03-01-2014, 09:32 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Red Deer
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I didn't attend a franchise's first playoff game but I did take in the first playoff game back in the Dome in 2004 against the Canucks. The atmosphere was absolutely electric.
I've walked the Red Mile, but some illicit substance blurs most of my memory of that night.
I've met Theo Fleury, who was my hero growing up with the game. It was at one of his book signings and despite the incredible line of people he took time to talk stories, take pictures, and shake everyone's hands.
On my list:
Eventually see a game at every rink in the NHL.
Visit the HHOF.
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-'Badger' Bob Johnson (1931-1991)
"I see as much misery out of them moving to justify theirselves as them that set out to do harm."
-Dr. Amos "Doc" Cochran
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03-01-2014, 10:48 PM
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
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Don't touch the cup.
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"Isles give up 3 picks for 5.5 mil of cap space.
Oilers give up a pick and a player to take on 5.5 mil."
-Bax
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03-01-2014, 10:55 PM
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Franchise Player
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Attend an NHL game in every Canadian arena.
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03-01-2014, 11:00 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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wont touch the cup unless i win it. so i wont touch the cup.
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03-01-2014, 11:04 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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I touched it in 89 when "we" won it.
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03-01-2014, 11:18 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Oshawa
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I've seen the last game played in an arena and first game played in a new arena for an OHL team. I think that should count. Bobby Orr was there.
Also, did touch the Stanley Cup after the Blackhawks cup win in 2010, and have visited the HHOF before.
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Last edited by OffsideSpecialist; 03-02-2014 at 01:21 AM.
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03-01-2014, 11:21 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tvp2003
Was perusing the local dollar store and came across a book published by The Hockey News back in 2009. It is called "The Pursuit of Hockeyness" - 99 things every hockey fan needs to do before they die.
Not a bad pickup for $2 (cover price was $19.95) -- didn't want to type out all 99 but here are some:
- Build your own backyard rink
- Touch the Stanley Cup
- Coach a kids' team
- Go to the Stanley Cup Final
- See Sid versus Alex
- Sit in the blue seats at an Isles-Rangers game
- Give the Frozen Four the ol' college try
- Tailgate a playoff game in Carolina
- Stay warm at a winter classic
- Attend a franchise's first NHL playoff game
- Billet a major junior player
- Meet Don Cherry
- Skate on NHL ice
- See the Maple Leafs in Montreal
- Drive the Zamboni
- Visit the Hall of Fame
- Toss a Teddy Bear
- Saddle up for a game at The Corral
- Go to the Memorial Cup
- Journey to the end of the World Junior Championship
- Witness the final game at an NHL rink
- Meet your hockey hero
- Walk the Red Mile
How many have you done? Any stories to share?
The last "thing" is to complete your personal ultimate hockey checklist. What's on your list (and have you done it yet)?
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11, should have been 12 but gave away final tickets at the Corral
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03-01-2014, 11:25 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Walked the red mile, Went to the HHOF, Touched the Stanley Cup (for me the "don't touch it if you haven't won it" thing only applies to people who actually have a chance to win it).
Hockey things I would like to do:
See a game in every NHL city
Meet Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Jarome Iginla
Attend a Stanley Cup final game (hopefully the final game)
Go to a World Junior final
See a game in Russia, Sweden, and Finland
Sit at a team's table on draft day
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03-02-2014, 12:22 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: I will never cheer for losses
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For me I want to:
-see an Olympic and/or world junior game
-go to outdoor game
-visit hockey hall or fame
-Stanley cup final
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I am demolishing this bag of mini Mr. Big bars.
Halloween candy is horrifying.
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Originally Posted by Anduril
"Putting nets on puck."
- Ferland 2016
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03-02-2014, 10:15 AM
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Franchise Player
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Have met Gretz several times.
Have held Stanley over my head.
Have met Cherry and Ron MacLean together.
Have been in the HHoF.
Have pics of all four.
That's about all. I'm far less an NHL fan than many years ago.
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03-02-2014, 10:30 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: In the studio
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
I touched it in 89 when "we" won it.
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I suggest you meet up with Stanley this summer 
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03-02-2014, 11:25 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tvp2003
Was perusing the local dollar store and came across a book published by The Hockey News back in 2009. It is called "The Pursuit of Hockeyness" - 99 things every hockey fan needs to do before they die.
Not a bad pickup for $2 (cover price was $19.95) -- didn't want to type out all 99 but here are some:
- Build your own backyard rink
- Touch the Stanley Cup
- Coach a kids' team
- Go to the Stanley Cup Final
- See Sid versus Alex
- Sit in the blue seats at an Isles-Rangers game
- Give the Frozen Four the ol' college try
- Tailgate a playoff game in Carolina
- Stay warm at a winter classic
- Attend a franchise's first NHL playoff game
- Billet a major junior player
- Meet Don Cherry
- Skate on NHL ice
- See the Maple Leafs in Montreal
- Drive the Zamboni
- Visit the Hall of Fame
- Toss a Teddy Bear
- Saddle up for a game at The Corral
- Go to the Memorial Cup
- Journey to the end of the World Junior Championship
- Witness the final game at an NHL rink
- Meet your hockey hero
- Walk the Red Mile
How many have you done? Any stories to share?
The last "thing" is to complete your personal ultimate hockey checklist. What's on your list (and have you done it yet)?
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When you have a chance to hold the Cup with the Great One, you do it. skated at the dome during the lockout. Hall of Fame is awesome. Went to the last game at the Forum and I got to meet Guy Lafleur.
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03-02-2014, 12:07 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
Have met Gretz several times.
Have held Stanley over my head.
Have met Cherry and Ron MacLean together.
Have been in the HHoF.
Have pics of all four.
That's about all. I'm far less an NHL fan than many years ago.
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Please give details - that isn't normally allowed
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03-02-2014, 12:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: the dark side of Sesame Street
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- Build your own backyard rink
- Touch the Stanley Cup
- Coach a kids' team
- Go to the Stanley Cup Final
- See Sid versus Alex
- Sit in the blue seats at an Isles-Rangers game
- Give the Frozen Four the ol' college try
- Tailgate a playoff game in Carolina
- Stay warm at a winter classic
- Attend a franchise's first NHL playoff game
- Billet a major junior player
- Meet Don Cherry
- Skate on NHL ice
- See the Maple Leafs in Montreal
- Drive the Zamboni
- Visit the Hall of Fame
- Toss a Teddy Bear
- Saddle up for a game at The Corral
- Go to the Memorial Cup
- Journey to the end of the World Junior Championship
- Witness the final game at an NHL rink
- Meet your hockey hero
- Walk the Red Mile
some of things I've done not on the list:
seen a team's inaugural game (PEI Senators, 1993. AHL)
rode the Zamboni at an NHL game (Calgary, 2004)
been to games at the Montreal Forum (1996) and Maple Leaf Gardens (1991)
seen an Olympic medal round game (Canada vs West Germany, 1988)
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03-02-2014, 06:45 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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My list from above:
- Touch the Stanley Cup
- Go to the Stanley Cup Final
- Stay warm at a winter classic
- Skate on NHL ice
- Visit the Hall of Fame
- Toss a Teddy Bear
- Saddle up for a game at The Corral
- Journey to the end of the World Junior Championship
- Meet your hockey hero
- Walk the Red Mile
They actually let me hold the Stanley Cup, but I was warned several times that I was under no circumstances to lift it over my head.
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03-02-2014, 09:37 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Please give details - that isn't normally allowed
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It was in the '80s. One of the Oilers' players had a promotional deal with the company I worked for. He brought it into the building one day for photos. He didn't have a problem with it so I lifted it. Wasn't the only one. Maybe it was allowed back then.
Last edited by MoneyGuy; 03-02-2014 at 09:41 PM.
Reason: Edited out the player's name, just in case
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03-02-2014, 09:47 PM
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#18
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tvp2003
- Build your own backyard rink
- Touch the Stanley Cup
- Coach a kids' team
- Go to the Stanley Cup Final
- See Sid versus Alex
- Sit in the blue seats at an Isles-Rangers game
- Give the Frozen Four the ol' college try - on TV if that counts
- Tailgate a playoff game in Carolina
- Stay warm at a winter classic
- Attend a franchise's first NHL playoff game
- Billet a major junior player
- Meet Don Cherry
- Skate on NHL ice
- See the Maple Leafs in Montreal
- Drive the Zamboni - although not at a game
- Visit the Hall of Fame
- Toss a Teddy Bear
- Saddle up for a game at The Corral
- Go to the Memorial Cup
- Journey to the end of the World Junior Championship
- Witness the final game at an NHL rink
- Meet your hockey hero
- Walk the Red Mile
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i have done those in bold
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03-02-2014, 09:58 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Calgary
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My list is not nearly as exciting as most of yours
I was at game 6 vs Tampa in 04, did the Red Mile, did the Heritage Classic.
I was a teenage Red Wings fan. Would love to watch a game at the Joe and to meet Federov and/or Gretzky.
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03-02-2014, 10:44 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Chicago
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- Build your own backyard rink
- Touch the Stanley Cup
- Coach a kids' team
- Go to the Stanley Cup Final
- See Sid versus Alex
- Sit in the blue seats at an Isles-Rangers game
- Give the Frozen Four the ol' college try
- Tailgate a playoff game in Carolina Did in Anaheim tho
- Stay warm at a winter classic
- Attend a franchise's first NHL playoff game
- Billet a major junior player
- Meet Don Cherry
- Skate on NHL ice
- See the Maple Leafs in Montreal
- Drive the Zamboni
- Visit the Hall of Fame
- Toss a Teddy Bear
- Saddle up for a game at The Corral
- Go to the Memorial Cup
- Journey to the end of the World Junior Championship
- Witness the final game at an NHL rink
- Meet your hockey hero
- Walk the Red Mile
Want to see the cup won on home ice in Calgary. Still have my ticket for game 7 from 89...
Last edited by EldrickOnIce; 03-02-2014 at 10:50 PM.
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