I watched a little of the Wings/Ducks series. I used to keep up with the Stars and watch a lot of playoff games, but I haven't really had time to pay much attention to pro sports of any kind lately. Growing up in Texas, where a kid was more likely to hunt mastodon with a pointy stick than ice skate, I'm not sure where I picked up an interest in hockey. I guess it just looked like fun. Some friends and I invented a very similar game that we played a lot before I knew much about hockey, but we played on grass or pavement with bats (scrap lumber) and a tennis ball. We had plenty of bruises, but managed to keep most of our teefs. We actually have youth hockey leagues here now.