Is It Hockey Season Yet???

1) What's (Who's?) your favorite team? The Nashville Predators

2) What's your least favorite team? In order... Vancouver Canucks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild, San Jose Sharks, and Anaheim Ducks... the list does go on though

3) Who's your favorite player? Ryan Suter

4) Who's your least favorite player? Ryan Getzlaf, Kevin Bieksa, Craig Weller, Alex Ovechkin, Barret Jackman

5) Favorite American team? Nashville Predators

6) Favorite Canadian team? Edmonton Oilers

7) Favorite International team? USA.. I have a knack for spotting the American boys ;-)

8) Who's your favorite goalie? Ryan Miller and Pekka Rinne

9) Least favorite goalie? Evgeni Nabokov, Marty Turco, and Bobby Lou can all suck it!

10) Favorite fighter? Jordin Tootoo and Jared Boll.

11) Least favorite fighter? Craig Weller, Daniel Carcillo, and Darcy Hordisuck

12) Favorite jersey/uniform/outfit/sweater? Preds home and away jerseys (homer answer but I like the look of them on the ice), the Sabres' third

13) Least favorite jersey/uniform/outfit/sweater? All of the Stars jerseys, all of the Blue Jackets, and Atlanta's thirds

14) Do you like home, away, or "third" jerseys best? I like both our home and away. I think our homes look better in person and our aways look sharp on tv.

15) Who do you want to win the Cup? Who I want and what will happen are two totally different things. I want Carolina to win. I think Detroit will.

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17) Which player would you most like to sit and have coffee with? Jason Pominville or Patrick Eaves

18) What about a beer? Ryan Suter, though I'd prefer it to be a cocktail of some sort...

19) How about just watch the game with? David Legwand or David Backes. They both seem very chill and I think I would enjoy just hanging out watching a hockey game with either of them.

20) Have an in-depth hockey conversation with? Jarome Iginla

21) Do you collect hockey cards, memorabilia, etc? I have a little collection going.

22) If so, what's your favorite card? I think I only have one card. My favorite things that I have are my Suter bobblehead and my puck that Fiddler signed at the radio show for me. I'm partial to my jersey as well.

23) Which is worth the most, and what's it worth? Probably none of it. I collect it because I like it and anything I keep is because of sentimental reasons anyway.

24) Do you live by any hockey players? No. Though Franklin isn't nearly as far away as I thought from the boro.

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26) Do you play hockey? Not hardly! I can barely stand up on skates without holding on the wall.

27) What do you wear to hockey games? Jeans, tshirt, and my jersey

28) Do you have any "watching hockey rituals" or anything anyone might consider weird? Ha! Probably too many to count. I used to share a pack of peanut M&M's with my sister in the car on the way to games to the same cd every game. I get to where I won't change what cd I listen to on the way to games if we're on a win streak, I eat ice cream as a half ritual... because I'd probably eat it regardless. Thank God I don't cross my fingers any more. haha

29) What's your favorite hockey memory (as a fan?)
*Favorite game EVER- Game 3 of the 07-08 SC playoffs . Favorite moment of that game was Suter's game tying goal and the GWG by Arnott just 9 seconds later. The arena went insane, I went insane, Kristen and all the people around us went insane. I just got chills typing that.
*Favorite moments of this season were the OT GWG in Atlanta, followed by the comeback win over the Penguins, then the 8-0 win over Detroit.

30) What's your favorite hockey commercial? There's one they show on NHL Network where they clip together pro games and little league games. It's really cool.

31) Who's the nicest player you've met? Probably Jordin Tootoo. All of the Preds I've met have been fantastic about it though. Away player? Brooks Laich.

32) Rudest/meanest/most annoying, etc? Ovechkin and Mike Green seemed really annoyed.

33) Who's the best looking (AKA 'off ice favourite') Ryan Suter, hands down.

34) Other off-handed/off-ice comments? They make hockey worth watching. I talk to the players and myself during games so I'm always saying something. The inside jokes with people around the arena make it even better. From a commentators stand point? I personally liked it when my boy was the "Gatorade Performer of the Night... It's in him, is it in you?"

35) Why do you really like hockey? It's fast paced and exciting. Anything can happen on any given night. There might be a favorite to win but being favored to win in hockey doesn't mean much of anything (case in point, 8-0 over Detroit). Once you're into it, that's it. You're hooked and obsessively hooked at that. Like the commercial says, it's more than a sport and slightly less than a religion and I believe that's true. It helps that my best friends get to experience most every game with me and that my family is just as crazy about it as me. In hockey, the crowd gives their heart to the team every night and in our barn you're pretty much going to get chills at least once a night. That's why I love (not like) hockey.