RI C HARD B OY D 41 ed only a single season. Even during Roanoke's decade-long prohockey drought, amateurs kept the flame burning. Hockey fans can still watch Virginia Tech hockey at the Berglund Center, as well as the annual Guns & Hoses game between police officers and firemen-which at least once devolved into raucous fisticuffs. For a taste of Roanoke's pro hockey past, search YouTube for minor-league journeyman Dave "Moose Morissette," who starred for the Roanoke Express in the '90s-then watch out for that killer right. 13. Carvins Cove is home to 26 | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016 the United States' second-largest municipal park, and it's one that Roanoke is constantly improving, adding new trails to an existing 60mile network and providing boat rentals for visitors to float and fish on the reservoir. 14. Roanoke developers have consistently challenged conventional wisdom. Sometimes they should have listened-we're looking at you, South Peak-but other times their willingness to ignore long-standing stereotypes has paid off, transforming downtown's west end from a sea of vacant warehouses into refurbished apartments THEROANOKER.COMhttp://www.THEROANOKER.COM