Chambers: Let’s play Stanley Cup hockey all summer

Fans welcome the Colorado Avalanche to the ice as they host the Minnesota Wild during game four of the 2008 NHL Western Conference Quarterfinals on April 15, 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Let’s play summer hockey — the best time of year to walk into a refrigerated rink.

I miss covering hockey as well as playing it. The one thing my private drop-in skates have over the NHL is we do it year-round — we get to play the game through the summer when a beer in the parking lot completes what we think is an extraordinary event.

The cornonavirus pandemic has shut down the NHL and my local ice rink in Centennial. When the scare is over and life returns to normal, hockey at its highest level (and…