Favourite Team

[adam14 182]

I've always really liked the bruins. My Grandfather played for them in the original six days, so i've always followed them. As of late I've realised that I like individual players more so than teams on the whole.

[Fire0nIce228 1]

Pens fan through and through. Lived in Pittsburgh since I was 3. Any other teams I may root for year to year is typically based on my fantasy hockey roster for that year haha.

[Stampeder 2]

Wings all the way. Can't stand or understand people who cheer for more than one team or switch the teams they cheer for.

[halfmoonyote 0]

Coyotes for me. :)

Living out here in South Eastern/Central PA, I get to see a lot of Caps and Flyers games, and I must say I've grown to like watching both teams. The older I get, the more I just enjoy watching good hockey games. I'm a fan of the league. I know a lot of people don't like the current state of the game, but there is so much young and exciting talent league wide, it's fun to watch. I guess I'm a fan of certain players first, and subsequently the teams they play for.

[phonak 0]

I liked Sharks and Ducks as a kid, mainly because of their logo. I became a Shark fan since I moved here -07.

[Kiernan97 0]

Rangers Fan for life, have been a rangers fan since i was a little boy

[jds 20]

Wings all the way. Can't stand or understand people who cheer for more than one team or switch the teams they cheer for.

Hey, by switching strategically, I have enjoyed two consecutive Stanley Cups. Now with my latest switch, I doubt that will be repeated.

[shotty 7]

Rangers (because of the passion in MSG when I saw a game there in '06).

Canucks (home team)

Blackhawks (chelios was my favorite player growing up)

Ducks (my uncle bought me a ducks hat when

they inaugurated, and asked me what my favorite team was over and over until I went thru a bunch of teams and FINALLY picked ducks and presented me with the purple and turquoise hat... I think valeri kamensky was my new fave for a while, haha). I got forced into that one.

now it's pretty much all Canucks all the time. I root for the blueshirts though.

[shooter27 116]

I was born a Flyers fan, was going to 15-20 games at year by the time I was 2, and will die a Flyers fan. I lived in NYC for a while and people tried to convert me to a Rangers fan, which I would rather scratch my eyeballs out than become, and living out west people have tried to convert me to the Kings, but I'll never have the kind of passion for them that I do for the Flyers.

That being said, there are other teams I've liked over the years, but it usually goes in phases and relates to a group of players - e.g. the Avs with Sakic, Forsberg, Bourque, et. al.

[nittanypucker 1]

I'm a Flyers fan. I love watching the Oilers and Canucks too. I also enjoy watching the Sharks and Canadiens but I wouldn't consider them "my teams."

[starsfan71 9]

1. Stars no one will ever replace them no matter how shitty they are going to get

2. Love the Bruins, friend got me into them

3. Minnesota Wild dunno why but I like them.

I don't mind the Rangers either

[Wallzy41 9]

I like the Penguins... started watching after mario's 1st retirement. 2 other favorite teams: Canucks and Wild. Watching them match up on CBC, I can never tell who I want to win.

[Stampeder 2]

Hey, by switching strategically, I have enjoyed two consecutive Stanley Cups. Now with my latest switch, I doubt that will be repeated.

I find this really pathetic. Pick a team and stick with them or watch basketball. No loyalty at all.

[jds 20]

I find this really pathetic. Pick a team and stick with them or watch basketball. No loyalty at all.

I like the different chemistry that can occur on a particular team in any given year. Why should I have to pick one team and blindly follow it? I am a fan of the game of hockey, not the uniforms.Besides, watching the game is for my entertainment-it's not my job or anything remotely serious enough to impose rules on how I choose to enjoy that entertainment. Not sure about the basketball reference but I don't follow that sport.

[Chadd 916]

I find this really pathetic. Pick a team and stick with them or watch basketball. No loyalty at all.

There is no reason to be insulting just because you disagree. "Loyalty" from people without any affiliation with the team is a somewhat humorous concept to me.

[RadioGaGa 162]

Lifelong Habs fan....but I gotta say, the teams I dislike are all in the East (Buffalo, Philly, Toronto, Boston). I can root for Pittsburgh and Washington on any night that they aren't playing Montreal. There is no one in the West that I couldn't stand to see win. Soft spot for Anaheim because Saku Koivu is there now.

But, as far as a far and away favorite team...Montreal all the way. It's just who I root for on non-Hab nights that changes as the seasons/years go by.

[pwrfwd26 0]

Sharks! My grandma had a house right across the street from where they built the Tank aka HP Pavilion. She would always get free tickets to games for the first couple of yrs. Although she has long sinced moved away. The house is still there, and everytime I go to a game I see it that brings back some good memories.

[CharlesC 0]

Growing up in Montreal I have always been and will always be a Canadiens fan, and I've always had a soft spot for the Nordiques. When they moved to Colorado some of my enthusiasm followed them there too (and it helps that the Stanley Cup found its way over there very quickly). When I moved to Raleigh the Hurricanes weren't around yet, so my favorite teams stayed steady. After the Hurricanes came to town I started to support them, and it has been interesting having a team in a much smaller market. At this point in time I'd rather watch a good hockey game than a boring one featuring one of my teams.

[TheHerminator22 0]

I'm a big Flyers fan and don't really switch allegiances, but when it comes to the playoffs or the Flyers being out of it, I'll watch whatever I can get on TV just because I like the game. If I had to choose second tier teams to root for I think it would be the Bruins, the Sharks, or maybe Detroit. They are usually fun to watch.

[IniNew 53]

There is no reason to be insulting just because you disagree. "Loyalty" from people without any affiliation with the team is a somewhat humorous concept to me.

Most don't likes bandwagon-ers. When you've invested countless hours aand money attending games, researching, developing a love for a team and you see a pink-hat roll in and start spouting off like they know what they're talking about its frustrating.

Just offering a alternate outlook on the situation.

[burrn 0]

It's getting harder to not switch teams, especially with the salary cap and players going all over the place.

[JMac 0]

I've been a life long Leafs fan but I also cheered for whoever Paul Kariya was playing for. Guess I'm just a Leafs fan now.

[maxamillion 3]

I'm first and foremost a hockey fan. I love the game. I love watching and analyzing any game I watch. The way most people are with football, I am with hockey. Just love the game and the players. My favorite player of all time is Forsberg and it will be hard for anyone to move him out of that spot. I have never seen a guy take a game over like that. When he was on in the late nineties and early noughts, he was unstoppable, except for a spleen rupture haha. I like guys like Rick Nash, Paul Stastny, and Ales Hemsky before his injury issues now, but Forsberg was something else. He got me into the game.

anyway, as far as teams go, I live and die with the Flyers. It's a special relationship I have with them at this point. This year I expected a one and done. I knew they would beat Jersey and anything after that was a gift, but man was that one hell of a ride. I will never root for any other team more than I do for the Flyers because it wouldn't feel right. I grew up here 20 minutes from the stadium and have been going to as many games as I could afford. One of my proudest moments as a fan was going to a game at the Garden the game after Forsberg got traded, and we routed the Rags pretty good, in a game full of fights. This was the year the Flyers were far and away the worst team in the league, so it was sweet to be there to see them do that.

[PH_Hockey2 4]

I've been a Wings fan since I was born but now that Steve Yzerman is GM of Tampa Bay, I have a new team to cheer for.

[dayroc 0]

Die hard Leafs fan through thick and thin. Sadly, i will stand in the wagon as people peg it with stick and stones.