Hockey Road Trip, Fall 2004

Week One - Southwest Sat, 10/16 - Fri, 10/22

Tuesday, 11/23 continued

Drove from Greenville to the NC/VA border.  Stayed at a motel one would choose not to stay at again.  'Nough said.

Week Two - Texas Sat, 10/23 - Fri, 10/29

Wednesday, 11/24

Week Three - Southeast Sat, 10/30 - Fri, 11/5

Drove from the VA border to Hershey, PA.  Saw a Bears game then headed to LI for Thanksgiving dinner. Rain the ENTIRE way.  Made it to Hershey about 3 pm.  Went to G-Man Sports Bar and Grill to pass the time till the game (G-Man is Gingerbread Man.)

Week Four - Southeast Sat, 11/6 - Fri, 11/12

Week Five - Mid Atlantic 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

The Giant Center is where the Hershey Bears play.  It is pretty much adjacent to Hershey Park.  You can tell from this photo it has been raining and raining and raining.

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Game/Arena Notes: -  The Giant Center is 3 years old.  It seats 10,500 for hockey games. -  It is similar to NHL arenas, e.g., size, concourse, merchanidise.  Video display is as nice as Gwinnett arena.

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-  Not a whole lot of whistles during this game; icing, penalites, etc. -  Ref got hit by a puck.  Had to wait for some minor medical care for him.  He was able to finish the game.  Ref was Ryan Fraser (former ECHL ref.) -  Stanley Cup was being displayed at Giant Center before this game. -  One intermission was 'turkey bowling.'  Plastic bowling pins in the goal, the contestant had to roll a frozen turkey to knock down the pins. -  The game, itself, was not played like I would expect of an AHL team.  It was played more like an ECHL or CHL game.  (Guess I was spoiled by the Norfolk game I saw.)

Posted:  11/29/04