I’ve spent most of my life living in Texas.
The current outside temperature is 41 degrees Fahrenheit.
It is hard to develop an appreciation for hockey when the number of sustained below freezing days can be counted on the fingers of both hands. I never have (though I did attend a Houston Aeros game once, and it seems to me that I had a good time).
So I’m probably not the best person to comment on this, but I did want to highlight the NYT series on Derek Boogaard, former NHL enforcer. (Part 1. Part 2. Part 3 to come.)
I haven’t had a chance to fully digest this yet, so I really don’t have anything profound to say. But it does look like this is worth reading.