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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…
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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…
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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…
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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. …
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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…
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