Hockey Road Trip, Fall 2004

Week One - Southwest - Sat, 10/16 - Fri, 10/22
Week Two - Texas - Sat.,10/23 - Fri, 10/29
Week Three - Southeast - Sat, 10/30 - Fri, 11/5
Week Four - Southeast - Sat, 11/6 - Fri, 11/12
Week Five - Mid Atlantic - Sat, 11/13 - Fri, 11/19
Week Six - Long Island - Sat, 11/20 - Fri, 11/26
Week Seven - Midwest - Sat, 11/27 - Fri, 12/3
Week Eight - Midwest - Sat, 12/4 - Fri, 12/10
Week Nine - Las Vegas - Sat, 12/11 - Fri, 12/17
Week Ten - California - Sat, 12/18 - Fri, 12/24
About Me

Thursday, 11/25

We spent Thanksgiving Day at my brother and sister-in-law's. Barbara, as expected, made a wonderful feast for us all. Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, yams with marshmallows, yams without marshmallows, stringbean cassarole, cranberries, vegetables, corn, you name it! Thank you, Barbara, for having us all.

Here's my brother, Billy, carefully slicing the homemade pumpkin pie. As you can see, there was quite a selection of pies for dessert.




Here's me and two of my brothers. Jimmy on the left, Billy in the middle. Johnny was in Illinois having Thanksgiving with his 'outlaws' (as he calls them).

The rest of the family photos taken this day didn't come out so well. (I'll send the one of Maria to you, Jimmy.)




Here's a nice one of John and me.

I was sporting my Grrrowl hockey shirt.


Friday, 11/26

Time spent with family is never enough. Though, I was glad to get off Long Island. It's just too congested and busy for my liking. This was my first Thanksgiving home since I moved off the island in 1995.

We visited Aunt Jeanie before heading to Philadelphia. Went to see a Phantoms game at the Wachovia Center this evening. Visited with John's family.

I do believe we actually saw some blue sky as we travelled south to Philadelphia. We went via the BQE. I snapped some NYC skyline shots for John as he drove.

Phantom Notes:

• The Phantoms have one of the greatest logos in hockey.
• They played at the Wachovia Center this game instead of the Spectrum. The Wachovia Center is where the Flyers play (during non lock out years).
• The Phantoms matched an AHL record with their 16th consecutive victory this evening. They proceeded to establish an AHL record the following night in Hershey with 17 consecutive victories.
• Attendance was 11,064. Amazing.
• 'Get the puck', 'Get the puck', 'Get the puck' (you had to be there).

You can tell attendance was high from this photo.




Look at all those banners.

Phantoms won this game against the Hershey Bears.

Ben Stafford was the man this game with two goals and two assists.


Game Twenty Three - Wachovia Center
Phantoms vs. Bears
Score: Phantoms 4 - Bears 2

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