"I'm happy he's getting a chance to experience some more stuff. I know the [team] toured the Hockey Hall of Fame when they were here during the time they skated with us in August. I think just to come here again and see a game live and get closer to it just takes the experience to another level."
Azegere's teammates love the sport too, so much that they vowed to watch the Penguins-Maple Leafs game, which started at 3 a.m. in Kenya.
"All of them couldn't believe I was coming back over here to see a game," Azegere said. '"They were jealous."
They had reason to be. After all, Azegere got to watch the game from a private box. He did interviews with TSN and BBC. Maple Leafs mascot Carlton the Bear gave him a Toronto No. 21 jersey with his name on the back, a moment that was shown on the center-ice scoreboard and cheered by the capacity crowd.
"It is all so overwhelming," he said. "This is my first NHL match, and the players are just so fast."
So how exactly does someone from Kenya become infatuated with hockey?
"I was just going about my business in the house at the time, flipping through channels," Azegere said. "I saw guys playing ice hockey. I really wanted to know how those guys were moving because I saw those guys were moving really fast. It was pretty amazing. I thought one day I would like to try this."