Every year around the middle of April, millions of NHL hockey fans sit transfixed before the television cheering their favorite teams towards the ultimate goal of every NHL hockey player and fan alike, the Stanley Cup.
For the fan who cheers on a playoff contender, it is often a period of time filled with emotions like joy and sorrow, love and hate, and sometimes just plain old anger.
The fan of non playoff teams however, only experience one emotion, and it's usually not what you might think.
One would think that a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs for example would be full of sorrow and frustration, but that generally isn't the case. No, we're a hearty bunch us Leaf's fans.
We cheer for someone else.
Every year boasts it's share of surprises, there's almost always a Cinderella story, ...
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Article written by Eric Warren
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