Colorado Avalanche Board Fan Biographies

[milehigh11]

Name: Lisa
Gender: Female
Age: 42
City: Westminster, Colorado
Occupation: Army Vet / disabled
Favoite Music Artist(s): Nirvana, DMX, XXXtencion, 6lack, Chris Echols
Favorite TV show: Blacklist, Bones, Futurama, South Park
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): I'm a movie person, not a book person
Favorite Av: Makar
Favorite Ex-Av: Foppa
Favorite non-Av: Crosby.
Next or other favorite team: none. I only like my hometown Colorado teams. The rest don't matter
How else is hockey in your life?: I turned my mother who is 72 into a mega Avs fan. She went crazy buying stuff after we won.
Favorite Av moment: at the mall back in the day and they had the rookies lineup to sign autographs. Drury and Hejduk were there and I had to keep repeating my name to Hejduk on my name. I guess Lisa is tough as he probably wasn't fluent when we drafted him. So signed my 8x10 photo. To Lasa. Love it
How and when did you become an Av fan?: I live in Colorado who else am I gonna cheer for? I been here since I was 3. So all I know is the Colorado avalanche.

 

[RECKLESS]

Name: Perttu
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Occupation: Musician, guitarist, songwriter
Favoite Music Artist(s): The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen
Favorite TV show: Twin Peaks, Stranger Things
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Biographies
Favorite Av: Makar, MacKinnon, Mikko
Favorite Ex-Av: Foppa, Joe, Roy (had those three in posters on my wall next to the Gn'R and Metallica ones)
Favorite non-Av: Jari Kurri (ok he was an Av for that while, hence my avatar)
Next or other favorite team: KalPa Kuopio, Leijonat (Team FIN)
How else is hockey in your life?: Never played in my youth except for pond hockey / pipolätkä but for the first time ever put on hockey gear in 2018 in my late 30's and started playing for fun. Our rock n roll beer league team is called RockSurfers. We rule LOL!
Favorite Av moment: The Cups of course, but seeing the Avs in person here in Finland last Friday 04.11.2022 with Mikko casually executing a hat trick and leaving Patu Laine in his shadow was a recent super-high!
How and when did you become an Av fan?: Since day one. I was a teenager but there was something magical in the Avs when they came to the league. Forsberg especially immediately caught my attention, and I happened to be on a holiday trip to the states and watched them clinch the first cup live in a hotel room in NYC. There's been no turning back.

That's me. Last Friday in the Avs - 'lumbus game. True lifetime hockey highlight to be there!

 

[TheGrimReaper]

Name: Randy
Gender: Male
Age: 59
Occupation: Professional cook / chef
Favorite Artists: 60's-70's British Invasion , too many to list
Favorite TV Series: Faulty Towers
Favorite Av : MacKinnon
Favorite Ex Av : Roy / Sakic
Favorite Non Av : Ken Dryden
Other Fav Team: Sabres
Life in Hockey : Played for years on beer leagues and outdoor ponds
Favorite Av Moment : Aside from the championships and the three trips my wife and I took to Denver from Niagara Falls , Ontario , would be the time ( 2nd trip) we parked @ the Pepsi Centre out back and proceeded toward the barn , Me being the navigator in the party thought I spotted a short cut , so we headed into this fenced area only to be told we couldn't exit from there by non other than Milan Hejduk who had just parked his SUV LOL.
How I Became an Avalanche Fan: For years I was a habs fan because of Ken Dryden ( also my nana bought me a montreal jersey for my 5th Christmas) then later Roy , when that fateful day came to be I left with Patrick and never looked back.

Me @ The Blue Sky Grill with Chef Winston back in '09

 

[jani]

Name: Jani
Gender: Male
Country: Finland
Age: 36
Favorite Av : Outside of the star players, it's clearly LOC
Favorite Ex Av : Foppa
Favorite Non Av : Barkov
Other Fav Team: Panthers
Life in Hockey : I played junior hockey for a few years locally as an offensive D with decent success. I've been following my local team(s) and the NHL on and off from that point forward.
Favorite Av Moment : Outside of three Stanley Cup wins, watching all the playoff runs in the 2020's and seeing the current core grow.
How I Became an Avalanche Fan: Pretty much when the org moved to Denver. I was very young back then and I can't remember why I became a fan specifically - probably just because it was a new team. My fanship grew as I got more familiar with the players, stars and grinders alike.

 

[DFWGrapher]

Name: Drew
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Occupation: Photo editor, podcaster, writer, musician, autograph collector
Favorite Music Artist(s): Guns N Roses, New Bomb Turks, Dropkick Murphys, Stabbing Westward, Rev. Horton Heat, Weezer, Rancid
Favorite TV show: Letterkenny, Simpsons
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): not a big reader
Favorite Av: Mikko Rantanen
Favorite Ex-Av: Scott Parker
Favorite non-Av: Mario Lemieux
Next or other favorite team: Penguins
How else is hockey in your life?: Played in high school and some pickup after. Was a junior hockey broadcaster for several years. Now playing goalie badly in floorball (AKA innebandy/salibandy)
Favorite Av moment: Bourque lifting the Cup and getting my photo with Claude Lemieux at the 2018 Draft to troll all my Red Wing fan friends.
How and when did you become an Av fan?: They're my #2 team behind the Penguins. My wife is a long-time Avs fan though so they're my second team thanks to her. It also helps that they have a bunch of Finns.

 

[budaj guy]

Name: Eugene (friends call me Geno)
Gender: Male
Age: 46
City: Sexsmith, AB
Occupation: Bible college student (20 years as an electrician)
Favoite Music Artist(s): Sabaton, Demon Hunter, Skillet, Kutless
Favorite TV show: The Office
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): Bible, anything theological
Favorite Av: MacKinnon, Makar
Favorite Ex-Av: Sakic, Roy, Foppa
Favorite non-Av: Gretzky
Next or other favorite team: Oilers
How else is hockey in your life?: played a lot on outdoor rinks as a kid, number of years of house league level hockey, love the game since my earliest memories. Always done hockey pools and a somewhat avid card collector. Watch on tv whenever I can.
Favorite Av moment: all the cups, but especially 2001 and 2022. I was working night shift when they won in 1996.
How and when did you become an Av fan?: was an Oiler fan from earliest memory, but the Gretzky trade changed that. I always followed his career but became a Nordiques fan because of Sakic. Getting my favourite goalie of all time (Roy) and winning the first year in Denver obviously cemented the Avs as my favourite team. I still like the Oilers (they were my first love as a kid) but the Avs will always be #1.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Name: Brad
Gender: Male
Age: 34 (35 in 3 weeks)
Location: Castle Rock, CO
Status: Married with two little girls, 4 and 18 months.
Occupation: Currently unemployed. Got laid off last June, and haven't been able to find comparable work since. So now I just stay home with my kids.
Favorite Music Artist(s): Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch, Fear Factory, Anthrax
Favorite TV show: Supernatural, Criminal Minds, Smallville, Investigation I.D. Channel, NHL Network, NFL Network
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): What's a Book?
Favorite Av: Sakic
Favorite Ex-Av: Deadmarsh
Favorite non-Av: Ovechkin
Next or other favorite team: Huskers, Cubs, 49ers
How else is hockey in your life?: Other than the Avs, there is none.
Favorite Av moment: Has to be Bourque raising the cup in 01-02. Still gives me goosebumps when I see it.
How and when did you become an Av fan?: Was mainly a Football junkie, being from Nebraska and all, until college when some friends of mine took me to USHL games in Lincoln. One of my professors had season tickets and he would offer them to me when ever he couldn't use them. Before I knew it, I was going to games left and right. Moved to Denver in 99, and since I didn't have a team to follow I naturally started following Colorado because they were on my TV a lot, and because local media coverage was readily available. Now, I don't miss a game if I can help it.

Updated!

Name: Brad
Gender: Male
Age: 49 (50 in 2 months)
Location: Castle Rock, CO
Status: Married two kids, 16 and 19.
Occupation: Drafting coordinator for Engineering Firm
Favorite Music Artist(s): Metallica, Alice In Chains, Megadeth, Evile, Fear Factory, Anthrax, Volbeat, Hair Metal, The Eagles, Styx, etc.
Favorite TV show: The First 48, Ancient Aliens, WWII in Color, NHL Network, NFL Network, etc.
Favorite Book(s) or Author(s): What's a Book?
Favorite Av: MacKinnon, Makar
Favorite Ex-Av: Forsberg, Sakic, Deadmarsh, Kadri, Zadorov
Favorite non-Av: Zadorov, Kadri
Next or other favorite team: Huskers, Cubs, 49ers
How else is hockey in your life?: Like watching DU, and the Lincoln Stars of the USHL.
Favorite Av moment: Has to be Bourque raising the cup in 01-02. Still gives me goosebumps when I see it. Second is probably the game 82 win over St. Louis to propel the Avs to the playoffs.
How and when did you become an Av fan?: Was mainly a Football junkie, being from Nebraska and all, until college when some friends of mine took me to USHL games in Lincoln. One of my professors had season tickets and he would offer them to me when ever he couldn't use them. Before I knew it, I was going to games left and right. Moved to Denver in 99, and since I didn't have a team to follow I naturally started following Colorado because they were on my TV a lot, and because local media coverage was readily available. Now, I don't miss a game if I can help it.