[MattBurger]

I grew up in Wilmington, MA (20 minutes from the Tsongas Arena), then went to college at UMass Lowell, so I went to a TON of Lockmonsters/Devils games back in the day especially during the NHL lockout. They were always a great time, and the vendors at the games weren't afraid to serve us even though we were underage. Man, I miss having an AHL team in Lowell. Saw a lot of tough guys come through there like Eric Cairns, Dean Malkoc, Roger Maxwell, Joe Rullier, Joey Tetarenko, Kip Brennan, Brantt Myhres, Trevor Gillies, Sean Curry, Danny Richmond, Gordie Dwyer, Cody McLeod, David Clarkson, Cam Janssen, PL3, Mark Fraser, JLGP, Brad Mills, Matt Corrente, Myles Stoesz and Louis Robitaille.

Also saw some good players come through Lowell, like Zdeno Chara, Eric Staal, Roberto Luongo, Cam Ward, Andrew Ladd, Eric Brewer, Johnny Boychuk, Andreas Lilja, Mike Commodore, and Chad LaRose.