This is how close our seats were last night (clicky for the larger image):

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 Thanks to that fog yesterday, I ended up having a great night. My friend's boyfriend was stuck out West because his flight was delayed and would not have been able to make the Flyers game. That's how I got offered the ticket. Then my friend told me that if I could get myself to Suburban Station before 6:00 via train, she would drive me home after ( Read more... )

So I was driving home westbound on I-76 last week when I saw a billlboard that said something about Philadelphia being the #1 Hockey Town (as voted by The Sporting News readers or something like that). Then it made me think about how far removed from being a hockey fan I have become these days. I have just been going through the motions and ( Read more... )

The other night I was reading about Rick Tocchet in a book about the Flyers eustella  had given to me for my birthday, wondering what he was up to these days.

Then last night I hear about him in this gambling bust along with Wayne Gretzky's wife.

CRAZY!

So tonight my Dad and I went to Flyers game just like the good old days. It was a lot of fun. My section received those fan favorite, ThunderStix! The Flyers woke up in the second period and some real hockey was played! They beat the Islanders 3-2!

The highlight of the evening was running into legend Bernie Parent out in the concourse before the ( Read more... )

I have lost my motivation today. It doesn't help that I can't see. I just went upstairs and tried to buy candy. I ended up punching in the wrong code. I thought it was an 8, but it turns out it was a 3 ( Read more... )

The Phantoms game was a lot of fun last night. There was no jinxing on my part because they are now the Calder Cup Champions!! It was so great to be in the house during the trophy presentation and watch all the guys take turns skating around with the cup. The funniest part was when the president of the AHL slipped and called them the Flyers during ( Read more... )