The Owners' Manual Newsletter | Issue 23 | Winter 2022

Kathy Rodo, Meriden I always wanted to compete in ice hockey and it is my favorite winter Olympic sport to watch. I always wished I had learned how to ice skate better and asked for years for hockey skates, but only ever got women’s figure skates. I was never interested in getting up so early and having to travel so far, so never joined an ice hockey team since we never had anything like that where I grew up. My favorite winter Olympic athlete was Pat LaFontaine who was on the 1984 U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team. I watched all of the hockey games and then watched his games when he played for the New York Islanders, New York Rangers, and Buffalo Sabres. I went to so many of these hockey games while he played and got a real team jersey when he played in Buffalo. I wore this jersey into Boston Garden in a playoff game and was shown on the Buffalo TV Station throughout the entire game. We also went to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada and saw his exhibit there.

Jason Silver, Meriden Hockey. Even though I can’t skate, I am a huge hockey fan so that would definitely be the one I would want to win. The only one that would be possible to win would be curling. Favorite event other than hockey would be the luge and bobsled. I haven’t attended the Olympics but I toured the Montreal Olympic site.