Hockey has been shown to help kids develop important leadership and tenacity abilities, as well as many other essentials that go along with the excitement of hitting rubber on the ice with a stick!� There are typically two sorts of players when they make it to the major leagues: those that are very introverted and do not engage with fans very much, and those who make it a point to do so in order to give the fans a nice show.
A show is always a bonus to the real ''show'' the game, and as tickets can get pretty pricy, a player interacting with a fan can make up for it.