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Blackhawks Stanley Cup June 10th, 2010
Growing up in Detroit it’s was unthinkable to not love hockey. Going to Joe Louis Arena and seeing the players skate, the octopus, the nachos. I remember the roar when it was announced on the jumbo tron that we had won the Gulf War. The night Bob Probert returned after serving a prison term for cocaine possession while he tried to cross the Detroit-Windsor border. I’ve seen six Campbell Conference Championships, four resulting in hoisting the Stanley Cup. Yzerman, Klima, Ogrodnick, Oats, Gallant, Kozlov, McCarty, Konstantinov, Fedorov, Coffey, Lidstrom, Vernon, Bowman, Shanahan, Osgood, Hasek, Hull, Datsyuk, Zetterberg. I could go on all day.
I’m very happy Chicago finally has a hockey following. Amazed they were able to go from a lottery pick team drawing an average of 13,000 fans a night to champions selling out a 22,000 plus house every night in three years. I’ll miss being able to go to the United Center and having the stadium half full of Wings’ fans, but I love the sport of hockey more.
It was great to watch people watching game six at Fitzgerald’s. The 16 foot screen cast a beautiful light on the fans as the Flyers fought back and forced overtime. The ups and downs that every hockey fan lives for. I miss playing for the cup, but I love making photos, and some of my good friends now know the joy of being a Stanley Cup Champion. enjoy.
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