Minnesota Wild Owner
Tom Jervis
I used to visit the ESPN.com Flyers boards religiously. Seriously, everyday I would get into work, or school, and check it out. I used to have some fun, I remember seeing Ian on there a lot. My name used to be thetom5482, later it was JRB_Rules. Anyway, I saw this post about a new keeper fantasy hockey league. I had never done one but loved the idea of running my own franchise for longer then a year, and actually keeping the players. A league in which there was some thinking and skill involved. So I decided to check it out, and the league was just developing so I easily got a team. That is when I met Mike, who is an awesome guy and also very smart. I give all the credit in the world to him for starting this league, and for not having a mental breakdown in maintaining it. So I wanted the Philadelphia Flyers, naturally, because they were my favorite team. DENIED! Ian already had them, I was dissapointed, but not turned off. It didn't matter, we would be picking our own teams anyway. So I took the Boston Bruins. I live in Rhode Island and the closest teams are the Bruins, Rangers and Islanders. I'll be damned if I'm going to pick a New York team. I began telling people about the league, helping it grow and asked my buddy if he wanted to join. After all, he loved hockey as much as I did, or so I thought. He was a huge Bruins fan, so the logical thing, I thought, was to give him the Bruins. So I did, and I picked the Wild. Why did I pick the Wild? I don't really know, maybe I liked them because they are an underdog team. I really routed for them in the 2002 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and green is also my favorite color, so I thought, why not? I have to admit since taking over this team I have grow a certain likeness to the actual Minnesota Wild, I'd say they are my favorite team from the west. Of course, my heart will always be in Philadelphia, Minnesota comes in a close second.