As for favourite players?  No contest : Mario Lemieux - in my opinion the best player to ever put on skates.  For the Storm, it would have to be Frank Pietrangelo, the man who set off my fascination for the masked men of hockey.

I could write a detailed essay on how I first got into ice hockey and where my passion for the sport in general  comes from but I would guess that most of those types of story run pretty much the same....see first game, hooked ever since!  Am I right?

Okay, so what about the site?  This new look for the 2002/03 season is the fourth incarnation of In The Crease since it first appeared on the web a few years back as part of my Paul’s Domain website.  What was once one of three sites I created and maintained has now become the only one I have time for!

The point of the site is simple - I enjoy creating and maintaining it and that’s pretty much all the reason I need to continue.  However, if, at the same time, I manage to create something that at least a few people out there in cyberspace find interesting, useful or even enjoyable then that is a real bonus.  I’m not after big hits per day stats but I would welcome any feedback you have on any aspect of the site, good or bad!

I have VERY limited knowledge of HTML so use NetObjects Fusion to create the site and Paintshop Pro (v4.15SE) and Satori Photo XL (v2) to create the images for it.

Finally, I would like to thank my wife, Helen, for her understanding and patience during the hours I spend locked away working on the site.  I’m just lucky she shares my passion for the game!

PD - July 2002