My thoughts and observations of what is and what should be
The 2010 Flames played games on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. They did win one, almost came back in another, and got smoked in the last one. All I can say, and that I can hope, is that they are finding their way. Continue Reading...
The 2010 Flames won a game on the road and lost a game at home, well kind of home. It was one up one down for the weekend. They are learning more every time they are on the ice. Continue Reading...
This weekend's time commitment was shortened by a pair of games being removed from the team's schedule. Still, the 2010 Flames had all they could handle in the games they did play this weekend. They just seemed to be one step behind. Continue Reading...
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend found the 2010 Flames competing in the Turkey Shootout 2022 hockey tournament. The Flames would end up playing five games in the space of 48 hours en route to a Championship bid. Continue Reading...
The 2010 Flames have been back in NH for a pair of weekends since their unforgettable team trip to Lake Placid. Since they have been back in NH, they have a record of 0-2-2. Also, since they have been back in NH, they have yet to play a game with their full roster from Lake Placid. Continue Reading...
Lake Placid 2022: Even before the sun was up in Lake Placid, it was team. Sunday morning arrived before sunlight hit the Adirondack's. The 2010 Flames were playing in the Bronze Medal game at 6:30AM on the USA Rink at the Olympic Center. So they had to rise early and hope that they were ready to play despite walking into the Olympic Center while it was still dark outside. Continue Reading...
Lake Placid 2022: Little did I know when I awoke on another beautiful morning in Lake Placid that this Saturday would be about rocking the boat. I will get to the 'rocking the boat' phrase as we go. Breakfast in the hotel was everything it needed to be. And I wanted to spend some time in the USA Hockey Store before the 2010 Flames played their final round-robin game against undefeated Continue Reading...
Lake Placid 2022: Friday in Lake Placid, NY brought us Skills and Hockey Thrills! And we were not short in supply of either one. What a day! The day started with a thrilling win! It included the beauty of the Adirondacks all around us. Then to top it off, the show of youthful exuberance displayed in exhibiting hockey skills to the best of their abilities. I call our families' Friday in Lake Continue Reading...
Lake Placid 2022: Finally, the day we leave for Lake Placid had come. There was work to be done, school to be attended, and people to meet at the right time and place. We hit the road in the afternoon, our family, and another player on the team with his Mom. We enjoyed a beautiful ride to NY on a gorgeous day. We were finally on the road to Lake Placid, on the road to victory. Continue Reading...
Lake Placid 2022: Sometime in the last months of 2021 our team, the 2010 Flames, had targeted Lake Placid, NY as the destination for our big travel hockey tournament in the 2022-2023 season. Several families had been up there before for hockey tournaments with older siblings of players on our team. Even the ones who had been there before and especially those of us who had not yet made the trip to Continue Reading...