“We wouldn’t leave the house without bringing brooms and shovels with our skates to get the ice ready. Boy, I am telling you, what we went through to play. I think we deserved a medal of honor. But you know, it was worth it. It was outside. It’s all we knew. And we surely loved it.’’

-Hockey Hall of Fame member Milt Schmidt. I suggest you read the rest of the story from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe.