BOSTON -- Long before each newly inducted member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame became an important part of American hockey history, there was a moment when they each fell in love with the game.
That was certainly the case with Angela Ruggiero, Chris Drury and Ron DeGregorio. Mathieu Schneider (New York, N.Y.), had a different outlook when asked for his first connection with the game.
"It's strange because I don't know that I ever felt comfortable in my career," Schneider said. "You're always trying to survive, always trying to play another year, and you're trying to hang on.