Fly A Flag

In preparation for episode 100 of Up The Pucks, I went back and listened to the first episode to see if there was a major difference in the show's quality. I wanted to hear how different it was as compared to what it is almost two years later.

As I listened, I heard myself recounting why this podcast/blog/website came into existance. It all started from an observation I made when I went to shows. While this has lessened somewhat in recent years, it seemed that sports was a topic largely ignored in the punk community, with one notable exception, hockey.

Regardless of what type of show it was, there always seemed to be one person who had either a hockey hat or shirt on. On some occasions, I even saw a few hockey tattoos.

It was this weird exception that, as a lifelong hockey fan, had always piqued my interest.

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