How do NY and LA area teams get to each other's games?

[senseimike]

Hey guys,

Random q for you but when the Ducks play LA, do Ducks players just drive from wherever they live and meet at the Crypto.com arena? Same question going from LA to Anaheim.

By the same token, what do the NY area teams do? Like when NYR plays the Devils, do players uber to Newark or something on their own and meet at the arena?

 

[hatterson]

I don't know 100% for sure for each team, but I know it's very common for teams going to close away games to meet at their arena (or other team meeting area) and then take a bus together to the away game.

 

[doublechili]

 

[SI90]

For NY teams travel by team bus usually.

 

[miscs75]

For NY teams travel by team bus usually.

Lou uses school busses for the Islanders. He’s not a fan of the comfort of coach busses and has been known to state they don’t deserve it yet.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Telepods.

 

[HabsQC]

Secret underground tunnels

 

[bland]

Pneumatic tubes.

 

[FrozenKing18]

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Just gotta make sure you don't cross paths with Sean Avery in NY

 

[Galactico]

Read somewhere that Rangers players do sleep at the hotel when they play the Devils.

 

[TGWL]

Team travels together whether bus or flight. For home games, teams drive in/are on their own.

 

[Tanknomore]

They have millions. They clearly

 

[Mrfenn92]

For the op my guess is team bus.

 

[PWiz30]

Lou uses school busses for the Islanders. He’s not a fan of the comfort of school busses and has been known to state they don’t deserve it yet.

I'm guessing you're joking but the Devils actually took school buses to game 7 of the ECF in 2003.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

NHL players are very conscious of their carbon footprint, so of course they arrive by bicycle

 

[Voight]

They likely meet at their arena and take a bus from there.

 

[miscs75]

I'm guessing you're joking but the Devils actually took school buses to game 7 of the ECF in 2003.

I wouldn't be surprised if Lou forced the Islanders to switch to Amtrak and school busses for his old school look.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Taylor Swift wants to know why they don’t just fly.

 

[PunchImlach is Alive]

New York teams hitch a ride on the nearest garbage truck to get to New Jersey

 

[Djp]

Local and visiting teams travel by police escorted buses.

Buffalo- toronto is also usually done by bus

 

[Andre Palot]

By tapping their heels together three times.

 

[kingsholygrail]

They all basically live in the same neighborhood as far as the Kings and Ducks go. They can carpool.

 

[Anglesmith]

You can get anywhere on the Subway, right?

 

[StreetHawk]

I don't know 100% for sure for each team, but I know it's very common for teams going to close away games to meet at their arena (or other team meeting area) and then take a bus together to the away game.

I agree. If this is a one off type game where LA was on a homestand and the schedule sneaks in an Ana road game then LA is back for a home game, then the players would meet at the arena or possibly at their practice facility and go from there.

Not sure if Kings players would like getting home from Crypto arena following the 45 minute bus ride back from Anaheim. But, guess it would come down to which is more convenient to where the majority of players live.

Rangers/Isles. I know the Rangers players practice in Rye, NY. I'd say for them, it's better to meet at the practice facility than having to get to MSG. Marc Staal, family guy was in the burbs, while the single players were in Manhattan.

 

[miscs75]

New York teams hitch a ride on the nearest garbage truck to get to New Jersey

Those trucks are too busy running lights in Manhattan and causing major accidents as a result. They don't have time to drive hockey teams to the armpit.