It's been some time since our last post but we're back writing. I think we needed some time given the stress of the daily news cycle. Given some of the challenges we're seeing in other sports and parts of society, I think the NHL deserves a tremendous amount of credit for the way they ran …
Joe Louis Arena in Detroit was one of fabled arenas in hockey when I was a kid. So many great Red Wings players played here and, painfully for Flyers fans, multiple Stanley Cup wins. With The Joe shutting down at the end of the 2016-17 season, it was a priority for us to get there. …
This trip was, in a word, AMAZING. We've wanted to see the Blackhawks for years, partly because of Jonathan Towes and Patrick Kane (who I'm still upset about the Flyers missing out on in the draft) but more so because of the man who sings the national anthem, Jim Cornelison. Jim is an opera singer …
After flying home on Sunday morning from seeing the Sabres in Buffalo, we got right into our car and drove north again to see the Islanders play the Vancouver Canucks at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. This was the Islanders inaugural season in Brooklyn for, what turned out to be a very short stay before …
This trip was special for so many reasons. Our first real trip outside of the US, Colin's first time leaving the US and a really ambitious calendar - 3 games, across 3 leagues, in 3 days. We flew into Ottawa on Friday morning and were greeted by a family friend who happened to a former …
Tom's Review We continued our January adventures to colder climates by heading north to Buffalo to see the Sabres for the first of two stops on the trip. Our plan was to fly to Buffalo on Friday morning, fly back Sunday morning and then drive directly to Brooklyn from the airport to see the Islanders …
NHL Dream Tour 