Potato Puckheads Steelheads help Idahoans fall for hockey BY MIKE MCKENNA In Idaho, we usually associate ice with fishing, winter roads, and cocktails. But our view of the cold, slick surface has been changing, Idaho is in the midst of a growing love affair with hockey, one that first caused a twinkle in many a spud’s eye over 20 years ago, when professional hockey found its way to Boise and the Idaho Steelheads team was born.
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