which nhl teams do alaskanas cheer for? Who gets the most support?

[AlexandreBurrows]

title question, hopefully some alaskans can weight in.

[DuckEatinShark]

Vancouver would be my guess. Its closer than any other NHL team by far. However, there are Alaskans (ie Scott Gomez) playing in NHL teams right now and their friends/families will be rooting for their team too.

[captain richie18]

I would think majority cheer for Vancouver. I would assume Calgary and Edmonton are up there too.

Don't forget the coyotes.

[Alamo]

I would think they would be split between some Russian teams, since after all, they can see it from their backyards.

[NJBlue22]

I Know some that are Flyers and Rangers fans

[Crunchy Black]

Who needs the NHL when you have cosmic terrorist polar bears?

[ps527]

A lot of them just stick with highschool and college hockey.

[Stealth JD]

The Alaska Aces are a Blues affiliate in the ECHL...I'm sure there are a few fans of STL accordingly.

[BeastinB's]

odd..I don't think I've seen too many Alaskians around the site..

[Ibrahim]

Alaska + Kansas = Alaskanas?

[Tricolore#20]

Dallas

[bizoncol]

Originally Posted by Stealth JD

The Alaska Aces are a Blues affiliate in the ECHL...I'm sure there are a few fans of STL accordingly.

And another reason - Ty Conklin is originally from Anchorage.
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[passive voice]

Originally Posted by Stealth JD

The Alaska Aces are a Blues affiliate in the ECHL...I'm sure there are a few fans of STL accordingly.

that's gotta be such an unpleasant road trip

[TheGooooch]

They are fans of hockey moms across the country and whatever team Gomez is currently on

[K-PAX*]

I think they'd probably cheer for whatever team catches their fancy. Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton are the closest teams, but they're not TV coverage close. Or drive to a game close.

[ryan41]

the state has had a mutual respect with the new york rangers since about 1999

[BeastinB's]

would be to nice to get people from alaska to comment..

[BeastinB's]

Originally Posted by ryan41

the state has had a mutual respect with the new york rangers since about 1999

mystery alaska?

[portal333]

Some I've talked to liked the Bruins, Flyers, Hawks... despite the closest teams being Canadian, I haven't personally run into an Alaskan who cheered for them. Maybe it's something about the more conservative-patriotic population.

[ower]

Originally Posted by Doctor D

I think they'd probably cheer for whatever team catches their fancy. Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton are the closest teams, but they're not TV coverage close. Or drive to a game close.

Pretty much, There's nothing to attach them to any particular team over another. They can't attend games. I'm going to guess a lot of them are probably transplants who still follow their home teams. It's what I do with Phoenix even though I'm 3 hours way from Vancouver.

[adria]

I would guess not Vancouver...not if the ECHL has any influence on their pick(s).

They love their Aces (sold out games, loudest rink in the league), and the Aces' biggest rival happens to be Vancouver's ECHL affiliate.

[daveskirtun]

There seemed to be a lot of Ranger fans.

[hlundqvist30]

Most of them are Rangers fans. A while ago the Rangers traveled to Alaska to play a hard fought exhibition against some players from Alaska, and afterwords a few of them got signed to the Hartford Wolfpack.

[BeastinB's]

Originally Posted by hlundqvist30

Most of them are Rangers fans. A while ago the Rangers traveled to Alaska to play a hard fought exhibition against some players from Alaska, and afterwords a few of them got signed to the Hartford Wolfpack.

was that actually true.....or were you just talking about mystery alaska sarcastically?

[CDrury23]

Originally Posted by hlundqvist30

Most of them are Rangers fans. A while ago the Rangers traveled to Alaska to play a hard fought exhibition against some players from Alaska, and afterwords a few of them got signed to the Hartford Wolfpack.

lol. "Mystery Alaska" great movie