I remember when I got my first Wings jersey. I was in the third grade. It was Christmas. My family and I were in Florida. My parents told me Santa wasn’t real. Then they gave me a Chris Osgood jersey. After that, I really didn’t care about Santa.
I remember my first Wings game; they lost to the Calgary Flames. I remember my first parade; Ozzie blew me a kiss and my 9 year old self fell in love instantly. I’m pretty sure I was close to fainting.
To this very day, the Wings are still a huge part of who I am. Not a day goes by where I don’t think about, read about, or talk about the wings. Some call it a crazy obsession, but I just call it a passion.
My all time favorite Wings include, Steve Yzerman , Nick Lidstrom and Chris Osgood. More recently, I have gained a strong liking for Darren Helm, Niklas Kronwall, and of course my FAVORITE FINN, Valterri Filppula.
I dream that one day Tomas Holmstrom will follow me around and narrate my life. I love his accent.I mean have you heard the man speak? IT’S AWESOME. My other dream is to someday play sock toss against Darren Helm. It will happen, someday.
But on a non-hockey note, I am a recent University of Michigan grad, dabbling in some public relations work and some freelance writing.
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