Hey, I'm new to the group, but here's my story.
Saw my fist game on TV back when I was 8 or so, new year's eve. Whalers vs
Maple leafs. Mike Liut got the shutout and I must have had a thing for
green, since then been a whalers/Carolina fan. I live about an hour outside
Toronto, so support from fellow fans is rare around here.
It was more sympathy this year.

Matt Pavone



> From: Allison Talton <allison.talton@...>
> Organization: N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services
> Reply-To: carolinahurricaneclub@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:35:24 -0400
> To: carolinahurricaneclub@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Carolina Hurricane Club] Digest Number 245
>
> I first came to love hockey when I lived in Florence, SC grew up there. We had
> ECHL team come there in the mid to end 90's called PeeDee Pride, and when I
> went to my first hockey game, I was hooked. I have
> always loved sports, and hockey is such an exciting sport. I met my hubby and
> moved here and came to know the Canes, and have been majorly hooked since. (so
> much that calling them school girls and a breeze hurt
> my feeling ;o) ), but all opinions are open here...Have a good one guys!!!
>
> carolinahurricaneclub@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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>> There are 4 messages in this issue.
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>> Topics in this digest:
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>> 1. Just a thought
>> From: "Arthur" <the_sundance_kid_59@...>
>> 2. Re: Just a thought
>> From: "Hans Carlsson" <mithril@...>
>> 3. Re: Just a thought
>> From: Iluvdtanabe45@...
>> 4. Re: Just a thought
>> From: KatK <katk23@...>
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:49:18 -0000
>> From: "Arthur" <the_sundance_kid_59@...>
>> Subject: Just a thought
>>
>> I was going over the membership today and got to woundering...
>> How many of our members were hockey fans before the Canes came to
>> town and who became hockey fans cause of the Hurricane's being in
>> North Carolina.
>> I'd like to know...
>>
>> Only fair to be the first; I've been a hockey fan for as long as I've
>> been a hockey player... since I was in my early teens.
>> As soon as I went to my first hockey game ( RPI in Troy NY, go
>> engineer's ! ) I knew that I wanted to play someday.
>> My team back then... The New York Rangers
>>
>> But now I'm in North Carolina I surport the home team... even if they
>> do play worest than a bunch of school girls.
>>
>> I waited 20 something years for the Rangers to win the cup... I just
>> hope it don't take that long for the Hurricane's aka the little
>> breeze.
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:24:35 +0200
>> From: "Hans Carlsson" <mithril@...>
>> Subject: Re: Just a thought
>>
>> I have been a lurker on this list for a while.
>>
>> Any way, I have been a hockey fan all my life. I became a Canes fan when I
>> moved from Sweden and lived in Nort Carolina for a few years. Now I am back
>> home, but there is still only one NHL team that counts!
>>
>> Regards, Hans
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Arthur
>> To: carolinahurricaneclub@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 4:49 PM
>> Subject: [Carolina Hurricane Club] Just a thought
>>
>> I was going over the membership today and got to woundering...
>> How many of our members were hockey fans before the Canes came to
>> town and who became hockey fans cause of the Hurricane's being in
>> North Carolina.
>> I'd like to know...
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:26:24 EDT
>> From: Iluvdtanabe45@...
>> Subject: Re: Just a thought
>>
>> I became a hockey fan when i was introduced to it, when the Ice Caps started
>> playing at the IcePlex and that's all i knew of hockey. Well of course i
>> wasn't too old, i was fairly young, didn't know there was such a thing as the
>> NHL
>> or anything lol and then My freshman year of high school (to put it in
>> perspective i'm a senior now of HS) a friend of mine told me there was a NHL
>> and a pro
>> team was in NC the Carolina Hurricanes, and she took me to the home opener
>> and boom went from Ice Caps to Hurricanes
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
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>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:05:24 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: KatK <katk23@...>
>> Subject: Re: Just a thought
>>
>> I have been a hockey fan since I was 12 or 13 (I am 27
>> now), growing up in Pennsylvania, and started out as
>> Pittsburgh Penguins fan. I converted over to the
>> Canes a few years back when I moved down here. And
>> this year I was converted from being just a fan to
>> also playing...
>>
>> -Kat
>>
>> --- Arthur <the_sundance_kid_59@...> wrote:
>>> I was going over the membership today and got to
>>> woundering...
>>> How many of our members were hockey fans before the
>>> Canes came to
>>> town and who became hockey fans cause of the
>>> Hurricane's being in
>>> North Carolina.
>>> I'd like to know...
>>>
>>> Only fair to be the first; I've been a hockey fan
>>> for as long as I've
>>> been a hockey player... since I was in my early
>>> teens.
>>> As soon as I went to my first hockey game ( RPI in
>>> Troy NY, go
>>> engineer's ! ) I knew that I wanted to play someday.
>>> My team back then... The New York Rangers
>>>
>>> But now I'm in North Carolina I surport the home
>>> team... even if they
>>> do play worest than a bunch of school girls.
>>>
>>> I waited 20 something years for the Rangers to win
>>> the cup... I just
>>> hope it don't take that long for the Hurricane's aka
>>> the little
>>> breeze.
>>>
>>>
>>
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