As part of the Paul Kariya jersey retirement weekend I decided to take a trip down memory lane and dig through all of the needless items I have been carting with me as I move from parents’ house, to flat, to flat, to... flat again, then house, then new house.
You see - as a teenager I was absolutely obsessed with Paul Kariya. He was my introduction to hockey. He was the kind of player I wanted to be like. He was my hero.
I have so many memories of him that I am only just now realising how much of an influence he was on my life.