You can forgive the hockey media for being a little tongue-tied. They're used to dealing with players. 19-40 year old men (46 in the case of Chris Chelios) normally dressed in smelly hockey gear who are desperately in need of a shower.

Enter Alyssa Milano, who is just about as far from all of that as a person can be. The actress turned fashion designer recently launched a new clothing line for female hockey fans and is in Atlanta to help promote the line. She was also a co-host for this morning's Rockin' Skate.

As she left the media room's NHL Network stage a small crowd of media approached her, unsure of what to ask her about but sure that she was a nice change of pace from hockey players.

It turns out that Milano is a huge hockey fan. She named Luc Robitaille as her favorite player and boasted that she has one of his rookie jerseys. If you want to do the math, she was about 14 years old when he made his NHL debut for the Kings, but she'd been doing "Who's The Boss" for two years by then. She was also proud to point out that she was a Kings season ticket holder back then- back before Gretzky and before they switched away from the classic gold and purple uniforms.

Milano had great things to say about what she's seen so far of Atlanta's hockey fans. You can check out her thoughts on the All-Star festivities on her NHL Connects blog.

After talking to the media Milano went upstairs to sign autographs at the Team Gear Store where her new NHL apparel line is on sale. She said her intention in designing the clothes was to make something form-fitting that isn't pink.