You guys out in the central/west coast are lucky. I grew up in the Atlantic time zone, which is an hour behind the Eastern time zone. Was pretty brutal growing up.
I've definitely noticed this as someone who has spent time in every Time Zone except the Central. 8 years total in the East (and counting), 20 in the Pacific, and 5 in MNT (Colorado).
The only thing about the Western time zone with hockey, is sometimes the games start so early that you miss a period or two of hockey if you work until 5 or 6PM.
My wife would get frustrated when we lived in Seattle because she often got home at 530, and would miss a ton of the Detroit games.
Alarm clock wakes me up 6:15 AM, game would start at 5:30 AM but I can start watching from the beginning and just skip intermissions & commercial breaks.
Best way to begin sunday morning is to watch Avs lose. I'm a sad little creature.
Haha, damn that's one hell of a way to start a weekend day. I know on the early games it can sometimes put me in a bad mood for that evening.