Roll Call or My name is...............

[Jagger]

I've hung out at this site for almost three years now but know little about posters whose posts I read on a daily basis and come to regard as friends in a weird sort of way. There isn't a day goes by that I don't check out the site and actually look here first for links to the current news of the day. (Thanks Cow!) Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to find out a little more about everyone here. (I don't think that this has been done in a while)

Contribute as much or as little as you want:

Here's mine:

Name: Mark

Age: 39

Location: Red Deer, Alberta

Originally from: Wallasey, United Kingdom (Near Liverpool)

Other places lived: Just the two places for me.

Family: Married (15 years) with three kids (two boys and a girl)

Occupation: Sales Manager for a roofing company. Also part time portrait and wedding photographer (wife's business.)

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Dion Phaneuf

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Alexander Ovechkin

Realistic opposition player you would want: Joe Sakic

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: The Canucks or Oilers

Other sports teams you follow:

Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
Liverpool FC (English Premier League)
Tranmere Rovers FC (English 1st Division)

Interests: Hockey, soccer, movies, reading, computer and video games.

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): 'The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion' PC game.

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: Met Paul McCartney when I was young (Friend's cousin) and got a ride in his new Bentley! Got to hear him play "Hey Jude" on the piano in my friends living room. Awesome experience!

Also got to meet Princess Anne but meeting McCartney was way better!

Anyway, there's mine. Roll up. Let's hear from you..........

[FlamesKickAss]

Name: Brian

Age: 23

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Originally from: Calgary

Other places lived: Born and Raised here

Occupation: Casino dealer

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Shean Donovan (that's besides kipper, dion, iggy)

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Alexander Ovechkin

Realistic opposition player you would want: Joe Sakic

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: The Canucks or Oilers

Other sports teams you follow:

none really just watch lots of other sports impartially

Interests: Hockey, movies, computer and video games, golf

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Call of Duty 2 (PC)

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: having conroy and donovan try to get me into cowboys last year, and failing because it was too full, o ya and my evening at the game with Troutman

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Name: Jon

Age: 23

Location: Halifax, NS

Originally from: Sydney River, NS

Other places lived: Summer in Montreal

Family: Single, Little Bro (20)

Occupation: Just finished my academic career, now looking for an occupation

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: not sure?

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Rick Nash

Realistic opposition player you would want: MA Fleury

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: The Canucks

Other sports teams you follow:

Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
Texas Rangers (MLB)
Calgary Stampeders (CFL)

Interests: Hockey, movies, reading, Calgary Puck

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): don't really have one

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: not a huge fame fan, just kinda relax have fun, if I get famous doing it... meh

[return to the red]

Name: Joel

Age: 26

Location: Lethbridge, Alberta

Originally from: Okotoks, Alberta (Near Liverpool)

Other places lived: Calgary

Family: Getting married this September

Occupation: Certified Irrigation Designer, Sales and Irrigation consultant

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Dion Phaneuf

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Alexander Ovechkin

Realistic opposition player you would want: Smyth (takes a beatin infront of the net)

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: The Canucks or Oilers

Other sports teams you follow: Toronto Blue Jays, Lethbridge Hurricanes, Stampeders, Seahawks

Interests: Hockey, Golf, Poker, Landscaping and Yard work

[Eastern Girl]

Name: Elle, though that's my middle name, that's what I go by everyday as I am not too keen on my first name.

Age: 24

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Originally from: Ottawa, Ontario

Other places lived: Toronto

Family: Not married. I have two older brothers

Occupation: Still a full time student for another couple weeks.

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Robyn Regehr!

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Probably Heatley or Fisher from the Sens

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: The Canucks or Toronto

Other sports teams you follow: The Senators

Interests: Hockey, soccer, movies, reading, writing

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Jogging along the Rideau Canal, particularly in the early morning hours. It's so peaceful.

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: No claim to fame. Brushes with fame... I met Weird Al a few years back when my cousin won the "Bad Hair Day" contest that Much Music held. He definitely lives up to his name. I also met Mr. Dressup years ago, for those of you familiar with his work. I had to push my way through a crowd of children to meet him, but it was worth it.

[flamingchina]

I've hung out at this site for almost three years now but know little about posters whose posts I read on a daily basis and come to regard as friends in a weird sort of way. There isn't a day goes by that I don't check out the site and actually look here first for links to the current news of the day. (Thanks Cow!) Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to find out a little more about everyone here. (I don't think that this has been done in a while)

Contribute as much or as little as you want:

Here's mine:

Name: Robin

Age: 25

Location: Calgary

Originally from: Calgary

Other places lived: Luzhou, China, Taoyuan Taiwan, Camrose

Family: parents, 2 older sisters, 1 younger adopted sister, 2 younger adopted brothers

Occupation: student at UofC, economics

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Yelle

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Ovecheckin

Realistic opposition player you would want: Doan

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: Edmonton, Toronto

Other sports teams you follow: none really at the moment.


Interests: Hockey, Hiking, travelling

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Command and Conquer, tha intarwebs

Claims to fame or brushes with fame:

[CarlW]

I lurk more then I post but whatever.

Here's mine:

Name: Carl

Age: 23

Location: Saskatoon (for University)

Originally from: Los Angeles

Other places lived: Calgary

Family: Single, 1 younger bro and sis

Occupation: Student at U of S, Marketing

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Regher, though Dion is making a case for himself

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Joe Thornton

Realistic opposition player you would want: Andy McDonald

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: Edmonton, Vancouver

Other sports teams you follow: Not Applicable

Interests: Hockey, Soccer, Badminton, PC Games, Video Games, Comic Books, Chinese Martial Arts Dramas, Martial Arts, Cooking/Food

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Those damn BBQ chickens they sell pre-cooked at Superstore, great for students

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: My Mom is friends with Donnie Yen's family and was invited to his wedding to Miss Chinese Toronto, but didn't go , and my Hung Gar teacher's Uncle is in the movie 'Kung Fu Hustle' as the muscular older martial arts guy with the iron rings around his forearms that dies.

[kermitology]

Name: Daniel

Age: 23

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Originally from: Calgary

Other places lived: Victoria BC

Family: Only child

Occupation: Electrical Engineer

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Dion Phaneuf

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Alexander Ovechkin

Realistic opposition player you would want: Jason Spezza

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: Canucks

Other sports teams you follow:

Other teams?

Interests: Hockey, Russian post-revolutionary history, second world war history, music, books, movies, writing.

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Indie music (CBC Radio 3)

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: I write for CP!

[OILFAN #81]

Name: Neil

Age: 22

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Originally from: Fort McMurray, Alberta

Other places lived: Kuwait, Calgary, Fort McMurray, Edmonton

Family: Parents live in Fort McMurray and my 2 sisters live in San Jose California

Occupation: Senior at the University of Alberta

NHL team you support: EDMONTON OILERS!!!!!!!!

Favourite player on your team: Ryan Smyth

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Joe Thornton/Alexander Ovechkin

Realistic opposition player you would want: Daniel Briere/Martin Gerber

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: Flames, Stars

Other sports teams you follow:

Sacramento Kings (NBA)
Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)
Indianapolis Colts (NFL)
Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)


Interests: Sports, Women, Movies, Partyin, Chillin with family/friends

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Sports in general, play on the national program for soccer, as well as women!

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: Met Adam Brody, Rachel Bilson, a ton of NHL Players (most of the Oilers as well as other players), Rasheed Wallace of the Pistons, The "doc" from Back to the Future, Trish Stratus, Kara Lang, Christine Sinclair, and a few others.....

[Gravitykillr]

Name: Kevin

Age: 26

Location: Calgary

Originally from: Kirkcaldy, Scotland

Other places lived: Just the two places for me.

Family: Married 6 years, 1 son 4 months old

Occupation: 7-Eleven, haven't decided what I want to just yet

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Dion Phaneuf

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Pavel Datsyuk

Realistic opposition player you would want: Joe Sakic

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: The Canucks or Oilers

Other sports teams you follow:

Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights (AHL)
Calgary Stampeders (CFL)
Toronto BlueJays (MLB)
San Fransisco 49ers (NFL)

Interests: Hockey, Golf, movies, reading, computer and video games.

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): BattleField 2

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: I've met a large majority of NHL Players, been singled out by Chris Chelios in a group of 15 or 20 people because I'd been bothering him for 3 days to sign a Chicago Blackhawks Jersey.

Most Treasured Hockey Posession: I have a Saku Koivu autographed picture, and a Vincent Lecavlier signed jersey number when he wore #8

[FurnaceFace]

Good idea.

Name: Dave

Age: 36

Location: Calgary

Originally from: Regina

Other places lived: Regina, Jyvaskyla Finland, Calgary

Family: DINKJAC - Dual Income No Kids, Just A Cat.

Occupation: IT Project Manager

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Yelle

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Mario Lemieux circa 1988

Realistic opposition player you would want: Alex Steen

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: Whoever is talking the most smack at the time.

Other sports teams you follow:
CFL - Roughriders (I still bleed green)
NFL - Broncos, and others.
NLL - Roughnecks
English Premier League - Arsenal
Brasil Futebol - Corinthians

Interests: Photography, travel/seeing the world, history, diving, geeking out

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): CalPuck

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: Nothing significant.

[Sylvanfan]

Name: Chad
Age: 30

Location: Saint Albert, Alberta

Originally from: Williams Lake , British Columbia

Other places lived: Fort McMurray, Medicine Hat, Cranbrook, Kamloops, Prince George, Sylvan Lake

Family: Married (1.5 years) with two dogs and two cats

Occupation: Draftsman/Project Manager (Structural Steel)

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Jarome Iginla

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Alexander Ovechkin

Realistic opposition player you would want: Robert Lang

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: Oilers

Other sports teams you follow:

Kansas City Chiefs NFL
Kamloops Blazers WHL
Toronto Blue Jays MLB

Interests: Hockey, cars, internet, dogs.

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Calgary Puck hockey league, home renovations.
Claims to fame or brushes with fame: Played minor baseball with Brad Lukowich for a few years. Also played golf as a kid with both Rob and Scott Niedermeyer. Learned powerskating from Carol Niedermeyer, and family doctor was Bob Niedermeyer.

[La Flames Fan]

Name: Ryan
Age: 26

Location: Los Angeles, California

Originally from: Calgary

Other places lived: Acme, Alberta

Family: Single

Occupation: Actor, Web Designer
NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: The Dion

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Ovechkin

Realistic opposition player you would want: Doan

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: Oilers

Other sports teams you follow:

Green Bay Packers
Anyone who plays the Minnesota Vikings
Toronto Blue Jays MLB

Interests: Hockey, Politics, Internet, Design, Music, History.

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Cigarettes, CP, Dane Cook, Deadwood, MySpace, others.

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: Uhhhh....Yeah...this has been discussed.

[Dan]

Name: Dan, can you believe it
Age: 22
Location: Monteal

Originally from: Calgary

Other places lived: That's it

Family: I have a Kelvin Anderson bobblehead that I talk to sometimes.

Occupation: Student

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Kiprusoff

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Dany Heatley

Realistic opposition player you would want: Kris Draper

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: Canucks, I was surrounded by Canuck fans in the last playoffs, and I hated them

Other sports teams you follow: -Football, mainly CFL, but I also like NFL
- NBA as much as I can

Interests: Music, travel, autoeroticism, humiliating myself online

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Same as above

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: I had my picture in the paper when I was in grade 3, I saw Darr Maqbool a couple times

[Buff]

Name: Trevor

Age: 30

Location: Lethbridge

Originally from: Born in Calgary, lived in Lethbridge for 20 years

Other places lived: Coruscant, Mos Eisley, and Yavin 4

Family: Married (4 years) with one son 7.5 months

Occupation: Computer Geek

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Besides the big 3? Chuck Kobasew

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Alexander Ovechkin

Realistic opposition player you would want: don't know. Can't think right now.

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: I don't beat any NHL teams, unless I'm playing NHL06

Other sports teams you follow:

Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
Calgary Stampeders

Interests: Hockey, tennis, Star Wars, reading, computer and video games. Geeky computer stuff too.

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Medal of Honor.

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: Many brushes, but nothing to write home about.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Name: Scott

Age: 34

Location: Wichita, KS

Originally from: Kalispell, MT

Other places lived: Here goes...Colorado Springs (Fort Carson, CO), Ft. Dix, NJ; Montrose, Grand Junction and Parachute, CO; Wellington, KS.

Family: Married, step-daughter 14 (today actually), son 11. 2 dogs, one good and one bad.

Occupation: Letter Carrier, US Postal Service....full time student, will have BBM in February.

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Jarome Iginla

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Dion Phaneuf's clone

Realistic opposition player you would want: Joe Sakic!

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: Canucks

Other sports teams you follow: -Denver Broncos (NFL), U of Montana Grizzlies (football, basketball), Kansas Jayhawks and WIchita St. Shockers (NCAA Basketball).

Interests: Music, flyfishing, hunting, movies,

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): Mountain Dew, calgarypuck.com, Operation Mindcrime II,

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: Met the entire 1982 49ers. Got autographs from Joe Montana and Bill Walsh, among others. Had my picture taken with Russ Francis (only old guys will know who this is). Beat Jim 'Poorman' Trenton, creator of nationally syndicated radio show LOVELINE and KROQ Los Angeles uber-personality and bad boy in a beer guzzling contest.

[MJK]

Name: Dave
Age: 25

Location: Corner Brook, NL

Originally from: Here

Other places lived: Calgary

Family: Single

Occupation: Teacher

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Kobasew!

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Ovechkin

Realistic opposition player you would want: Marleau

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: Oilers

Other sports teams you follow: Stamps, Jays

Interests: Snowmobiling and Music

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): www.lewishillbillies.com and CalgaryPuck

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: I actually talked to Ryan Nortcott while he was in the CPHL for 2 days...too good for that league so he left for bigger and better things like sun tanning...

[RedMan12]

Name: Brigon

Age: 22

Location: Burnaby, BC

Originally from: Calgary, Alberta

Other places lived: Airdrie, Alberta. Pompano Beach, Florida and Freehold, New Jersey

Family: Fiance

Occupation: Graphic Design, went to college for Video Game Art and Animation.

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: Iginla

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Thorton

Realistic opposition player you would want: Sakic

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: The Canucks and the Oilers

Other sports teams you follow:

Oakland Raiders
Phoenix Suns

Interests: hockey, video games, art, hip hop, drawing, sports, smoking the green

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): 'The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion' PC game (haha me too, took a break from it to post on here)

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: My mom is good friends with Lanny McDonald and his family.

GO! FLAMES!! GO!!!

[JiriHrdina]

Name: Grant

Age: 30

Location: Calgary

Originally from: Calgary

Other places lived: Vancouver

Family: Single. I have a cat named Mandy.

Occupation: Broadcaster.

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: I really do like Robyn Regehr. Yelle a close 2nd.

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Jason Spezza

Realistic opposition player you would want: Shane Doan or Jason Arnott

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: The Oil

Other sports teams you follow: - Follow most sports. Big Jays fan. Casual Stamps fan (used to be hardcore but the CFL just keeps being dumb), former Rockets fan - the team lost me when they got Steve Francis. Watch a ton of NFL but don't have a team really.

Interests: Ball hockey, CPHL, 80s music.

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): I eat too much fast food.

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: Was on the Buckshot Show when I was a kid but didn't make the same impact that Reginald Dunlop did. Most famous guy I've probably met is Peter Mansbridge (nice guy)

[calf]

Name: Brad
Age: 22
Location: Calgary

Originally from: Calgary

Other places lived: Just Calgary

Occupation: Accountant

NHL team you support: Calgary Flames

Favourite player on your team: I cheer for the logo on the front, not the name on the back. Phaneuf.

Fantasy opposition player you would most want on your team: Sidney Crosby...only because if he's injured, I could take his place and nobody would know the difference...I'd be living all of your's dreams. Ovechkin.

Realistic opposition player you would want: Kris Draper...this team needs more grinders!!!

NHL team(s) you like to beat the most: The Oil/Canucks

Other sports teams you follow: - Big time Stamps fan, follow the rest of the CFL too

Interests: golfing, fitness, running, music...when I'm not working

Current legal addiction (apart from hockey): French Fries/Running/The Internet/gostampsgo.com

Claims to fame or brushes with fame: 1 time AMJ Campbell Move of the Game Champion. Apparantly I look like Sidney Crosby. Mod at gostampsgo.com - I managed to get Henry Burris posting on there last year, and a few players since have signed up and posted too.