HILARY DUFF - DUFF TURNS INTO HOCKEY FAN

DUFF TURNS INTO HOCKEY FAN

Actress/singer HILARY DUFF has turned into an Ice Hockey fanatic since dating NHL star boyfriend MIKE COMRIE.
The Lizzie Maguire star admits she found it difficult to relate to fans of the sport when she first began dating Ottawa Senators idol Comrie in 2007.
But Duff is now hooked on the sport - and insists she is not afraid to stand up for her boyfriend when he comes in for abuse from fans.
She tells Us weekly, "I like to sit in the audience, you know I don't sit up in a box or anything, and people started to know that I'm sitting there, and they'll be like 'Mike sucks!' Or (they) try to rile me up. And I'm like, 'Hey, watch it! I'll come up there, you know.' I try to not be that crazy girlfriend.
"The first couple of games I went to, I'm like, 'These people are nuts,' They are, like, so into it. And then, I got really into it once I started learning about the game."