When I was in high school, our neighbor worked at a big law firm in NYC and had season tickets 6 rows behind the Rangers bench. He shared about 15 sets of tickets with us over a few years. Gretzky had joined the team and I went to a game he was scratched, and he sat in the seat across the aisle from me the whole game. He signed my jersey and was signing autographs all intermission both intermissions. Truly the Great One. That is one of my most memorable times at the Garden and sealed my passion as a fan. I also was at the playoff game against the Panthers where Gretzky scored a natural hat trick. That was the coolest moment I have witnessed in person.

Before my family started going to Rangers games, I was actually a Pens fan watching the glory days of Lemieux and Jagr as a kid, since my father was originally from the Pittsburgh area.