Among the major professional sports, the NHL is perceived as having the tightest-knit of communities. Teammates in San Jose may have been opponents in, oh, Saskatchewan during their adolescent beginnings in junior hockey. There’s a culture of camaraderie throughout hockey that is thicker even than ice.
Connections seem to survive the passing of time and the changing of addresses, and that applies to those who make their living in the game off the ice.
Consider Judd Sirott, the new play-by-play voice for the Bruins on flagship station 98.5 The Sports Hub. At first glance, it would seem his connections to Boston — and the Bruins — are few.