Born in Port Chester NY. Moved to the “poor side” of Greenwich CT when I was 8. Growing up 25 minutes from downtown Manhattan in the 60’s and 70’s made me a 4-sport pro fan (Mets, Jets, Nets, Islanders). Emulating Seaver, Namath, Dr. J., and Mike Bossy was pretty awesome. Little did I know back then my last world title would be 1986.
Moved to Hartford CT after graduating college and became a partial-season ticketholder for the Hartford Whalers. When Kyle plays Brass Bonanza, I still get goosebumps (goal song for The Whale). Got married to the daughter of Whaler fans, so she had it in her blood. We moved to Nashville in 1989 and entered sports fan hell. No pro sports and was dumb enough to adopt Vandy as my football / basketball teams. Became Day One STHers for both the Preds and the Titans.
Brought up 3 kids in Brentwood, all huge Pred fans since we brought them to games early and often. My oldest, Ally from Brentwood, led the way as the 13-year old post-game talk show regular on those drives home in the early years. Now have 4 grand-kids, and 7 seats in 318 so most of the family can all go to the games together, which we’ve done for many years.
I post sporadically during the season, mostly grasping for optimistic straws. I read the thread most every day and enjoy everyone, especially Pred303, when he’s into it. My wife and I do at least one, week-long road trip a year. Best ever was the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal trek several years ago right after the Subban trade.
Will go to my grave believing The Cup is a real possibility next year …. Every next year. Have the Night One puck from the first game, the Check Please CD, TooToo whistles, enough fan towels to make an huge blanket, the original large Pred banner from the rafters, and Tomas Vokoun’s Goalie stick. My #1 fan experience in all of sports was participating in the loudest sudden ovation known-to-man when Legwand scored the shortie against the Wings in our first home playoff game in 2004. Coolest impromptu decision was watching Preds win Game 6 against the Ducks in 2016, and that night deciding to go out to Anaheim 2 days later, surprising my wife who was in LA on business, and taking her to the Game 7 win.