Author: James Gralian

  • UW – Stephens Point vs SUNY Geneseo: 3-Game Weekend

    Everyone is focused on one of two college sporting events: the Frozen Four and the Final Four.  NCAA Division 3 hockey is only on the radar of people who go to D3 schools.  It’s not that no one cares, it’s that no one has much opportunity to care.  The schools aren’t known, the games aren’t…

  • Adirondack Thunder vs. Kalamazoo Wings: Precious

    Of all the places I’ve been to see hockey, Glens Falls remains one of my favorite.  The arena is just right, the atmosphere fits what I appreciate about minor league hockey, and the place just oozes atmosphere. Unfortunately, all is not right in Glens Falls, and the experience has changed.  The game is good, the…

  • Florida Everblades vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits: Name Game

    When you think of Florida, you think of hockey, right?  Of course not, you think of curling.  But it’s too bad you don’t think of hockey, because it is alive and well in the state. You might point to the Florida Panthers and say otherwise, but the franchise has done a lot to right the…

  • Monroe Blues vs. West Bend Bombers: New Scene Of The Crime

    With the Great Lakes Hockey League only playing on the weekends and my time in the northern parts of the US coming to an end, I had one more game available to me, the Monroe Blues.  There was no way I was going to pass up the chance. Last time I saw the Monroe Blues…

  • Chicago Wolves vs. Rockford IceHogs: You Don’t Pay By The Goal

    There is a ton of hockey in the Chicago area, with the Blackhawks as hot as they are, upper and lower juniors in the vicinity, and the cold, cold winters.  The ECHL made a go of it a while back, but it didn’t take.  I even saw some people playing on a frozen pond here,…