher, Mike Eagles, Sidney Crosby, Adam Foote, Gary Roberts, Pat LaFontaine, Brendan Shanahan, Cam Neely, Craig Conroy, Alyn McCauley, Norm MacIver, Matthew Lombardi, Ryan Kesler, Mike Richards, Sam Gagner, Theo Fleury, Brendan Morrow, Wade Redden, Ed Olczyk, Erik Cole, Keith Tkachuck, Todd Bertuzzi, Jeremy Roenick, Mike Modano, Jason Smith, Craig Muni, Ryan Smyth, Anson Carter, John Madden, Jody Gage

Music

Our Lady Peace, Bryan Adams, AC/DC, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, U2, The Cult, Foo Fighters, Goo Goo Dolls, Fall Out Boy, Linkin Park, Tragically Hip, Collective Soul, Blue Merle, Green Day, Billy Idol, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Oasis, Def Leppard, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Keith Urban, Lenny Kravitz, Pete Yorn, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Fatboy Slim, Nickelback, ZZ Top, Bruce Hornsby, Daughtry, Eminem, Great Big Sea, Joe Satriani, Lifehouse, Social Distrotion, Sponge, Stone Temple Pilots, 3 Doors Down

Books

NHL Media Guides, Citizen Soldiers, The Blind Side, The Boys of Winter, A Canadian Saturday Night, The Hockey News, Barilko: Without a Trace, Empire Falls, Captains: Nine Great Toronto Maple Leafs, The Hockey Sweater, Hockey Tough, D-Day (S. Ambrose), By the Numbers: From 00 to 99, Forever Rivals, Hockey: A People’s History, Maple Leaf Legends, For the Love of Hockey, Maple Leafs Top 100, Seven Roads to Hell, This Boy’s Life, Stealing Lincoln’s Body, Grapes: A Vintage View of Hockey, Going After Cacciato, John Adams

Movies

The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Rescue Me (TV), 3:10 to Yuma (Remake), Saving Private Ryan, Slapshot, Layer Cake, Band of Brothers (TV), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV), Garden State, Burn Notice (TV), American Psycho, Dodgeball, Gladiator, The Sting, Ed (TV), Good Will Hunting, Glory, Black Hawk Down, Miracle, Youngblood, Jerry Maguire, 300, Napolean Dynomite, Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, Wedding Crashers, Fight Club, Minority Report, Last King of Scotland, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Shawshank Redemption, Untouchables, Full Metal Jacket, Due South (TV), Office Space, Road to Perdition, Collateral, Snatch, Talk to Me, Inside Man, Thank You For Smoking, Hotel Rwanda, Making the Cut (TV), Election, Planet Earth (TV), The Kingdom, Friday Night Lights, Once

Other interests

Playing men’s league ice hockey, fly-fishing, golfing, collecting hockey memorabilia, watching the NHL Center Ice package, watching movies, reading, working outside, shoveling snow, cooking, camping, military history, traveling, hockey equipment repair (amateur repairman), trying new restaurants, Buffalo Wings and Molson Canadian, Guitar Hero on Wii, and because I do it a few days every week… rehabbing my surgically-repaired (April 2007) back (herniated disk)