Unstoppable Force asked:
1) What is your favorite team?
2) What is your most hated/disliked team?
3) What are your top 5 favorite players that currently play for your favorite team?
4) Which player on your favorite team do you dislike most?
5) Which player on your most hated/disliked team do you like most, if any?
6) When was the last time you went to one of your favorite team’s home games?
7) Have you ever been to an away game of your favorite team? 
Do you think your favorite team will make playoffs this season?
9) How about winning the Stanley Cup?
10) When did you start following your favorite team?
11) Do you follow your favorite team because they’re close to you, geographically, or for other reason(s)?
12) Has your favorite team retired any numbers? If so, how many?
13) Who is your favorite retired NHL player?
14) Which player, active or retired, would you most like to meet?
15) Which Yahoo! Answers hockey category user do you think is the most passionate hockey fan?
If you think there are too many questions, then don’t answer.
1.Kings
2.Ducks
3 Dustin brown anze kopitar mike richards jack johnson simon gane
4.None
5.teemu sellane
6.never
7.No
8.Yes
9.Yes, if not this year over the next 5 or ten years
10. 2 years ago
11. closeness
12.I dont know I know they have some
13. wayne gretzky
14.Dustin Brown
15.TexHabs and like im telling you who I am
1 Vancouver
2 Toronto
3 lol – list a quarter of the team? I can’t go that deep as they are all looking good right now. Ah well, lets go with Hank S, Raymond, Edler, Malhotra, Luongo. Guess it wasn’t that tough to do
4 None really. Historically it has been sundin and Messier. nobody on the team even close to how I hated them. Especially Moose.
5 I dislike the team tooo much to bother to know who plays for them. They **** to bad and are over rated too much to bother to look. To dislike one is giving them too much attention.
6 Game 5 Stanley Cup Finals
7 If you can call it that. Went to LA and Anaheim games in March but was so busy hi fiving Canuck fans we all forgot it was away games. We owned their houses. Really pathetic on their part.
8 yes. But will have a tough october and wont repeat Presidents trophy
9 we can hope
10 It happened in stages. I was 6 when they got the franchise and didn’t watch hockey at 6 but loved the logo. I started to watch in their 1981 run and the start of towel power.
11 Geography. Really it is. But I grew up equally close to Edmonton and they were winners. Canucks though, the team belongs to the whole province.
12 Yes – 3 and some honoured and 1 not used or other designations
13 Mario
14 Mario – But did meet him in an autograph line
Linden
15 Kay♥DetroitRedWings
1) What is your favorite team? Canucks
2) What is your most hated/disliked team? Bruins and Blackhawks
3) What are your top 5 favorite players that currently play for your favorite team?
Kevin Bieksa, Mason Raymond, Maxim Lapierre, Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows
4) Which player on your favorite team do you dislike most? NONE!!!
5) Which player on your most hated/disliked team do you like most, if any?
Blackhawks- Jonathan Toews/ Bruins- Tyler Seguin
6) When was the last time you went to one of your favorite team’s home games?
Sad to say, but haven’t been to one yet. But next season… I will definitely be going to at least a few.
7) Have you ever been to an away game of your favorite team? No
Do you think your favorite team will make playoffs this season? Of course!!!
9) How about winning the Stanley Cup? Hell ya!
10) When did you start following your favorite team? Ever since the 6th grade.
11) Do you follow your favorite team because they’re close to you, geographically, or for other reason(s)? Well… because they are my home team and they are just friken awesome!!!
12) Has your favorite team retired any numbers? If so, how many? Yes, 3.
13) Who is your favorite retired NHL player? Trevor Linden
14) Which player, active or retired, would you most like to meet? Kevin Bieksa or Mason Raymond
15) Which Yahoo! Answers hockey category user do you think is the most passionate hockey fan? ME!!!
1) Chicago Blackhawks
Yes.
2) Vancouver Canucks
3) Kane, Toews, Hossa, Stalberg, Sharp, I guess. I love them all and it’s hard to pick favorites.
4) Carcillo :p But I’m sure he’ll grow on me. I don’t dislike anyone on my team, really.
5) Mason Raymond
6) I haven’t.
7) Nope.
9) Let’s hope!
10) I’ve been a fan since I was kid and started following them closely in junior high.
11) Yes, but also because I love the team. I always have. All the ups and downs, I’ve been there. They could lose every game and I would still be there cheering them on.
12) Six!
13) For the Hawks: Denis Savard, but another – Wayne Gretzky
14) Patrick Kane
15) I don’t know.
@Flyers13. – I’m sure I will too! He’s one of those guys that you **** when he’s not on your team, but when he is you love him, I bet.
1) What is your favorite team?
Penguins and Stars
2) What is your most hated/disliked team?
Sharks
3) What are your top 5 favorite players that currently play for your favorite team?
Crosby, Malkin, Benn, Neal and Ott
4) Which player on your favorite team do you dislike most?
Matt Niskinian
5) Which player on your most hated/disliked team do you like most, if any?
Joe Thorton
6) When was the last time you went to one of your favorite team’s home games?
Pittsburgh it was 1998
Dallas it was 2009
7) Have you ever been to an away game of your favorite team?
I’ve seen Pittsburgh play in Dallas everytime but twice.
Do you think your favorite team will make playoffs this season?
There’s a good chance
9) How about winning the Stanley Cup?
Stars 1
Penguins 3
10) When did you start following your favorite team?
Penguins 1992
Stars 1996?
11) Do you follow your favorite team because they’re close to you, geographically, or for other reason(s)?
I follow the Stars because they’re the local team. Initally I disliked the Stars but over the years they’ve grown on me. I follow the Penguins because my family is from Pittsburgh.
12) Has your favorite team retired any numbers? If so, how many?
That requires research and I’m too lazy…
13) Who is your favorite retired NHL player?
Mario
14) Which player, active or retired, would you most like to meet?
Crosby I guess.
15) Which Yahoo! Answers hockey category user do you think is the most passionate hockey fan?
Leafsfan
1) Philadelphia Flyers.
Just barely.
2) Bruins and Rangers.
3) Giroux, JVR, Timonen, Briere, Bobrovsky.
4) Not sure yet, we acquired a lot of new players.
5) From the Bruins, Thomas. From the Rangers, Dubinsky.
6) January 25th, 2011.
7) Nope.
9) I doubt that.
10) Last season.
11) Other reasons.
12) Yes, 4.
13) Bobby Clarke.
14) Carcillo.
15) That NY Rangers fan, I don’t know his user name off of the top of my head, though.
@ Hatrick Kane: You’ll love Carcillo, don’t worry.
1. Canucks
2. Blackhawks
3. Sedins, Kesler, Bieksa, Hansen
4. No one, well Lapierre is a little embarassing at times, but I still like him
5. **** them all
6. In April, against the LA Kings
7. No
8. Probably
9. There is a good chance
10. When I was 7 I think
11. They’re the home team
12. Yes, Stan Smyl, Trevor Linden, and Markus Naslund
13. Linden
14. Probably someone from the Canucks, Bieksa is pretty funny so probably him
15. Locutus of Borg, if he/she picks this as BA
1) Carolina Hurricanes
2) Washington Capitals
3)Eric Staal, Tuomo Ruutu, Jefff Skinner, Cam Ward, Jamie Mcbain
4) Jiri Tlusty
5)John Carlson
6) Never, cause i live 2000 miles away
7) Yes, i live in Vancouver so i went , i think 2 years ago it was
8)Yes
9)No
10)1996
11)Other Reasons
12)a few
13)Rod Brind’Amour
14)Cam Ward
15)um a dude who likes the Blues. i can’t remember his name
1) Washington Capitals
2) Pittsburgh, Tampa, Carolina, and Montreal (though I’m also not a fan of any team from Philly or New York, in general)
3) Ovi, Laich, Carlson, Backstrom, and Halpern (my favorite guy, period)
4) Well, it was Tyler Sloan, but he’s gone now, so I’d have to go with Semin, like most Caps fans. The guy is one of the best/most talented in the league , but he’s just so inconsistent, and his cap hit just makes it unjustifiable (though he did finally show a little life this past year in the playoffs).
5) For Pittsburgh, it was Gonchar or Johnson, but one’s gone, and I’d have to say Jordan Staal just made me respect, and even like him, last year. For Tampa, it was Bergenheim, but he’s gone, so I guess Marty, who I’ve always at least respected, even if I’ve often hated his guts. In Carolina, again, gotta pick the Staal, since I’ve always enjoyed watching him play, when it wasn’t against the Caps, though I also like Cam Ward. And Finally, on the Habs, it’s Cammalleri (fellow member of the tribe)
6) Jan 8, against the Panthers. Caps won the game. Only game I was able to attend all year, since I live in a non-hockey town (New Orleans)
7) No, though I tried getting to a Caps/Stars game once, but had to cancel because of final exams, and another time tried getting to a Caps game in Atlanta on my way back down to school, but a snow storm in DC grounded my flight, so that too got scrapped.
Yes
9) I think that every year
10) 1996-97 season. I had started playing a couple years prior, and my dad thought it would be fun to motivate me by taking me to a game. So we went down to the US Airways Arena with my best friend (and future linemate) and his family. Unfortunately, the game was sold out. So, we found a restaurant and watched it on TV, and before heading home, purchased tickets for the next night. We finally made it in, and I was hooked from that moment on (went to over 30 games between that season and the next, including a playoff game against Ottawa, and I would’ve gone to game 5 of the Cup Finals had it been played)
11) Pretty much. I grew up in DC, going to Caps games, and became a fan at age 6, and have loved them since day one
12) Rod Langway (5), Yvon Labre (7), Mike Gartner (11, the most recent), and Dale Hunter (32)
13) Peter Bondra. He was my hero growing up, and will always have a special place in my heart.
14) Ovi would be fun, and Jeff Halpern, who grew up near me, and essentially lived my dream
15) IDK
1) New York Rangers baby!!!
I think they will 
2) New Jersey Devils
3) Henrik Lundqvist, Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky, Derek Stepan, Marc Staal
4) I dont dislike anyone from my favorite team
5) Zach Parise
6) March 1, 2011 Rangers vs. Buffalo Sabres
7) Nassau Coliseum- Rangers vs. Islanders
9) lol i wish
10) Since i was 8 yrs old
11) I live in NY
12) Yes, 8
13) Brian Leetch
14) I’ve already met Mike Richter and Henrik Lundqvist, I would like to meet Mark Messier
15) I have no clue i rarely go on anymore
1. Coyotes
2. Red Wings
3. Doan, Vrbata, Bissonette, Whitney, and Aucoin
4. Torres
5. Datsyuk
6. Round one game four
7. At the United Center
8. Unfortunately not. I hope so, but without Bryzgalov hope is futile
9. Probably the Penguins. Solid offense, defense, and a young veteran goalie with cup experience
10. A couple years ago when I moved here. I wasn’t much of an NHL fan before that, but I have always been a hockey fan
11. Geographically mostly
12. The Coyotes have only retired Numminen, I believe, although Tkachuk and Roenick might be soon. The rest are Jets
13. Probably Sean Burke. I liked him even though I grew up in Chicago, not Phoenix
14. Ryan Miller. Seems like a real down-to-earth guy
15. I have no idea. There are a lot on here
1. The Detroit Red Wings
2. I try not to **** anymore.
3. Dan Cleary, Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom, and Henrik Zetterberg
4. Ian White. He’s been with the team for the shortest time.
5. See answer #2
6. 3 years ago. I don’t fly back to MI much anymore.
7. Many times.
8. I think they will make the playoffs this year.
9. They have a shot. But who knows.
10. 1983. Steve Yzerman’s first season.
11. Proximity was a factor. Friends’ influence also played a role.
12. Six. #9 Gordie Howe. #12 Sid Abel. #7 Ted Lindsey. #10 Alex Delvecchio. #1 Terry Sawchuk. #19 Steve Yzerman.
13. Gerard Gallant. A former Red Wing. Spirited player, a bit like Ryan Clowe but with more scoring ability.
14. Manon Rheaume. Not even close.
15. Probably TexHabs
1) Toronto Maple Leafs
Yes but i’ve said that every year since the lockout (except 2009), but if Reimer stays sharp then yes
2) Montreal Canadiens
3) Luke Schenn, Dion Phaneuf, James Reimer, Cody Franson, Mikhail Grabovski
4) Phil Kessel (only because I think he can be more consistent, don’t really **** him)
5) no one
6) never, leafs tickets are hard to get
7) nope:(
9) like to say yes but sadly nope:(
10) 1999 playoffs
11) Yes I guess because I live in the Greater Toronto Area
12) Yes and 2 retired numbers although should be alot more (Leafs sadly don’t retire many numbers unless its something drastic like death of a player)
13) Mats Sundin
14) Mats Sundin
15) Probably LITY, he is certainly one of the most knowledgeable although I’ll admit, I don’t go here too often so I’m not familiar with all users
1) San Jose Sharks
2) Red Wings,Ducks,Flyers
3)Logan Couture,Joe Pavelski,Patrick Marleau,Dan Boyle,Ryan Clowe
4)Ted Mcginn
5)Ryan Getzlaf,(ANA) *** the red wings they are all swedish faggets
6) this year against the avalanche
7)no
8)Duh
9) hopefully
10) in 2006 when they got Joe Thornton(hometown team)
11)Hometown team
12) 0 established in 1991
13) Mario Lemuiex
14) Wayne Gretzky
15)me!
1.) Sabres.
2.) Tampa Bay.
3.) Jhonas Enroth, Ryan Miller, Mike Grier, Luke Adam (even though he’s in Rochester) and Tyler Ennis.
4.) Thomas Vanek.
5.) Victor Hedman. I really have no idea why.
6.) Game 6.
7.) Yup, in Toronto.
8.) Dur.
9.) It’s a high possibility with Pegula and everyone we’ve added this offseason.
10.) Since I was like six.
11.) Close to me.
12.) Six.
13.) Andrew Peters, hah.
14.) Alex Ovechkin.
15.) I haven’t been here long enough to pick, sorry.
1) Sabres
For sure
2) Flyers
3) Gaustad, Miller, Enroth, Gerbe, Leopold
4) Vanek
5) Briere
6) Playoff game VS the Flyers
7) Nope
9) With Pegula’s pocketbook I’d give it a 15% chance. highest I’ve ever given a Buffalo team lol
10) day I was born
11) 20 minute drive to the arena
12) 6 most notibly the French connection
13) LaFontaine
14) LaFontaine
15) I think we all are
1. Pittsburgh Penguins
2. Philadelphia Flyers
3. Craig Adams, Zbynek Michalek, Marc-Andre Fleury, Brooks Orpik, and Jordan Staal
4. Kris Letang
5. Claude Giroux (because he’s a beast)
6. Game 7 vs Tampa… don’t wanna talk about it
7. Yep
8. Yep
9. Certainly possible. I’d say we have good odds
10. Birth
11. Many, many, reasons. I’d ramble all day on this one question if I could.
12. Two: 66 Mario Lemieux, 21 Michel Briere
13. Mario Lemieux
14. Dustin Byfuglien
15. Like I’m Telling You Who I Am or LeafsFan
1) Pittsburgh Penguins all the way!
Hellayeah I do!
2) 1. Washington Capitals, 2. Philadelphia Flyers, 3. Detroit Red Wings.
3) 1. Sidney Crosby, 2. Marc-André Fleury, 3. Evgeni Malkin, 4. Jordan Staal, 5. Pascal Dupuis.
4) There is no one guy I like less than the other guys.
5) Alexander Ovechkin (his skills are brutal).
6) I don’t live in America, and have never been there, so no.
7) Copy – paste the answer above.
9) Yes I do believe!
10) The last season was my first. I came across hockey early in 2010, never going to go back. I fell in love with the sport and now I’m planning to start training (fortunately I’m still young).
11) For other reasons (they are very far from me). When I started watching NHL I was just enjoying watching hockey, but then I began to care more and more for the Penguins due to their incredibly skilled players, remarkable success and now I feel so passionate about them and I’ve grown close to the team and can’t think of being a fan of any other team. Knowing all the songs, videos on and off ice and details about them makes me love them even more.
12) Yes, three numbers: Gretzky #99, Lemieux #66 and Briere #21
13) Don’t have any one most favorite yet. With the time I will know the sport better and dive into the past better. Yet I am in today.
14) Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Coyotes) or Sid Crosby (Pens), my 2 most favorite players. Also Max Talbot (this season to Flyers).
15) TexHabs, no doubt. That man is a genius. He has always got the answers to all my questions and they are very reliable, detailed and professional. All my respect to him. Since I am that new to hockey I ask a lot of questions here and I don’t know how many times I have picked his answer as the best one. He’s got a lot of points from me
1-Maple Leafs
2-Montreal, Ottawa, Caps and Pens
3-Phil the Thrill Kessl, Luke Schenn, Tyler Bozak, James Reimer, The Monster
4-no one really
5-Matt Cooke,Sean Avery, Ilya Greedychuck and Dany Heatley
6-never have
7-nope but I have seen a pre-season game years back between Montreal and Ottawa in Ottawa
(even though it was a sens and Habs game and pre-season it was still pretty cool to see an NHL game)
8-hopefully
9-I’d love a cup but Im realistic so I say maybe 4-5 years
10-I was always a Leafs fan, Im sorry but Im not bandwagon person I love my team always
11-I can not remember but their logo makes you feel Canadian, also it nice to know they were named after a WW1 Canadian army unit
12-I cannot say….knowing its the Leafs Im sure a lot….I think soon our later though if the Leafs and Habs retired so many number you might see triple digit numbers (that was a joke)
13-Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin, Gary Roberts, and Rocket Richard (hahah I know he was a Habs but he was a great player so I don’t really care!)
14-Ryan Jones off the Oilers, I follow him on twitter and he’s funny and I seen Oil change on TSN he seems like a cool guy. Also Curtis Joesph.
15-TexHabs
1. Los Angeles Kings
2. Anaheim Ducks
3. Matt Greene, Anze Kopitar, Jonathon Quick, Willie Mitchell, Dustin Brown
4. Dustin Penner
5. Luca Sbisa
6. The very lpast game of the season, Game 6 of the Quarterfinals against San Jose
7. Yes, I have been to many in Anaheim which is almost like a home game
8. Yes, I will be dissapointed if they didn’t
9. Better chances than last year
10. 3-4 years ago
11. Yes, and my dad grew p down the street from the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood
12. Yes 5. Rogie Vachon, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor, Wayne Gretzky (our individual team retired him after the league did), and Luc Robitaille
13. Luc Robitaille
14. Once again, Luc because he was and is a big part of LA hockey history
15. Meerkat
1. Vancouver
2. Boston (obviously)
3. Kesler, the twins, Bieksa, Milholtra
4. Luongo (chokes in the big games)
5. Thomas
6. 2 years ago.
7. No
8. yes
9. Hope so
10. 40 years ago when they joined the league
11. both. Used to live in the east and still rooted for them
12. Yes. three (Smyl, Linden, Naslund)
13. Dickie Duff
14. Dickie Duff
15. me.
1) Sharks
Yes
2) Canucks [they got tons of talent but i can't stand canucks fans]
3) Clowe, Thornton, Niemi, Couture, Marleau
4) I don’t know! lol..
5) Malholtra
6) April 29th [i think] Game 1 vs Detroit..
7) No
9) Sharks 2012!
10) 2004
11) I wasn’t really into hockey that much and went to a game when I visited San Jose and I’ve been a fan since. [I live in Canada]
12) 0
13) Yzerman
14) Thornton
15) I have no clue! lol.. ME! haha
1. Pittsburgh
2.Philadelphia
3.Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Letang and Fleury
4. Cook because of the love/embarrassed play of his.
5. Martin St. Louis
6. Last year.
7. Yes. The Islanders. They lost in a shoot out.
8. Of course.
9. Hopefully.
10. 1980.
11. No. My dad likes to tell this story of how he went to the sports shop and bought the cheapest jersey.
12. 3 but Gretzky doesn’t really count so 2. No. 21 and no. 66.
13. Mario. The saviour.
14.Cause I’ve met 66 and 87. 71.
15. What was your name again?
1)Ottawa Senators
2)Toronto, Pittsburgh
3)Bobby Butler,Daniel Alfredson,Jason Spezza,Mika Zebinajeb,Nikita Filitov
4) i dont **** anyone on the sens
5) crosby-he is just unreal
6)never been to one, hopeing to go to a sens game this year
7)no
8)no
9)no
10)when i was 7
11)no, i just watched a game and i liked them so i followed them
12)Frank Finnigan, only one
13)joe sakic
14)steven stamkos, because he is unreal.
15) idk
1) Chicago Blackhawks
Yes.
2) Detroit Red Wings
3) Patrick Sharp, Dave Bolland, Bryan Bickell, Corey Crawford, Jonathan Toews
4) Dan Carcillo
5) None
6) March 4, 2011
7) No, but I hope to someday.
9) I really hope so!
10) I first saw the Blackhawks in 2004, before the lockout, but I didn’t start following them until sometime after the lockout.
11) Yes, I follow them because they’re close to me.
12) Yes, six numbers – #1 (Glenn Hall), #3 (Keith Magnuson and Pierre Pilote), #9 (Bobby Hull), #18 (Denis Savard), #21 (Stan Mikita), #35 (Tony Esposito)
13) Patrick Roy
14) Patrick Roy
15) I don’t know. There are plenty of very knowledgeable users, but I can’t think of a single most passionate hockey fan.