Me and The Flames: Growing Up in Calgary

Born and raised in Calgary, and this is my story!My passion for the Flames started during the 2004 Stanley Cup Final run. At the time, I had just completed by first minor hockey season in tyke (Age 5-6) and had just begun to learn how great hockey really was. Early on in the run, I remember my parents began to let me stay up to watch parts of the games before they got too late and then every morning would save the sports section for me to look at. To this day, I still read the sports section of the newspaper every morning looking for Flames news.

I still remember as that run continued, falling in love with those Flames and following the scores and series as much as I could. Of course, my…