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Mike Ashmore's Great American Sports Tour | ||||||
Tour Log | ||||||
Tour Stop #1 - December 4, 2004 - MCI Center - Washington, DC Ticket: $10 Program: $5 Food (2 days): $30 Travel: $0 Game: Chicago Bulls 88 @ Washington Wizards 95 High Scorers: Andres Nocioni (CHI) 16, Gilbert Arenas (WAS) 34 Tour Stop #2 - December 22, 2004 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: $15 Program: Free Food: $5 Travel: $0 Game: Cleveland Cavaliers 90 @ New Jersey Nets 92 High Scorers: LeBron James (CLE) 23, Richard Jefferson (NJ) 42 (Career High) Tour Stop #3 - January 28, 2005 - Wachovia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA Ticket: $33 Program: $5 Food: $6 Game: Hartford Wolfpack 1 (Hamilton) @ Philadelphia Phantoms 5 (Stafford, Jones, Abel, Stafford, Ready) Tour Stop #4 - February 5, 2005 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: $15 Food: $8.25 Game: Detroit Pistons 85 at New Jersey Nets 107 High Scorers: Tayshaun Prince (DET) 17, Vince Carter (NJ) 41 Tour Stop #5 - February 9, 2005 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: $15 Parking: $5 (out of $10) Game: Los Angeles Lakers 104 @ New Jersey Nets 103 (OT) High Scorers: Jumaine Jones (LAL) 20, Jason Kidd (NJ) 28 (63rd career triple-double) Tour Stop #X - February 11, 2005 - Wachovia Arena - Wilkes-Barre, PA Press Pass Program: $1 Yearbook: $10 Game: Hershey Bears 2 (Hlinka, Svatos) @ Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins 0 Tour Stop #6 - February 13, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $34.50 Travel: $13.75 Yearbook: $10 Program: $6 Game: Charlotte Bobcats 99 @ New York Knicks 102 High Scorers: Bernard Robinson (CHA) 18, Jamal Crawford (NY) 23 Tour Stop #X - February 23, 2005 - Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, CT Press Pass Travel: $59.75 Program: $1 Food: $5.50 Game: San Antonio Rampage 1 (Kwiatkowski) @ Hartford Wolfpack 3 (Lundmark, Hamilton, Lundmark) Tour Stop #X - February 27, 2005 - Wachovia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA Press Pass Program: $5 Game: Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins 3 (Hussey, Murley, Endicott) @ Philadelphia Phantoms 2 (Meyer, Stafford) Tour Stop #7 - March 2, 2005 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA Ticket: $15 Parking: $6 (out of $12) Program: $5 Food: $10.50 Game: New Jersey Nets 99 @ Philadelphia 76ers 93 High Scorers: Vince Carter (NJ) 32, Allen Iverson (PHI) 37 Tour Stop #8 - March 3, 2005 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: $15 Food: $9.50 Parking: $5 (out of $10) Game: Miami Heat 106 @ New Jersey Nets 90 High Scorers: Dwyane Wade (MIA) 27, Vince Carter (NJ) 27 Tour Stop #9 - March 9, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Tickets: $20 Travel: $12.50 Program: $5 Food: $6 Game(s): Three Opening Round Games of the 2005 Big East Tournament West Virginia 82 vs. Providence 59 Georgetown 56 vs. Seton Hall 51 Rutgers 72 vs. Notre Dame 65 Tour Stop #X - March 11, 2005 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA Press Pass Food: $3.75 Game: Charlotte Bobcats 80 @ Philadelphia 76ers 112 High Scorers: Emeka Okafor (CHA) 17, Allen Iverson (PHI) 25 Tour Stop #10 - March 15, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $44.50 Travel: $13.75 Program: $6 Game: Miami Heat 98 @ New York Knicks 96 High Scorers: Dwyane Wade (MIA) 24, Stephon Marbury (NYK) 24 Tour Stop #X - March 20, 2005 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA Press Pass Game: Tampa Bay Storm 63 @ Philadelphia Soul 69 (Graziani: 8 TD's) Tour Stop #X - March 20, 2005 - Wachovia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA Press Pass Game: Portland Pirates 0 @ Philadelphia Phantoms 5 (Sim, Sim, Umberger, Cote, Stafford) Tour Stop #11 - March 24, 2005 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Food: $4.50 Game: Memphis Grizzlies @ New Jersey Nets High Scorers: Jason Williams/Lorenzen Wright (MEM) 20, Vince Carter (NJ) 22 Tour Stop #X - March 26, 2005 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA Press Pass Game: Grand Rapids Rampage 41 @ Philadelphia Soul 64 (Graziani: 8 TD's) Tour Stop #12 - April 4, 2005 - Citizens Bank Ballpark - Philadelphia, PA Ticket: $30 Food: $10.75 Parking: $5 (out of $10) Game: Washington Nationals 4 @ Philadelphia Phillies 8 (Washington Nationals inaugural game) Win: Jon Leiber (1-0) Loss: Livan Hernandez (0-1) HR: Terrmel Sledge (1), Kenny Lofton (1) Tour Stop #13 - April 5, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $50 Food: $9 Program: $6 Game: Indiana Pacers 97 @ New York Knicks 79 (Reggie Miller's last game in NYC) High Scorers: Stephen Jackson (IND) 33, Stephon Marbury (NYK) 19 Tour Stop #14 - April 9, 2005 - Dolphins Stadium - Miami, FL Ticket: Free Food: $10.75 Program: $5 Game: Washington Nationals 3 @ Florida Marlins 2 (10 innings) Win: Chad Cordero (2-0) Loss: Antonio Alfonseca (0-1) HR: Ryan Church (1), Vinny Castilla (1), Jose Guillen (2), Carlos Delgado (1) Tour Stop #15 - April 10, 2005 - American Airlines Arena - Miami, FL Ticket: $25 Travel: $151.75 Program: Free Food: $17.00 Game: Detroit Pistons 80 @ Miami Heat 72 High Scorers: Richard Hamilton (DET) 17, Eddie Jones (MIA) 19 Tour Stop #16 - April 14, 2005 - RFK Stadium - Washington, DC Ticket: $22 Travel: $13.40 (Tolls on the way back and my Metro Farecard) Food: $3.75 Program(s): $20 Shirts and Pennants: $47 Game: Arizona Diamondbacks 3 @ Washington Nationals 5 (Inaugural Nationals home game) Win: Livan Hernandez (1-1) Loss: Javier Vazquez (0-2) Save: Chad Cordero (2) HR: Vinny Castilla (2), Chad Tracy (2) Tour Stop #X - April 17, 2005 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA Press Pass Game: Las Vegas Gladiators 56 @ Philadelphia Soul 49 Tour Stop #X - April 17, 2005 - Wachovia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA Press Pass Food: $2.75 Game: Norfolk Admirals 4 (Keith, Vorobiev, Babchuk, Babchuk) @ Philadelphia Phantoms 2 (Umberger, Gratton) Tour Stop #17 - April 17, 2005 - Citizens Bank Ballpark - Philadelphia, PA Ticket: $26 Program: $5 Game: Atlanta Braves 1 @ Philadelphia Phillies 2 (F/10 Innings) Win: Ryan Madson (1-1) Loss: Dan Kolb (0-2) Tour Stop #X - April 18, 2005 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA Press Pass Game: Milwaukee Bucks 106 @ Philadelphia 76ers 122 High Scorers: Desmond Mason (MIL) 22, Allen Iverson (PHI) 39 Tour Stop #18 - April 19, 2005 - Citizens Bank Ballpark - Philadelphia, PA Ticket: $36 Game: New York Mets 16 @ Philadelphia Phillies 4 Win: Victor Zambrano (1-1) Loss: VIncente Padilla (0-1) HR: Jose Reyes (2,3), Victor Diaz (2,3), Mike Piazza (2), Doug Mientkiewicz (2), David Wright (3), Chase Utley (2), David Bell (1) Tour Stop #19 - May 9, 2005 - Fenway Park - Boston, MA Ticket: $35 Travel: $92.20 Food: $25.50 Publications: $14.00 Tour: $12 Game: Oakland Athletics 5 @ Boston Red Sox 13 Win: Tim Wakefield (4-1) Loss: Danny Haren (1-5) HR: Kevin Millar (1), Trot Nixon (4) Tour Stop #20 - May 10, 2005 - Yankee Stadium - New York, NY Ticket: $15 Travel: $17.75 Food: $4.75 Game: Seattle Mariners 4 @ New York Yankees 7 Win: Chien-Ming Wang (1-1) (Career Win #1) Loss: Aaron Sele (2-4) Save: Mariano Rivera (5) (Career Save #341) HR: Tino Martinez (4) (Career HR #330) Tour Stop #21 - May 26, 2005 - Commerce Bank Ballpark - Bridgewater, NJ Ticket: Free Program: $4 Food: $5.50 Game(s): Two Opening Round games of the Big East Tournament Pittsburgh 4 vs. St. John's 1 Notre Dame 6 vs. Boston College 5 Tour Stop #X - June 8, 2005 - Citizens Bank Ballpark - Philadelphia, PA Press Pass Food: $2.00 Game: Texas Rangers 5 @ Philadelphia Phillies 8 Win: Jon Lieber (8-4) Loss: Ryan Drese (4-6) Save: Billy Wagner (15) (Career Save #261) HR: Hank Blalock (10), Rod Barajas (5), Michael Young (8), Bobby Abreu (15) Tour Stop #22 - June 23, 2005 - Citizens Bank Ballpark - Philadelphia, PA Ticket: $10 Food: $20 Parking: $10 Game: New York Mets 4 @ Philadelphia Phillies 3 Win: Kaz Ishii (2-6) Loss: Cory Lidle (6-6) Save: Braden Looper (15) HR: Doug Mientkiewicz (9), Todd Pratt (4), Jim Thome (7) (Career HR #430) Tour Stop #23 - July 9, 2005 - Citizens Bank Ballpark - Philadelphia, PA Ticket: Free Food: $11.25 Parking: Free Game: Washington Nationals 0 @ Philadelphia Phillies 1 Win: Billy Wagner (2-1) Loss: Hector Carrasco (3-2) Tour Stop #X - July 30, 2005 - Lackawanna County Stadium - Moosic, PA Press Pass Shirt: $12 Yearbook: $5 Card Set: $5 Game: Rochester Red Wings 11 @ Scranton Wilkes-Barre Red Barons 8 Win: Willie Eyre (9-2) Loss: Kevin Hodge (2-1) HR: Brent Abernathy (6), Corky Miller (7), Josh Rabe (6), Rob Bowen (6) Tour Stop #X - August 6, 2005 - Citizens Bank Ballpark - Philadelphia, PA Press Pass Game: Milwaukee Brewers 2 @ Philadelphia Phillies 8 Win: Jon Leiber (10-10) Loss: Chris Capuano (12-7) HR: Todd Pratt (7) , Jimmy Rollins (9) , Russell Branyan (11) Tour Stop #24 - September 7, 2005 - RFK Stadium - Washington, DC Ticket: $7 Travel: $51 (Bus, Train home, Taxi back from game) Food: $4 Game: Florida Marlins 12 @ Washington Nationals 1 Win: Dontrelle Willis (20-8) Loss: John Halama (0-3) HR: Carlos Delgado (28), Rick Short (1, 1st Career) Tour Stop #25 - September 8, 2005 - RFK Stadium - Washington, DC Ticket: $10 Travel: $4 (Metro Card) Game: Florida Marlins 8 @ Washington Nationals 4 Win: Josh Beckett (13-8) Loss: John Patterson (8-5) HR: Miguel Cabrera (30), Josh Beckett (1, 1st Career) Tour Stop #X - September 16, 2005 - Camden Yards - Baltimore, MD Press Pass Program: $5 Yearbook: $10 Travel: $27 (Half of tolls and gas) Game: Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6 @ Baltimore Orioles 1 Win: Scott Kazmir (9-9) Loss: Rodrigo Lopez (14-10) Save: Danys Baez (36) HR: Jorge Cantu 2 (24, 25), Carl Crawford (14) Tour Stop #26 - October 6, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $50 Program: $6 Travel: $15.50 Food: $10 Game: Montreal Canadiens 4 (Ryder, Higgins, Perezhogin, Ryder) @ New York Rangers 3 (Hossa, Rucinsky, Moore) (OT) Notes: 1st Career Goals for Higgins, Perezhogin and Moore) Tour Stop #27 - October 8, 2005 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Program: $5 Parking: $10 Food: $4 Game: New York Rangers 2 (Ward, Rucinsky) at New Jersey Devils 3 (Kozlov, Mogilny, Rafalski) (OT) Notes: Mogilny career goal #463, Brodeur career win #405, NHL Debuts for H. Lundqvist, P. Prucha Tour Stop #28 - October 17, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $15 Travel: $15.50 Food: $5.50 Program: $6 Game: Florida Panthers 0 at New York Rangers 4 (Tyutin, Jagr, Jagr, Prucha) Notes: Jaromir Jagr Career Goals #542, 543. Petr Prucha Career Goal #1. Henrik Lundqvist 1st Career Shutout Tour Stop #29 - October 19, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $40.50 Travel: $17 Food: $5 Game: New York Islanders 3 (Yashin, Satan) at New York Rangers 2 (Jagr, Prucha) (OT/SO) Notes: 10th shootout in NHL History, 1st shootout in Rangers and Islanders history. Jaromir Jagr Career Goal #544 (Tied with Maurice Richard for 22nd all-time), Petr Prucha Career Goal #2 Tour Stop #30 - October 28, 2005 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Program: $5 Game: Buffalo Sabres 2 (Drury, Briere) at New Jersey Devils 3 (Rasmussen, Gomez, Brylin) Notes: Scott Clemmensen NHL Win #4, NHL Start #5, NHL Game #9 Tour Stop #31 - November 3, 2005 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Program: $5 Game: New York Rangers 4 (Nylander, Jagr, Nylander, Jagr) at New Jersey Devils 2 (Langenrunner, Gionta) Notes: Jagr career goals #550, 551 Tour Stop #32 - November 5, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: Free Food: $8.50 Train: $15.50 Game: New Jersey Devils 2 (Gionta, Gionta) at New York Rangers 3 (Prucha, Betts) (OT/SO) Notes: First shootout win in Rangers history. Petr Prucha Career Goal #3 Tour Stop #33 - November 7, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $22.50 Food: $11 Train: $17 Game: Pittsburgh Penguins 3 (Lemieux, Crosby, Palffy) at New York Rangers 2 (Hollweg, Hossa) Notes: Mario Lemieux career goal #689 (next to last NHL goal), Sidney Crosby career goal #5, Ryan Hollweg career goal #1 Tour Stop #34 - December 7, 2005 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Game: Calgary Flames 4 (Iginla, Phaneuf, Langkow, Iginla) at New Jersey Devils 1 (Mogilny) Notes: Mogilny career goal #471, Iginla career goals #262, 263 Tour Stop #35 - December 11, 2005 - TD Banknorth Garden - Boston, MA Ticket: $35 (With Ticketmaster Fees...Uggh) Train: $17 Taxi: $20 Food: $7 Game: Phoenix Coyotes 2 (Johnson, Nagy) at Boston Bruins 1 (Leetch) (OT) Notes: Wayne Gretzky's 16th NHL win as coach, Curtis Joseph career win #410 Tour Stop #36 - December 13, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: Birthday Present Game: Vancouver Canucks 3 (Bertuzzi, D. Sedin, Cooke) at New York Rangers 2 (Prucha, Prucha) Tour Stop #37 - December 18, 2005 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $20 (Dad paid half) Train: $17 Game: Colorado Avalanche 2 (Sakic, Sakic) at New York Rangers 1 (Hollweg) Notes: Joe Sakic ties Johnny Bucyk for 19th on NHL All-Time Scoring List (556), Joe Sakic improves to 5 for 5 in penalty shots, Jaromir Jagr becomes 25th player with 800 assists Tour Stop #38 - December 28, 2005 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Food: $4 Game: Washington Capitals 2 (Ovechkin, Sutherby) at New Jersey Devils 7 (Brylin, Rafalski, Gionta, Pandolfo, Gionta, Madden, Rafalski) Notes: Martin Brodeur's 417th career win Tour Stop #39 - December 31, 2005 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: $35 Food: $8 Game: Toronto Maple Leafs 6 (Sundin, Czerkawski, Tucker, O'Neill, Kaberle, Pohl) at New Jersey Devils 3 (Gomez, Gomez, Gomez) Notes: Ed Belfour's 452nd career win. Mats Sundin's 474th career goal; passed Denis Savard to claim 43rd all-time in NHL goal socring Tour Stop #40 - January 5, 2006 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $27 Train: $15.50 Food: $10 Game: Philadelphia Flyers 4 (Meyer, Johnsson, Savage, Gagne) at New York Rangers 3 (OT) (Straka, Prucha, Straka) Notes: Gagne's OT Goal fastest in NHL 4-on-4 OT history, 2nd fastest in NHL OT history. Tour Stop #41 - January 10, 2006 - MCI Center - Washington, DC Ticket: $10 Travel: $10 Program: $5 Game: Chicago Blackhawks 4 (Barnaby, Vrbata, Spacek, Calder) at Washington Capitals 3 (OT) (Witt, Ovechkin, Sutherby) Notes: Alexander Ovechkin's 26th career goal Tour Stop #42 - January 11, 2006 - MCI Center - Washington, DC Ticket: $10 Travel: $61 (Includes taxi rides and bus ride back) Food: $20 (2 days) Program: $5 Game: Atlanta Hawks 72 at Washington Wizards 103 High Scorers: Royal Ivey (ATL) 11, Jared Jeffries and Donell Taylor (WAS) 15 Tour Stop #43- January 21, 2006 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Game: New York Islanders 2 (Satan, Parrish) at New Jersey Devils 3 (Brylin, Elias) (OT/SO) Notes: Martin Brodeur's 426th career win Tour Stop #44- January 22, 2006 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $22.50 Travel: $19 Food: $5 Game: New Jersey Devils 1 (Gomez) at New York Rangers 3 (Prucha, Nylander, Moore) Tour Stop #45- January 30, 2006 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $20 Travel: $17 Game: Philadelphia Flyers 3 (Pitkanen, Richards, Pitkanen) at New York Rangers 2 (Jagr, Rucinsky) (OT) Notes: Jaromir Jagr's 570th career goal Tour Stop #46- February 1, 2006 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: Free Game: Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (Recchi) at New York Rangers 3 (Rucchin, Rozsival, Sykora) Notes: Mark Recchi's 474th career goals; passes Denis Savard and Alexander Mogilny for 46th all-time Tour Stop #47- February 3, 2006 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Program: $10 Puck: $5 Hat: $28 Game: Carolina Hurricanes 0 at New Jersey Devils 3 (Elias, Parise, Gionta) Notes: Scott Stevens Jersey Retirement Night; First Jersey Retirement in Devils History. Martin Brodeur's 429th NHL win. Brodeur's 80th regular season shutout, 100th combined shutout; becomes 3rd goalie in history with 100 combined shutouts. Tour Stop #48- February 7, 2006 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Game: Tampa Bay Lightning 4 (Artyukhin, Sydor, Lecavalier, Lecavalier) at New Jersey Devils 7 (Elias, Madden, Gomez, Langenbrunner, White, Martin, Langenbrunner) Notes: Martin Brodeur's 430th NHL Win Tour Stop #49- February 8, 2006 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $22.50 Travel: $10 Game: Ottawa Senators 1 (Kelly) at New York Rangers 5 (Jagr, Malik, Ward, Nylander, Sykora) Notes: Jaromir Jagr ties Mike Bossy for 16th all-time with 573rd NHL goal. Passes Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull to move into 18th all-time with 1,392 points. Tour Stop #50- February 11, 2006 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Game: New York Islanders 2 (Blake, Yashin) at New Jersey Devils 1 (Brylin) Notes: Alexei Yashin's 309th career goal Tour Stop #51- March 1, 2006 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: Free Food: $7.50 Game: Philadelphia Flyers 1 (Savage) at New Jersey Devils 2 (Kozlov) (OT/SO) Notes: Martin Brodeur's 432nd career win Tour Stop #52 - March 15, 2005 - Wachovia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA Ticket: $19 Food: $5 Game: Hartford Wolfpack 8 (Genoway, Dawes, Smyth, Baranka, Smyth, Wiseman, Grenier, Helminen)) at Philadelphia Phantoms 2 (Eliison, Cavosie) Tour Stop #53- March 24, 2006 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ Ticket: $42 Parking: $10 Hat: $28 Program: $10 Game: Boston Bruins 2 (Murray, Isbister) at New Jersey Devils 4 (Gomez, Gionta, Parise, Martin) Notes: Ken Daneyko Jersey Retirement Night Tour Stop #54 - April 6, 2006 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Ticket: $22.50 Game: New York Islanders at New York Rangers TOTALS: Games: 69 Tickets: $873.00 Travel: $708.50 Food: $326.50 Programs and Yearbooks: $185.00 Souvenirs: $140.00 Parking: $51.00 Tours: $12.00 TOTAL: $2,254.05 |