I watched hockey for the first time during the 1988 Olympics and was fascinated. My parents are both from Michigan and my Dad was a Red Wings fan but never took us to the Forum because of the location. The following summer Gretzky was traded to the Kings that changed. My Dad was extremely excited and bought cable for the first time so we could watch the Kings on Prime Ticket. My first game was Game 2 of the first round against the Oilers. Chris Kontos had a hat trick. Ron Dugay threw me a puck during warmups but I didn't catch it and some old dude grabbed it. I'll never forget that night because hockey became my favorite sport. The next year my Dad bought a quarter season of games. This was such a blessing. He had half season tickets for the Angels for years and I loved baseball then but hockey soon replaced it.
This caught my attention, the Forum....and location.....and 80's....holy shit....yea, I remember going mid 80's as a 9-10-11 year old, growing up in Burbank, riding down the 405, into the inner streets of Inglewood, not ashamed to say, I was a bit nervous lmao, of what, no idea, whatever I saw on TV...etc, I remember one time with my Uncle, end of the game we left, the line to go out would have probably taken an hour, 45 minutes something like that he said f*** it, drove over the foliage whatever the hell they had on, over the sidewalk, into the street, and off we went, I had no idea WTF was going on lol, but yea, that area, to me as a kid, was nerve wracking....
As far as the OP.....probably since 78-79, but don't remember much until mid 80's.....
