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14 Songs of Christmas - (13) Whoville Medley - Perfect Christmas Night / Grinch. On the 13th day of Christmas Songs, I thought I would have a little fun. The Whoville Medley isn't all that long but it's a fun song from my favorite band. Continue Reading...
14 Songs of Christmas - (14) The Angels Cried. On the 14th day of Christmas Songs, we get right to the point. We get right to the reason. I can only imagine the perspective of the first Christmas as taken in from the heavens. As a parent it makes me hurt to think of sending my son for such a fate. Continue Reading...
The Songs of Christmas - (15) Bonus Day Mix. It's Christmas time. It's December. It is another one of my favorite times of the year. But, Christmas time, wow! I mean, among all of the other reasons to celebrate the Christmas holiday, there is also the music. The Christmas songs. So many of them in celebration of the reason for the season. Continue Reading...
The season opener finally came, and went. The Grizzlies had their annual Christmas Eve skate. Then it was Christmas Day, and remembrance of the greatest gift. But, the sweaters and pajamas were tossed quickly aside because the Christmas Tournament started the very next day. And what's this? A league game over Christmas break?!? Continue Reading...
All game long, the 2010 Flames were on the attack in the offensive zone. They hounded their opponent, and pounded the net with shots of all descriptions. On Sunday they finished each of their two games, with the puck, in the zone, and never allowed either team to pull their goalie in favor of a sixth attacker. The Flames received timely, quality goaltending throughout their run to a 5-0 record in Continue Reading...
You know you might be playing an early morning hockey game when you play the game, finish, and then look outside to see that it's still not fully light out. Well, the Flames showed up to play the first semi-final game against the Monarchs at 7am. The 2010 Flames advanced to the finals with a 3-0 win over the Monarchs. Continue Reading...
With Christmas and now New Year's Eve behind us, we all returned to Tri-Town Arena in a brand new year for the last game of pool play in the 2021 Winter Classic. The 2010 Flames played the Central Maine Hornets in an evening match up. Continue Reading...
Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the year, 2022. Here in hockey land we only know one way to start a new year, and that is to spend some time at a local ice rink. Today it was the great old barn in Concord, NH for a game between the 2010 Flames and the Concord Capitals. Continue Reading...
Well, it turns out that when you have very little down time during Christmas vacation week, even an afternoon game might seem too early. Maybe it was just me. Either way, the 2010 Flames were ready to go and skated to a 7-1 win against the Berkshire Bruins. Continue Reading...
Any morning activity during Christmas vacation week makes for an early morning, and today was an early morning. The 2010 Flames played their first game of the Winter Classic Tournament at 8:20am over at Tri-Town Arena against the Monarchs. The Flames woke up slowly, and by the second period, they were up to speed, eventually winning the game, 6-2. Continue Reading...