In the town where he matured as an amateur hockey player and met his future wife, Cam Severson hangs out on the fringe of a group of hockey players who are all at least five years his junior. He's present, but his thoughts are elsewhere. As the Spokane Chiefs coaching staff stresses the finer points of major-junior hockey during a recent practice at Eagles Ice-A-Rena, Severson listens with one ear. But he dreams of getting a phone call — the call that says there will be a National Hockey League season.
