February 18th, 2009
by Tapeleg
I’m doing this one a little out of order, since I have to rush around this morning, and I have a ton of photos to sort through. But this is the puck I bought at the game. It combines my love of the hockey jersey with my mission to get a puck at [...]
February 17th, 2009
by Tapeleg
Now that I have made it to San Jose, I can post the swag report from the Kings vs Thrashers game.
First off, the puck I wanted to get the first time. I got the last one at the stand. Apparently, they keep selling out. Gee, I wonder why.
As part of Armenian Heritage [...]
February 17th, 2009
by Tapeleg
I don’t mean to offend you, but some of you are not going to get this post.
A hockey game is a hockey game. There are always people who are ready to remind you that a game is a game, the outcome is not going to have a major impact on the world, [...]
February 16th, 2009
by Tapeleg
Just a quick update on the swag I get at the games. Super busy day today. Here we go.
The Reign game on the fourteenth was Anti-Valentines Day. Not that you would have known, aside from the Scrubs and Friends breakup scene clips. What everyone cared about was this:
A bobblehead of the [...]
February 16th, 2009
by Tapeleg
Sometimes, things play out as are expected. Sometimes the predictors are all correct, and the tension is let out of the room, and nothing can stop that momentum from carrying things to a final known destination.
Don’t know what I am talking about? Here is a quote from Earl Sleek at his post [...]
February 15th, 2009
by Tapeleg
The Citizens Business Bank Arena is nice. That’s really all I can say about it. There isn’t any character, there isn’t anything really special about it. The seats are fine, the site lines are fine (except for where my first seat was), the food is OK, and the beer is your normal [...]
February 14th, 2009
by Tapeleg
The Zamboni is such an icon, that it’s brand has transcended any other ice resurfacing machine like it. There are Olymipa’s and the new Finnish Icecat, but like the Kleenex and the Q-Tip, the brand has taken over the item. Nothing is called an ice resurfacer. It’s called a Zamboni. When [...]
February 13th, 2009
by Tapeleg
I took a similar road trip a few years back through the old UHL (back in it’s glory days of 14 teams, before becoming the unimpressive 6 team IHL of today), and I wound up with a lot of neat stuff along the way. I always bought a puck at every game, but this [...]
February 13th, 2009
by Tapeleg
Considering that this is me we are talking about, it isn’t any real surprise that I got out of Tempe, AZ. I said it before, I will say it again. If I had a traveling name, it would be Start Later Than Wants. Basically, my day was pack, drive, game. I [...]
February 12th, 2009
by Tapeleg
I’m off to a later start than I wanted, but the road trip starts today. I’m at the LA Kings game tonight, and will be wearing my Johnstown Chiefs jersey, so say hi if you see me. I’ll be at the Team LA store (is it a store) between the first and second [...]