Tonight, the Hershey Bears are in Connecticut to play the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. They left yesterday afternoon to arrive by dinner time, allowing plenty of rest before the puck drops. Keep in mind, this is the AHL where you travel old school. You travel by bus. This trip is roughly a four hour ride — without traffic.
Bears’ radio voice John Walton didn’t let a bus ride hinder his blogging. Thanks to wireless internet (via cell technology, no doubt), he was posting “from the posh surroundings of the team bus” and gave us a glimpse of life in the AHL.
The guys are taking in “Blades of Glory” on the bus this afternoon with Will Ferrell. If you haven’t heard me mention it on the radio before, the movies on the team bus are 100 percent the selection of the head coach. There is no form of democracy present once we’re wheels up when it comes to television programming. Usually the movies are ok, like today. There are other times I’ve considered climbing up on the roof to get away from whatever’s being shown. Today is a good day, though. All part of a day’s work on the road.
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