When Geno Auriemma went off to college at West Chester University, some of his hometown friends headed up north to Canada for school. When their first semester finished up and everyone returned to Norristown, Pennsylvania for winter break, some of Auriemma’s friends came back with bizarre sticks and skates.
“We didn’t know what the hell (they were for),” Auriemma said. “We thought we were going someplace to beat people up or something.”
Auriemma hadn’t been introduced to hockey until that point in his life. But after that, he was hooked.
“I fell in love with it.