Doggy
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- Oct 11, 2011
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This "is" and "is not" Jackets hockey talk. My wife and I and some friends made the two hour drive to Youngstown yesterday to watch the Phantoms take on the USNTDP. We thought it would be a treat to see the development team live...which it was...but we were really impressed with the play of the home team. These kids play really high level hockey, almost all will be playing D1 college hockey in a year or two, and they play hard and physical.
We had an absolute blast, great tickets at a reasonable price and getting in and out of Youngstown was easy peasy...but I do get it...it is a two hour drive. That said, we broke up the drive making a day of it. Stopped for a nice lunch in Kent which has a bevy of nice dining options and while we did not need to we stopped on the way home for dinner.
It's a shame the building was so empty. I know it's not right around the corner and the building isn't exactly Nationwide or Rocket Mortgage Field House but it's nice enough and we really had fun. Look forward to going back sometime. Not disrespecting our Cleveland friends but I think I enjoyed the USHL hockey more than the AHL hockey.
I hope some others consider going sometime. Chance to see Strahl in action plus a couple of other soon to be likely top two rounders in Adam Benák and Jack Hextall. Go Phantoms!
We had an absolute blast, great tickets at a reasonable price and getting in and out of Youngstown was easy peasy...but I do get it...it is a two hour drive. That said, we broke up the drive making a day of it. Stopped for a nice lunch in Kent which has a bevy of nice dining options and while we did not need to we stopped on the way home for dinner.
It's a shame the building was so empty. I know it's not right around the corner and the building isn't exactly Nationwide or Rocket Mortgage Field House but it's nice enough and we really had fun. Look forward to going back sometime. Not disrespecting our Cleveland friends but I think I enjoyed the USHL hockey more than the AHL hockey.
I hope some others consider going sometime. Chance to see Strahl in action plus a couple of other soon to be likely top two rounders in Adam Benák and Jack Hextall. Go Phantoms!
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