I grew up with hockey, my brother was on a pretty good traveling kid as a kid so I spent just about every weekend in an ice rink.
After he stopped playing and I wasn't forced to go watch hockey all the time I took a LONG break from the sport. Always liked it more then any other sport with out race cars, but never made the effort to watch.
Ended up watching the Olympic hockey, and have gotten back into pretty good since.
Was REALLY hoping to see the Ducks pull of the long shot and make it in, but oh well... Guess I will have to settle for the Kings. Hell, with a goal tender named Quick, how can you lose?
SUCKS that I have a damn class during their first game on Thursday