Sometime in the fall of 1985, I rode my bike to the card shop across town as an 8 year old. I used to save up my allowance and go there once a month to buy a few packs box of the latest Football, Baseball, even Basketball cards. The older guy behind the counter knew …
Category Archive: Why I love
Why I Love The San Jose Sharks
If anyone has ever questioned why you love your team, you give them reasons for that love. Some are as simple as, ‘I’ve grown up with hockey in my family’ or ‘My family is from the area, so I became a fan’. However, I can not give you those reasons for why I love the …
Why I Love The Columbus Blue Jackets
Continuing with the theme of talking about our favorite teams and how it all started, I have to go back to 1994, The Blue Jackets, weren’t even thought of, heck, I was only 5. Me having never watched hockey before, I saw on TV, this strange creature, he was about 2 times the size of a normal man, …
Why I Love The Penguins
Continuing our introduction with the writers here at Crimespree, I will share why I love the Pittsburgh Penguins. Hockey could be considered to me a never ending Christmas gift as I went to my first game December 27, 1984 at a mere four years old. The Penguins played host to the Hartford Whalers and won …
Why I Love the Kings
This is a series where the Crimespree writers will write why they love their favorite team. Wayne Gretzky. I was only one year old when Gretzky was traded to Los Angeles, but he is easily a player that I can attribute to my love for hockey and the Kings. I can also thank my uncles …