It was in a sea of over 19,000 fans draped in black-and-gold sweaters where Hannah Carpenter and her mother, Shannon McCarthy, often felt the closest.
Amid a cacophony of cheers, goal-horn salvos, and the familiar soundtrack of Kernkraft 400, an unbreakable bond was forged — with treks to TD Garden added to the duo’s docket during birthdays, holidays, and after a stellar showing on Carpenter’s report card.
“I fell in love the first moment I stepped into TD Garden,” Carpenter told Boston.com. “It was the most insane thing ever. And after that first game, I was like, ‘This is what we’re going to do together.