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Growing up in DFW during the 90s was a perfect time to get hooked on hockey. The Stars moved to town before I was old enough to remember anything. Stars fans in my age range might feel like they grew up with the Stars...
Growing up in DFW during the 90s was a perfect time to get hooked on hockey. The Stars moved to town before I was old enough to remember anything. Stars fans in my age range might feel like they grew up with the Stars...
...The 90s Western Conference rivalries were unbelievable. Go back and look how loaded the Avs were or the Wings. Even the Blues, who couldn’t get over the jump until last year. And the Stars were right there in that mix. It was so much fun to be a part of the class of the NHL...
...My dad would take me to games in the upper deck and the dangerously loud Reunion. I was hooked on the tension and anticipation of Sergei Zubov winding up from just inside the blue line on the PP as the puck flew towards the net...
...Chanting “Eh-dee” or screaming “The Eagle” with Bill Ollerman during the starting lineups. Taunting Salo, Roy, Osgood, or whomever was between the pipes. Watching Mo’s hair flow in the wind during warmups or Mike Keane flipping his fun into the stands...
...When I think back to my childhood as a sports fan, the Stars were such a big part of it. The last 20 years have been mostly dry with some teasers here or there. Tbh, I thought last year was their best shot with this group—after all, they took the eventual champs to OT in G7...
...yet, here we are. Stanley Cup Final for the first time since Jason Arnott broke our hearts in our barn. DFW hasn’t had the same sports fortune as other markets. Imagine being a Boston sports fan and 18 years old...They can check off all 4 boxes...Not us in DFW...
