Andy Cross / The Denver Post)
DENVER — Hockey was like a buried treasure for the Compher family of Northbrook, Ill.
If Bob Compher, wife Valerie, young son J.T. and daughters Morgan and Jesse hadn't moved from one Chicago suburb to another in 2000, hockey wouldn't have been so hip.
J.T., 23, probably wouldn't be playing for the Avalanche and Team USA. And Jesse, 19, wouldn't be tearing up the NCAA at Boston University; nor would she have been named to the U.S. Women's National Team for next month's World Championship in Finland.
If the Comphers didn't make that 4-mile move, Valerie probably wouldn't have the Twitter handle @hkymom7 (J.