(Editor’s note: This is the second installment of what’s going to be a regular series here at SCH where we’ll reach out to other writers from around the SB Nation family to learn more about other writers’ history with the sport, how the Blackhawks line up with other teams, and some general hockey talk.)
Before we begin, two important things to note: Elaine Shircliff can’t remember a time in her life when hockey — make that sports in general — wasn’t an important, and even a contentious, part of her family’s life. Secondly, she hails from a family that holds long and serious grudges against teams from indiscretions committed long ago (this might be a story kept for another time though).