NHL favorite team straw poll (End of Week 1: Devils gaining, but Rangers in control)

[Josh '99]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote KeithK][quote Trotsky]Lifetime (theirs, not mine) Islanders fan.   1 full point.

Your cards and letters are appreciated.[/quote]
No sympathy. I'm a Jets fan. At least you have championships in your lifetime.[/quote]

I'm an Eagles fan.  At least you have a championship in MY lifetime.[/quote]Oh please, your team JUST WON the World Series.  Man, Philly fans are NEVER HAPPY.  :-}

[KeithK]

[quote Josh '99][quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote KeithK][quote Trotsky]Lifetime (theirs, not mine) Islanders fan.   1 full point.

Your cards and letters are appreciated.[/quote]
No sympathy. I'm a Jets fan. At least you have championships in your lifetime.[/quote]

I'm an Eagles fan.  At least you have a championship in MY lifetime.[/quote]Oh please, your team JUST WON the World Series.  Man, Philly fans are NEVER HAPPY.  :-}[/quote]
Have you ever been to Philly?  Do you blame them? :-D

[nr53]

[quote Josh '99][quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote KeithK][quote Trotsky]Lifetime (theirs, not mine) Islanders fan.   1 full point.

Your cards and letters are appreciated.[/quote]
No sympathy. I'm a Jets fan. At least you have championships in your lifetime.[/quote]

I'm an Eagles fan.  At least you have a championship in MY lifetime.[/quote]Oh please, your team JUST WON the World Series.  Man, Philly fans are NEVER HAPPY.  :-}[/quote]

As a Phillies fan since my uncle took me to games as a kid, I'm still in shock that they actually won the Series. Hell, I know I'm not that old (2007 grad) so I don't get the whole "I've been watching them for 30+ years..." street cred but I remember convincing my parents to let me and my brother stay up to watch the series in 1993 which was the worst thing that had happened to me at that point in my sports-fan life (only surpassed by Wisconsin in 2006) :-p

[Dpperk29]

[quote nr53]the series in 1993 which was the worst thing that had happened to me at that point in my sports-fan life (only surpassed by Wisconsin in 2006) :-p [/quote]

two words...

Aaron Boone

[Hillel Hoffmann]

As expected, New York State teams bounce back and take the lead after Day 2. Rangers now with as many points as all the Western teams combined.

[jkahn]

At this point I root for players I like rather than having ongoing team loyalty.  That being said, the Sharks (Murray always in lineup and now sometimes Vesce) are #1 (1.0 pts.), with the Bruins #2 with Bitz playing.  These are the teams I watch most on Directv.  I'd love to see that as the Cup final.  Living in Chicago, it's good to see them turn it around and they'd be #3.

I grew up a Ranger fan.  My senior year, '69-'70, Cornell played in a holiday tournament at MSG.  Another guy and I threw hats on the ice when Dick Bertrand scored a hat trick.  We got ejected from MSG.  I tried to explain as we were being escorted out that people throw hats when someone scores three goals.  The security person said "Maybe where you come from."  I said "I come from New York."  But we were somewhat long-haired college kids and this guy wasn't too liberal.  So I never rooted for the Rangers after that. Ironically, my hat never even hit the ice, as Dick caught it skating back to the bench.  Also, as it was the 3rd period of a doubleheader, we snuck right back in, as there was no security at the exits.  I became a Detroit fan the next year when Ned went there, and also rooted strongly for Dryden and his Habs when he began play late in the '70-'71 season.  In '72-73 the newly-formed Islanders became my home team. and I rooted for them for a long time, until watching Millbury single-handedly destroy the franchise.  Still feel a little loyalty there, but not much unless Iggy is playing.

[ursusminor]

If non-Cornell fans can vote, add one for the Rangers.

[RichH]

I pretty much stopped giving a crap around the work stoppage.  The NHL was so much cooler in the 80s and 90s, and I blame the Bettman changes for most of my current apathy.  FWIW, I sometimes can be dragged to a game, and maybe I can pay attention to the later rounds of the playoffs out of boredom or Cornell alumni interest.

My 3 favorite teams: Blackhawks, Sabres, Leafs.

Oh, and I'm now a card-carrying member of the Hartford Whalers Booster Club. (Check the "plus" blurb at the bottom of this page.)

My general rooting rules:

1) My 3 favorites
2) Canadian Teams
3) Original 6
4) Any team north of STL/DC
5) Against Dallas, Anaheim, and the Whoricanes.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote RichH]4) Any team north of STL/DC
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You got that right. Draw a line at Denver, STL and DC.  No team south of that line should ever touch the Cup.

[DeltaOne81]

I have to give a point to the Devils to at least get them tied with the lowly Isles :-P

[rmandel]

Put one point on the board for the Atlanta Thrashers.

We get to enjoy our TV color commentator - Darren Eliot '83

Robert
Atlanta, GA

[Liz98]

Let's go Caps! (Grew up a Whalers fan.)

[Flyers1037]

Flyers (duh)

[jtwcornell91]

Not that they need it, but the last time I thought much about the fortunes of a particular NHL team, I was a 0.5 for the Rangers.  I liked to refer to myself as a "Rangers sympathizer" because I rooted for them on behalf of a friend, but didn't want to call myself a Rangers Fan.

Of course my favorite pro team is SC Bern, and my second-favorite pro team, EHC Eisbären Berlin, just won the DEL championship for the second year in a row! ::banana:: http://eisbaeren.de/content/13.php?action=detail&n_id=6278

[David Harding]

I don't really care much, but to the extent that I follow any team it's the Blackhawks, because that's who gets the attention of the local newspapers.  I am impressed with with the turnaround of the organization since the old man died.