Most of you know the trials and tribulations of hockey year round. You grew up with it, and probably all have played it.
But growing up in Alabama, my passion as a kid was college football (Roll Tide!). I only started getting into hockey in the late 80s.
I was so excited when the Sharks came into the league in 1991. Mrs. Finest bought me tickets to my first NHL game: Sharks versus Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. An 8-0 shellacking by the Penguins was the result, but it only furthered my taste for hockey.