Hopefully this is the sort of story asked for in this thread. My earliest hockey memory is not an NHL story but one about the first hockey games I ever attended. Around 1970 in the small B.C. town I grew up in(Kelowna)they had a BCJHL team by the name of the Buckaroos. Two things I remember were two brothers who played for them(one was named Dale, the other I forget),the Turners. What was interesting was that in these days before visors, both wore thick,black framed glasses(like Al Arbour).They were also black, which was very rare at that time.
My second memory at that time was the arena itself. It held about 1500 people and in those days it did'nt have plexiglass, they used chicken wire! instead. My father always said that I had to be carefull not to put my fingers through the wire so my fingers would'nt get hit. It was the epitome of "hockey barn". I better go before I start to ramble. Those were the days.
