ThereB次元官网网址檚 no such thing as a Christmas break for hockey super fan Steven Guinther-Plank.

As usual, the Surrey manB次元官网网址檚 calendar is filled with plans to watch a number of minor games at local arenas, as December comes to a close and a new year begins.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e been invited to two tournaments that weekend (after Christmas) and a showcase, so itB次元官网网址檚 going to be a busy,B次元官网网址� Guinther-Plank explained with a wide smile.

He watches games B次元官网网址渇ive to seven timesB次元官网网址� a week, from peewee to junior league, Kamloops to Gibsons, but B次元官网网址減robably double thatB次元官网网址� during tournaments.

A fixture on the local hockey scene, Guinther-Plank is known for his jet engine-loud voice and sheer enthusiasm for cheering on everyone.

Seriously, ev-er-y-one.

B次元官网网址淕ood job all three officials B次元官网网址� and scorekeeper and DJ, too!B次元官网网址� he yelled Monday night at Sungod Arena during a game between Bantam rep teams from North Delta and Langley visitors.

B次元官网网址淕ood job whoever got that goal!B次元官网网址� he hollered, moments after a reporterB次元官网网址檚 question distracted him from watching the home team score one, in a thrilling 4-3 win settled later, in the dying seconds.

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Guinther-PlankB次元官网网址檚 green Jr. Steelers jersey, with B次元官网网址淏roncos #1 Super FanB次元官网网址� printed on the back, offers a clue about some of his motivation to watch so many hockey games in recent years.

B次元官网网址淚 watched the Beaver Valley Nitehawks (of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League) in my hometown, Fruitvale B次元官网网址� near Trail, up there,B次元官网网址� he explained. B次元官网网址淥ne of the players for that team, he was playing so good that he got called up by the Surrey Eagles, and then he got traded later, to the Humboldt Broncos, and he was one of the 16 (who died in a bus crash last spring).B次元官网网址� Jaxon Joseph, yeah. I got to know him just a little bit, just watching him play, just cheering him on in Beaver Valley. He played so good that he was only there until January (of 2016), when Surrey called him up.

B次元官网网址淭hat helps me motivate everybody out there,B次元官网网址� Guinther-Plank continued, B次元官网网址渂ecause you never know when something like that can happen to anyone, right. And if you donB次元官网网址檛 cheer for that team before that, you kind of feel bad for it, so I just kind of, like, try to motivate everybody on the ice, including the officials.B次元官网网址�

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Guinther-Plank, 28, drives from game to game in his yellow Nissan Frontier, a truck he named B次元官网网址淏umblebee.B次元官网网址�

When not out watching hockey, heB次元官网网址檚 studying to become an appliance repairman.

An impressively loud voice is something else heB次元官网网址檚 worked on.

B次元官网网址淲hen I was younger I went to this native powwow, and they taught me how to tighten up your diaphragm and not yell out of your talking voice. ItB次元官网网址檚 down deeper I guess, so I do that.B次元官网网址�

With hand-written rosters, he keeps track of all the players on the ice, by jersey number.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 just a longtime hockey fan and itB次元官网网址檚 fun seeing how much my yelling actually motivates them,B次元官网网址� Guinther-Plank said. B次元官网网址淚 think it does. You can totally tell, and sometimes it distracts them a bit B次元官网网址� like, they look up here but then they go score a goal after that, right.B次元官网网址�

You heard his voice, now hear his story. Meet the Super Fan.

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Over the years, players and parents have gotten to know Steven, the hockey super fan, and have given him gifts, including that green Jr. Steelers jersey.

B次元官网网址淚 watch rep games but I still cheer on house (teams), too,B次元官网网址� he said, B次元官网网址渂ecause that was the tournament over in Gibsons, a peewee house tournament I saw.B次元官网网址� One of the parents invited me, a kid who used to play on the Jr. Steelers out of Coquitlam, a spring team, and then they knew I was in the area and invited to the games.B次元官网网址�

So, whatB次元官网网址檚 his favourite team?

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檇 say all the younger teams, but the Vancouver Canucks are my favourite NHL team, but I canB次元官网网址檛 choose a younger team because itB次元官网网址檚 too hard to choose, because I just cheer all of them on.B次元官网网址�

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