When I was young enough, I used to love playing hockey, ice, roller, street, heck whenever a certain sinkhole we called a lake would freeze over we'd play there all day, but what money I could scrounge went to skates, stick, pads, very rarely tickets, although I do fondly remember getting drunk at whomever's house in Dog Town, and then walking over to the checker dome for select events where opposing fans would be in equal or higher numbers for what was sure to be a fun time for a bunch of south side hoosiers.
Growing up I played every position, finally stopped after a combination of hurting my back playing goalie and I couldn't really skate anymore after messing up my knees with Kung Fu, so I kind of dropped the sport that I enjoyed playing but couldn't really enjoy watching.
That said, after 52 years the Blues really struggled with solvency and were a perpetual risk to leave the city, it's so great to see them bring the Stanley Cup to St. Louis.
