I can't believe I didn't know this thread existed, so excited to find it. Does make me very nervous to post though since my team (whispers) is playing really good hockey right now...please hockey gods do not punish them for my uttering those words!
One of my brothers took me to my first game when I was 9, the very first season ever for the Washington Capitals. About 2500 "fans" at the old Cap Center in Landover, MD (home of the WORST boards on planet Earth). So I am greatly enjoying the Caps celebrating their 40 year anniversary, I am one of the few that can say I have been on board since the start. Now if only we could actually win the Cup in the next 40 years!!
My son is a huge hockey fan too, I love the mom-son bonding that hockey has brought us :-)
I still cannot get used to the Division/Conference names, I still consider the Caps as part of the Patrick Division...