March 2nd. The National Hockey League's first league-wide Hockey Is For Everyone month comes to a close with San Jose's victory over Vancouver. The Pride Tape comes off, the copies of Soul on Ice are packed away, and somewhere, Gary Bettman pats himself on the back for a job well done.
That same night, Josh Ho-Sang makes his NHL debut against the Dallas Stars. Just two days earlier, the twenty-one year old was called up on an emergency basis from the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
The forward had yet to prove himself in the big league, despite the hype surrounding him after being selected 28th overall by the Islanders in the 2014 draft.