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My first and only sports love is ice hockey. I got into it around the age of six and since then have been hooked. I played extensively, watched extensively, and read as much about it as I can.

The reason I got into blogging in the first place was just to have people to talk hockey with. I encourage you to comment on my articles or profile and let me know what you think about whatever. I'm always down for some hockey conversation.

Feel free to drop me an email at franklin.steele.writes@gmail.com.

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And feel free to internet high five me whenever you see me around.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Steve Yzerman, Henrick Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk, Darren Helm, Chris Stewart, Ryan Miller, David Backes, Gabriel Landeskog, Matt Duchene, Cam Fowler, Bobby Ryan, Tyler Seguin, Dougie Hamilton, Milan Lucic, Thomas Vanek, Andrew Ladd, Patrick Kane, Cam Atkinson, Jack Johnson, Nail Yakupov, Sam Gagner, Alex Goligoski, Ed Jovanovski, Brian Campbell, Dustin Brown, Jonathan Quick, Zach Parise, Dany Heatley. Max Pacioretty, P.K. Subban, Alex Galchenyuk, Ryan Ellis, John Tavares, Kyle Okposo, Ryan Strome, Rick Nash, Brandon Dubinsky, Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredson, Jarome Iginla, Sven Baertschi, Ilya Bryzgalov, Sidney Crosby, James Neal, Joe Pavelski, Vladimir Tarasenko, Steven Stamkos, Eric Brewer, Marty St. Louis, Phil Kessel, Alex Ovechkin, etc.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    All hockey teams. My first love is the Detroit Red Wings, but I love a good game more than my squad.

  • Favorite Coaches

    All the brilliant hockey minds behind the scenes of top-end NHL squads.

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    There's one of these moments every single night. A game changing hit. A slick shoot out winner. An OT goal from a 4th line grinder. An incredible 1-on-3 offensive move from a top liner. I could go on. Hockey is every night.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    I've passed on seeing various NHL events just to see my first game at Joe Louis Arena.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Gretzky getting to 50 goals so quickly. Ridiculous.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    This is the wrong question. They were both remarkable players with skill sets that shatter the mind.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Ugh.

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    NHL, AHL, ECHL, QMJHL, OHL, KHL...

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  • Tiffany Brennan posted 1 hour ago

    Tiffany Brennan

    Ha, pesky independent clauses! Sorry again for the wait with that one.

  • Bigg Sexy posted 7 hours ago

    Bigg Sexy

    You're a good guy.

  • Bigg Sexy posted 7 hours ago

    Bigg Sexy

    you look like a pregnant whale

  • Andrew N posted 1 day ago

    Andrew N

    Whoa, computer posted that 3x. God, I hate IE at work...sorry about that, pal! lol

  • Andrew N posted 1 day ago

    Andrew N

    Frank, I thought you'd wanna know that I'm going to the Red Wings @ Hawks game Saturday & will be wearing my Stevie Y jersey. (Last time I went to a game at the UC wearing my Stevie jersey, some Hawks 'fan' asked me "Hey, uh...does Yzerman still play for you guys?" lol) Let's hope the Wings play better than they did yesterday (& that Howard plays like he did). Let's hope for the best, my friend. GO WINGS

  • Andrew N posted 1 day ago

    Andrew N

    Frank, I thought you'd wanna know that I'm going to the Red Wings @ Hawks game Saturday & will be wearing my Stevie Y jersey. (Last time I went to a game at the UC wearing my Stevie jersey, some Hawks 'fan' asked me "Hey, uh...does Yzerman still play for you guys?" lol) Let's hope the Wings play better than they did yesterday (& that Howard plays like he did). Let's hope for the best, my friend. GO WINGS

  • Andrew N posted 1 day ago

    Andrew N

    Frank, I thought you'd wanna know that I'm going to the Red Wings @ Hawks game Saturday & will be wearing my Stevie Y jersey. (Last time I went to a game at the UC wearing my Stevie jersey, some Hawks 'fan' asked me "Hey, uh...does Yzerman still play for you guys?" lol) Let's hope the Wings play better than they did yesterday (& that Howard plays like he did). Let's hope for the best, my friend. GO WINGS!

  • Will Drucker posted 7 days ago

    Will Drucker

    Hey Franklin, not sure how Chara was not in the top 5 playoff defensemen. My feeling is he is the best and far and beyond the likes of Suter, Voynov, definitely Phaneuf, and Subban (in the playoffs). Karlsson on the other hand is incredible but Chara is a certain top two in my book. Just a shout out not to make sure you watch him play because there is a reason Tuukka is so good and its Charas 30 minutes a game.

  • Robert Wood posted 9 days ago

    Robert Wood

    Thanks for the reader praise on today's Ovechkin piece, Franklin. It would be nice for that article to become the first writings of the "Nostradamus of Hockey", hahaha...

  • Isaac Smith posted 24 days ago

    Isaac Smith

    here's hoping my friend. here's hoping...

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