The Five For Howling Roundtable: A Few Of Our Favorite Hockey Things
by Carl Putnam on Dec 6, 2011 12:55 PM MST
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Greetings Phoenix Coyotes fans. This week, in honor of the holiday season, the FFH staff lists a number of their favorite (and least favorite) things revolving around the world of puck. Feel free to list your own in the comments section.
Travis Hair - Managing Editor
Favorite Current Coyote: Shane Doan/ Ray Whitney/Radim Vrbata
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Shane Doan
Jamison or Reinsdorf: Shane Doan? Jamison.
Favorite Current NHL Player: Shane Doan
Favorite All-Time NHL Player: Shane Doan
Favorite NHL Rule: Offsides
Least Favorite NHL Rule: Touch icing, The fact that guys never get called for only a dive but co-incidental penalties.
Favorite Hockey Cliche: He went high, top shelf, where momma hides the cookies.
Least Favorite Hockey Cliche: "(Goalie) is gonna want that one back" or anything uttered by Doc Emrick.
First Hockey Memory: Watching the Phoenix Roadrunners at Veteran's Memorial Coliseum.
Favorite Hockey Memory: Playoffs!!! Throw the Snake.
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: My hockey gloves. I dunno why really.
Guilty Hockey Pleasure: I don't really have one. I only really watch the Coyotes so... no idea.
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn't count): Need a third jersey. Doan on the back maybe?
Jordan Ellel - Associate Editor
Favorite Current Coyote: Keith Yandle - legitimate superstar puck-moving defenseman in the mold of my favorite all-time player...
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Keith Ballard - I was a little late to the Coyotes part (moving here in 2005), and while I love guys like Tkachuk, Roenick and Numminen, and I do love Shane Doan, Ballard was my favorite from his first days with the team. Savvy defensively and just abusive with those hip checks, he also seemed like the most entertaining guy in the locker room. One of many downsides of the Jokinen trade was losing Bally, and unfortunately, I feel like his play also suffered for it.
Jamison or Reinsdorf: Jamison, only because I think he actually cares about hockey and I've heard Reinsdorf is a cheap bastard. But truly, as long as one of them steps up and buys the team, I'll be fine with it.
Favorite Current NHL Player: Claude Giroux - kid is just a stud.
Favorite All-Time NHL Player: Brian Leetch - my absolute idol growing up, first American born player to win the Conn Smythe on that magical 1994 team.
Favorite NHL Rule: No change on an icing - love this adjustment they made a few years back as it really forces teams to move the puck up ice and awards a team for keeping sustained pressure in the offensive zone.
Least Favorite NHL Rule: Delay of Game (puck over glass) - so stupid.
Favorite Hockey Cliche: "Good things happen when you put the puck on net." Although it's certainly not always true, it is something that at times I wish the Coyotes would remember to do more often.
Least Favorite Hockey Cliche: "Active stick" - it's not like these guys just sit around and hold it completely stationary, but when it happens to get in the way of a pass it is great and when it swings the other way and misses it, the player has no hockey sense; completely arbitrary.
First Hockey Memory: Heading to the Nassau Coliseum to see the Rangers play the Islanders with my temple, I think, back in 1985 or so. Pat LaFontaine scored two goals and nearly had a hat trick from what I can recall.
Favorite Hockey Memory: 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, Game 7, Leetch scores the first goal towards the end of the first period. 1940 was about to become a thing of ancient history and it was wondrous...damn Sather and his making me despise the Rangers!
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: The practice puck that Dave King flipped to Zoey during the rookie camp this year. There's nothing special about the puck itself, but Zoey thinks that it is the greatest thing ever and carries it around with her all the time, which is simply awesome.
Guilty Hockey Pleasure: Watching Pavel Datsyuk and enjoying how he lights up the opposition. (I suppose now that Mike Richards is on the Kings, I can say that they are also a guilty pleasure to cheer for).
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn't count): Claude Giroux Winter Classic jersey with the "A" in the keystone on it. But I'll settle for another winter classic shirsey and other assorted goodies.
Carl Putnam - Associate Editor
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: Rod Langway signed puck
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn't count): An owner for the Coyotes.
Ben Shroyer - Contributor
Favorite Current Coyote: Ray Whitney
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Shane Doan
Jamison or Reinsdorf: Jamison
Favorite Current NHL Player: Steven Stamkos
Favorite All-Time NHL Player: Maurice "The Rocket" Richard
Favorite NHL Rule: Slew-footing
Least Favorite NHL Rule: Icing, rather the current implementation of the rule. I'm all in favor of the 'hybrid' no-touch icing.
Favorite Hockey Cliche: I hate them all.
Least Favorite Hockey Cliche: That was a goal-scorer's goal.
First Hockey Memory: Watching the Roadrunners hockey at the Coliseum.
Favorite Hockey Memory: Seeing Patrick Roy lose his mind on a Krys Kolanos penalty shot in person.
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: My Shane Doan autographed 3rd Jersey.
Guilty Hockey Pleasure: Leaving the NHL Network on the TV all the time (much to my wife's chagrin).
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn't count): A red authentic Coyotes sweater.
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Favorite Current Coyote: Shane Doan. Keith Yandle. Ray Whitney. Radam Vrbata. OEL.
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Shane Doan
Jamison or Reinsdorf: Jamison but to be honest I just want SOMEONE to buy them and keep them here
Favorite Current NHL Player: Shane Doan followed by Jarome Iginla
Favorite All-Time NHL Player: Shane Doan followed by Jarome Iginla
Favorite official NHL Rule: The double minor for blood after High-Sticking (If only for the bollox of players biting their lip to draw blood….)
Favorite unofficial NHL Rule: The Code.
Least Favorite NHL Rule: Touch icing. I am in favor of full on IIHF style no-touch icing.
Favorite Hockey Cliche: 2-0 Lead is the least safe in hockey.
Least Favorite Hockey Cliche: “Great bunch of guys in the room”
First Hockey Memory: …….The Might Ducks movie……cringe. Sadly my first NHL game was Coyotes vs Predators in the last year of Gretzky’s tenue.
Favorite Hockey Memory: Game One, Stanley Cup Playoffs 2010. Chanting Red Wings Suck. Getting a stick tap on the glass from Shane Doan (I had my NZ’s number one coyotes fan sign). Getting on the Jumbotron 5 times during the game. THROW THE SNAKE. Basically that whole experience was life changing for me.
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: I have 3:
-My old school, Keith Tkachuck Coyotes Jersey that I got in like 98/99.
-My signatures from Kerry Goulet and Kyle Quincy
-My photo with the ‘Dead Wings’ sign.
Guilty Hockey Pleasure: Guilty only because I pay forward, but a really awesome Goalie Save.
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn’t count): Either an authentic Doan Red coyotes Jersey, or a flight out to watch a game at Jobing.com
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The blood on a high stick is awful. Especially because the rule should be about the intent to injure and recklessness and not about “blood”. If there’s a legit injury, by all means a double minor is warranted, but the idea that a high stick is more dangerous (because it is penalized more, theoretically) than a knee or an elbow is ludicrous.
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Favorite Current Coyote: Yandle, Hanzal, and Vrbata for all being loyal and re-signing with PHX.
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Doan.
Jamison or Reinsdorf: Will someone just buy them (and keep them here) already!?!?!
Favorite Current NHL Player: Hate to say it but Pavel Datsyuk.
Favorite All-Time NHL Player: Pavel Bure (Vancouver days)
Favorite NHL Rule: the limited number of timeouts a team has. Basketball is so boring with all those timeouts.
Least Favorite NHL Rule: Goalie interference or a goal called back for a player being in the crease…The whole blue area should be off-limits to the opposition.
Favorite Hockey Cliche: I’ve only been “into” hockey for a few years so I haven’t really heard too many hockey cliches.
Least Favorite Hockey Cliche: same as favorite hockey cliche.
First Hockey Memory: Watching Game 7 of the ‘94 Finals…didn’t want NYR to win.
Favorite Hockey Memory: Every home game when the ’Yotes win!
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: My ’Yotes jersey.
Guilty Hockey Pleasure: Not sure if it’s relative to the question but the Coyotes mean more to me than my favorite baseball, football, and basketball teams. I LOVE MY COYOTES!!!
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn’t count): lower-level tickets to all the remaining home games. (playoffs included)
Favorite Current Coyote: Mike Smith
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Shane Doan, he is the constant presence of the team
Jamison or Reinsdorf: Whoever keeps them here. Although Jamison’s name is close to my favorite whiskey
Favorite Current NHL Player: Mike Smith, I can’t help myself I love that goalie. I wish I could quit him lol.
Favorite All-Time NHL Player: Gretzky. Honestly I really got into hockey partially because Kevin Smith talked about him so much so I owe him something, Please note that I am talking about Gretzky the player not coach.
Favorite NHL Rule: Lets be honest, everyone’s favorite rule is the one that goes in our favor
Least Favorite NHL Rule: See above but change it to against us.
Favorite Hockey Cliche: Don’t really have one. I mostly talk to people who don’t use cliches
Least Favorite Hockey Cliche: see above
First Hockey Memory: I went to a hockey game, it was either Coyotes or Roadrunners I can’t remember, and I spent the entire game hitting on my then crush.
Favorite Hockey Memory: Anytime I’m at a game with friends that’s my favorite.
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: The sign from the opening game against Winnipeg that says “Beat Winnipeg Thrashers Jets.”
Guilty Hockey Pleasure: I downloaded the Mighty Ducks Movies for nostalgia purposes.
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn’t count): I asked for the 3rd Jersey with “The Dude” printed on it and thats all. But since the Stanley Cup doesn’t count I would also like the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, Presidents’ Trophy, Vezina Trophy, and the Jack Adams Award. Hey you only said we can’t ask for the cup.
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I would also like the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, Presidents’ Trophy, Vezina Trophy, and the Jack Adams Award. Hey you only said we can’t ask for the cup.
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I'll add my two cents too
Favorite Current Coyote: Radim Vrbata. Soft spoken, humble, and dedicated to the franchise.
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Shane Doan. Ilya Bryzgalov is a close second.
Jamison or Reinsdorf: Jamison. After what he did with the Sharks, he seems perfect for the Coyotes.
Favorite Current NHL Player: Pavel Datsuyk. He’s the kind of guy you hate only because he doesn’t play for your team. His puck handling skill is incredible.
Favorite All-Time NHL Player: See above. I’m a late arrival to the NHL.
Favorite NHL Rule: The power play. I think it’s the best way of penalizing teams for breaking the rules in all professional sports.
Least Favorite NHL Rule: “Distinct kicking motion”. I feel like that’s way to vague of a description for things like goals.
Favorite Hockey Cliche: Anytime Tyson Nash says “I love it” after chuckling to himself.
Least Favorite Hockey Cliche: Any commentary from NHL 11.
First Hockey Memory: Went to a Coyotes game three years ago against Columbus when they were offering the student rush. $20 put me right next to the other team’s penalty box.
Favorite Hockey Memory: Game 1 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Best playoff atmosphere I’ve ever been in.
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: Stick autographed by the entire ‘09-’10 roster.
Guilty Hockey Pleasure: Watching the Red Wings lose (although I don’t really feel guilty about it).
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn’t count): Ownership papers signed by Greg Jamison.
Favorite Current Coyote: Have to go with Shane Doan. My favorite player for his on ice play is Klesla, but nothing can beat the dedication to this franchise that Doan has shown.
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Shane Doan.
Jamison or Reinsdorf: Jamison, and it is not close. I fear that the cards are not in his favor right now though.
Favorite Current NHL Player: Jerome Iginla.
Favorite All-Time NHL Player: I am also pretty new to the NHL
Favorite NHL Rule: 1 timeout. I hate timeouts. Reminds me of my childhood.
Least Favorite NHL Rule: Instigator penalty. Actions need to have consequences.
Favorite Hockey Cliche: None of them.
Least Favorite Hockey Cliche: 110%. I cringe whenever I hear this, hockey or otherwise.
First Hockey Memory: I don’t even remember it that well. First game I went to was in 2006 right around the time the Rick Tocchet scandal was coming out. We won, that is the important part.
Favorite Hockey Memory: The three goal comeback and shootout win against the Red Wings on March 5. My section had a nice mix of fans. Some words exchanged, threats made, items thrown. Good times.
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: Stick autographed by the entire ‘10-’11 roster.
Guilty Hockey Pleasure: I sit at my computer and listen to goal horns when I am bored. I also secretly cheer for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Something about struggling franchises and underdogs that gets to me.
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn’t count): Ownership. For a physical item, I want a third jersey with either Klesla or Gordon on the back.
Welcome aboard.
I too cringe when I hear 110%.
The Artist Formerly Known as CP2Devil.
Associate Editor at Five For Howling.
Favorite Current Coyote: Martin Hanzal. Don’t tell Vrby. He get’s all MARTY! MARTY! MARTY! #BradyBunch
Favorite All-Time Coyote: The only acceptable answer for his is Shane Doan. He is everything. #Jesus
Jamison or Reinsdorf: IDGAF as long as the team stays.
Favorite Current NHL Player: Marty…….. other than Coyotes? Zbynek Michalek. WHY Z WHY?!!?!?!?!
Favorite All-Time NHL Player: Shane Doan.
Favorite NHL Rule: That all Wings fans must be douches.
Least Favorite NHL Rule: Any rule that makes crushing hits on Torres illegal.
Favorite Hockey Cliche: Hockey players are tough.
Least Favorite Hockey Cliche: Hockey is a Canadian game.
First Hockey Memory: Taking my niece to a Coyotes game when she was in town, I had never been.
Favorite Hockey Memory: Radim scoring two goals during the game in Prague. I cried. #IFrickenLoveTheVrb
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: Marty’s autographed, game-worn jersey from the second Prague game.
Guilty Hockey Pleasure: Umm……… Czechs? Duh.
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn’t count): I have more than I could ever want. I’d settle for Santa making Klesla wear a goddamn visor for the rest of his life.
by Yotesgurl on Dec 7, 2011 7:23 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d for going Marsha and Jan with Marty and Vrby.
The Artist Formerly Known as CP2Devil.
Associate Editor at Five For Howling.
Favorite Current Coyote: Doan
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Doan, where would we be without him
Jamison or Reinsdorf: Jamison
Favorite Current NHL Player: Zbynek Michakek
Favorite All-Time NHL Player: Gretzky
Favorite NHL Rule: Five for Fighting- NHL, NBA, MLB, Futboll have a bunch of woosies.
Least Favorite NHL Rule: The Trapezoid. let my Smitty go
Favorite Hockey Cliche: “Onetimer in the five hole”
crowd call “hay goalie you suck, its all your fault”
Least Favorite Hockey Cliche: “He blew a tire”
First Hockey Memory: When I was 5-6 in July I asked my parents if we could get Rockie Hockey Tickets, My mom said we will when the leaves fall down. That night there was a hail storm, knocking down all the leaves.
Favorite Hockey Memory: Game one of the Coyotes playoffs 2009-10 season
Most Prized Hockey Related Possession: ZBYNEK MICHALEK jersey signed my most of the 2009-10 team
Guilty Hockey Pleasure: all the free coyotes gear I have from the games
Hockey Item You Would Love To Get For The Holidays (Stanley Cup doesn’t count): An owner for the Coyotes. Personally Signed wood stick form Oakie or one from Doaner.
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