Hockey went on strike a couple of years ago, and no one seemed to mind, except for the younger players hoping to be paid by the sport that they had worked to become part of for their entire lives.

But now two years later, the sport is back. The on ice games played with scoring until the last second, the many teams whose playoff hopes were still alive on the last day of the season. The playoffs that have now started, with events and stories in each series, no less each game. Congratulations on the league and its players for making hockey the sport it once was. As long as it stays exciting the fans will not only come back, but will grow.