I was sixteen when I went to a Dallas Stars game for the first time. I had always liked watching hockey, but it wasn’t until I actually went that I really got into hockey. I’m much more invested in hockey that I am soccer these days. And I watched English Premier League religiously on the weekends. Last year, I didn’t miss a single Stars game. Even when I was doing homework, I had the game up on one of my spare devices. I was lucky to be able to watch the games because I wasn’t actually in the right time zone where I should have been able to. The Fox Sports app on my phone just somehow still thought I was still in Texas (despite being in East Tennessee) and I just went with it and didn’t try to fix it.

The atmosphere at the arena during games is fantastic. Everyone there is into the game and fans just like you. Even though (as you can see in the picture) we sat up in the nose-bleed section, it’s still amazing. You know that everyone else in the arena is just as dedicated and excited as you are. It’s completely different than sitting in your dorm watching it and yelling and probably annoying your neighbors when someone on the other team hooks one of your guys or when you score.