Category: Minors

  • Swag Report: Dayton and Toledo

    Make friends at hockey games.  That’s my word of advice for today. In my post about the Dayton Demonz game, there is a picture of the FHL logo from one of the off-ice official’s jackets.  You can see her hand holding it straight for me.  After the game, I met up with her in the…

  • Toledo Walleye vs. Cincinnati Cyclones: Stark Contrasts

    Friday night, I was in Dayton, OH for my first Federal Hockey League game.  The arena, the game, the fans, it was what they refer to in Slap Shot as old-time hockey.  There were a few fights.  Arguments with refs took precedence over face-offs.  The tickets were cheap.  In short, it was everything you want…

  • Dayton Demonz vs. Danville Dashers: FHL Indeed

    I’m not saying this to brag, but I’ve been to a lot of hockey games.  I’ve been to 20 NHL arenas, as well as two that no longer exist and one that had a team moved from it. I’ve seen all the teams on the west coast of the United States.  I took a road…

  • Swag Report: Keystone Ice Miners and Wheeling Nailers

    Every time I see a hockey game in a new venue, I commemorate it by purchasing a puck.  I’ve gotten some cool ones and a few rather lame.  These are the ones I got this time. The Keystone Ice Miners one is an “Inaugural Season” puck.  Meg said it would be worth something some day. …

  • Wheeling Nailers vs. Cincinatti Cyclones (preseason): The Bridge

    The way I travel to hockey games is somewhat flawed.  Too often, I pull in to town only an hour or two before a game, which doesn’t give much time to get the real feel of a city.  I roam around, looking at what I can look at, maybe grab a meal rather than being…