Lansing Murphy
LM: I always loved the cold. I grew up in the cold. I skied, I ice fished, I snowshoed, I skated on ponds with friends. But hockey is an expensive sport so I never played organized hockey. I didn’t watch the NHL growing up and only really followed a local college hockey team.
I came to Columbus for school and fell in love with the city. I loved the Buckeyes and loved how the city was all in for Ohio State Athletics. I missed the cold though. Columbus has a warm winter from what I was used to so I looked to find some manufactured cold.
I was a college hockey guy so I went to as many games as possible my freshman year at the Schott. The hockey Bucks weren’t great but it reignited my hockey spark. I wanted more. I needed more. So I went to my first CBJ game buying $15 student rush tickets. That was all I needed.
Nationwide Arena is an incredible venue and the speed of the NHL blew me away. I loved everything about it. I was lucky enough to go to a Pittsburgh game with three friends, all from Ohio. They hated Pittsburgh and that made the game I attended fantastic. The raw passion, emotion, speed and skill all mixed together to create an addiction that still afflicts me to this day.
Go Jackets.