Met Tie Domi as a kid. Expected him to be a complete dickhead based on how he was as a player, also wasn’t particularly a fan of him or the Leafs. Was upset after meeting him when I discovered he was actually a very pleasant fella. Liked him a bit more from that point forward.
I met Brayden Point when he was still a prospect, one of the nicest people I’ve ever interacted with.
A whole lot of kraken players. They do public practices and afterwards some of them stop to give autographs. Joey Daccord and Pierre Edouard Bellemare stood out as the nicest to me
Recently? Steve Eminger. I work at the Hockey Hall of Fame and he was there with his family. He was really kind, took the time to chat with me about his junior hockey days and shook my hand
Drank with TooToo in Nashville at Tim Roof. He was going in and out of the cooler handing out beers. He was TRASHED.
I have a photo of Niklas Hjalmarsson holding me as a baby (yes i’m pretty young)
Went to a Jets & Ducks game and Yelled at John Gibson right before the Winnipeg offensive zone face off in overtime saying “Gibson your wife is with Perry right now” (Perry was injured at the time) and he looked over in our direction and 30 seconds later Winnipeg scored and won
Frederic Anderson visited my spa between game 6 and 7 for a massage when he played for the ducks. Big playoff series I wanna say 2016 or 17. I told the masseuse not to fuck this one up. Apparently she fucked it up.
I just remember how big this guy was. Each leg was like a tree trunk, and as he went from locker room to massage room I thought the normal size luxury towel looked like a tiny dish cloth barely covering him. Obviously the robe looked like a women’s petite on him. It was funny. But we lost. Was sad.
Played a tourney against a team that had Jeff Halpern. He was like 1 year retired
Ron Francis—snubbed me for an autograph in Boston when I was 12. Thanks Ron!
Brian Bouchet used to post on a goalie bulletin board I was on. Cool guy.
The one that stands out the most for me was meeting Kyle Okposo after a game while he was still with the Isles. You could wait by the player garage and they’d stop for autographs. I had his jersey on and he signed the 21 on the back. Super nice guy, very humble. He was called for a questionable penalty that night, and someone in the group said “Kyle, why do the refs hate you so much?” and Kyle replied “Cuz they suck!”
I saw a dude sitting at the top of the stands at a vancouver canadians game. I knew I knew him from somewhere. So I (12 at the time) decided to go talk to him. Conversation went as follows;
Me: “Hi” “Hello” Me: “Do you play hockey?” “..No” Me: “Do you like hockey?” “..No” Me: “…Are you Joe Sakic?” “…..yes”
I was randomly wearing an avalanche hat that I had won so he signed it for me. I thanked him and walked away. I got about 20ft when another kid asked me if that was Joe Sakic and without thinking I said yes. He was swarmed. His relaxing baseball game ruined.. He was seemingly unnoticed until I opened my yap to the other kid. Still kinda regret that. 😂
Ryan Getzlaf when I was a kid. Lanny McDonald when he was at this thing in Calgary.
I sold Rob Ray furniture. bought a shot for Lindy Ruff. Buffalo is a small town
David Bolland acknowledged me wearing his Blackhawks jersey at warmups at the glass when he came back in a Maple Leafs jersey.
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Met Tie Domi as a kid. Expected him to be a complete dickhead based on how he was as a player, also wasn’t particularly a fan of him or the Leafs. Was upset after meeting him when I discovered he was actually a very pleasant fella. Liked him a bit more from that point forward.
I met Brayden Point when he was still a prospect, one of the nicest people I’ve ever interacted with.
A whole lot of kraken players. They do public practices and afterwards some of them stop to give autographs. Joey Daccord and Pierre Edouard Bellemare stood out as the nicest to me
Recently? Steve Eminger. I work at the Hockey Hall of Fame and he was there with his family. He was really kind, took the time to chat with me about his junior hockey days and shook my hand
Drank with TooToo in Nashville at Tim Roof. He was going in and out of the cooler handing out beers. He was TRASHED.
I have a photo of Niklas Hjalmarsson holding me as a baby (yes i’m pretty young)
Went to a Jets & Ducks game and Yelled at John Gibson right before the Winnipeg offensive zone face off in overtime saying “Gibson your wife is with Perry right now” (Perry was injured at the time) and he looked over in our direction and 30 seconds later Winnipeg scored and won
Frederic Anderson visited my spa between game 6 and 7 for a massage when he played for the ducks. Big playoff series I wanna say 2016 or 17. I told the masseuse not to fuck this one up. Apparently she fucked it up.
I just remember how big this guy was. Each leg was like a tree trunk, and as he went from locker room to massage room I thought the normal size luxury towel looked like a tiny dish cloth barely covering him. Obviously the robe looked like a women’s petite on him. It was funny. But we lost. Was sad.
Played a tourney against a team that had Jeff Halpern. He was like 1 year retired
Ron Francis—snubbed me for an autograph in Boston when I was 12. Thanks Ron!
Brian Bouchet used to post on a goalie bulletin board I was on. Cool guy.
The one that stands out the most for me was meeting Kyle Okposo after a game while he was still with the Isles. You could wait by the player garage and they’d stop for autographs. I had his jersey on and he signed the 21 on the back. Super nice guy, very humble. He was called for a questionable penalty that night, and someone in the group said “Kyle, why do the refs hate you so much?” and Kyle replied “Cuz they suck!”
I saw a dude sitting at the top of the stands at a vancouver canadians game. I knew I knew him from somewhere. So I (12 at the time) decided to go talk to him. Conversation went as follows;
Me: “Hi”
“Hello”
Me: “Do you play hockey?”
“..No”
Me: “Do you like hockey?”
“..No”
Me: “…Are you Joe Sakic?”
“…..yes”
I was randomly wearing an avalanche hat that I had won so he signed it for me. I thanked him and walked away. I got about 20ft when another kid asked me if that was Joe Sakic and without thinking I said yes. He was swarmed. His relaxing baseball game ruined.. He was seemingly unnoticed until I opened my yap to the other kid. Still kinda regret that. 😂
Ryan Getzlaf when I was a kid. Lanny McDonald when he was at this thing in Calgary.
I sold Rob Ray furniture. bought a shot for Lindy Ruff. Buffalo is a small town
David Bolland acknowledged me wearing his Blackhawks jersey at warmups at the glass when he came back in a Maple Leafs jersey.