Championships around the world are getting underway now making Liam, our resident Brit, even hungrier for the start of what could be another incredible season for the Calgary Flames.
This season has brought a new slant on following that hockey team on the other side of the world.
It always used to be the case that the UK season would come along at the start of September, and after five months of anticipation I'd bury my head into the Elite League, enjoy what this little island gave me, and that would be pretty much it. I'd obviously keep tabs on the Flames, watch the odd game, but I was almost entirely about the Sheffield Steelers.