Grew up in Connecticut and when I was about 6 my dad took me to a Whalers/Flames game (94 season) and I was hooked. I think it was something with the colors that stood out to me, but really not sure. My unofficial claim to fame was that I was the only Flames fan in Connecticut for the entire duration that I lived there. I went to college in Boston, and now live in DC, where I think there might be 5 Flames fans in the area.
Sidenote: I saw the Flames play the Whalers in a 95-96 preseason game and was hanging out by the bench during warm-ups, in my jersey, when Jason Muzzatti threw his stick to me over the glass. 2 days later they traded him to Hartford. I still have the stick hanging at my parents house.
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