from Anthony Paradiso of Double G Sports,

Even though his favorite team has not participated in the playoffs, George Jamgochian, a Communications major at Montclair State University described how his connection to a particular player has maintained his interest.

“It’s been very entertaining to watch, especially when there’s a team [left standing] who hasn’t won anything before. That’s why I enjoyed watching Alex Ovechkin and the Caps win it all in 2018.”

George likes to root for the underdog, which may be one of the reasons why he roots for Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman, Zach Bogosian....

In this 2013 article from the New York Hockey Journal, Bogosian confirmed that his great-grandfather “escaped Armenia in the early 1920s” because of the Armenian Genocide. George told me his grandfather left his country to avoid the Genocide. He added that “every Armenian has a family member who was affected by the Genocide” and encouraged me to tell this part of Armenian history, because it is a “very poignant and important story.”

The hardships that people have suffered because of the pandemic far outweigh the struggles that Zach Bogosian has undergone, but, nonetheless his comeback this year is an inspiring story.

more on Bogosian...

Some of you may know I am half Armenian and my grandmother saw her first husband killed during the genocide.