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At Center Ice: How and Why I Became a Hockey Writer

Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I think of is hockey.

Hockey. Hockey. Hockey.

I’m so fortunate to have ended up where I am. And by a conversation that I had not long ago, I was inspired to reflect: how – and why – did I get here?

And there are a lot of reasons. So I guess I’ll go way back and start from there.

As soon as I learned to write back in kindergarten, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I’d go through countless notebooks and sticky notes, and when I couldn’t find those, I turned to pieces of Scotch tape and stick them around my house.