re: MSB Season Long Hockey Thread

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I prolly shouldn't ask this but are you from MO? How did you come to be a Pitt fan?

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Yes I'm from MO, about 4 hours from STL.

Hockey isn't big here, so when I was about 8 years old or so and started getting into and learning sports, I really liked hockey and there aren't really any Blues fans down here so I was going to pick who I liked. My older brothers favorite team/player was Mario, and as a kid, my favorite animal was a Penguin, used to have a ton of stuffed animal Penguins and what not.

So when I learned hey this Mario guy my brother likes is on a team called the Penguins? Loved them ever since.

My first jersey was a youth road white Martin Straka jersey when I was about 10 years old, I remember leaving baseball practice early during the playoffs and the coach would just look at my and my dad like I was lost liking hockey and leaving baseball to watch it.

I made it to 3 games to this point in my life, all at the Igloo, and 1 game in STL to see the Pens.

Hopefully I can make it to Consol next season but I've got a big move coming up at the end of the year so I doubt I can make it but I'm going to try.

Be awesome if the Blues could make the Finals vs the Pens though, definitely would be at every game.