Royalty will be in the Keystone State and Wheeling, West Virginia over Thanksgiving weekend!

Here's the game plan:

I'm renting a car on Black Friday morning from Avis for the weekend.

I'm going to pick up The King and our friend Lloyd Ramsland who will we'll be joining us as we visit the Keystone State and we're taking a ride to Wheeling, West Virginia too before returning home very early Sunday morning.

Friday, November 26th Flames at Flyers 1PM

                                    Cincinnati Cylcones at Reading Royals 7:05PM

Saturday, November 27th Flames at Penguins 1PM

We're be seeing the new Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. That will mean all three of us we'll have every current NHL arena once again.


                                       Kalamazoo K-Wings at Wheeling Nailers 7:35PM

If you're interested in going on this getaway royalty style just let me know so I can arrange to have you join us.

It's going to be a blast so why not come for a "royal" ride.

Thank you for reading.

Yours truly,

Gary Herman

Royalty goes to Toledo, Ohio to see Walleye hockey!



Huntington Center - Home of the Toledo Walleye



After we departed East Lansing, I drove 120 miles to downtown Toledo, Ohio to see some minor league hockey, ECHL style.

The last time the King and I saw a minor league hockey game in Toledo was back in 2006. That was when the team was called the Storm. They played in an old barn near Maumee which is a suburb of Toledo.

After suspending operations for a few years, they made the move to downtown Toledo.

Last year they opened their new arena which is called the Huntington Center.

When I saw the schedule I noticed the Walleye as they are now known were home so it wound up being a perfect opportunity to see this new venue.

It's conveniently located a few blocks from Fifth Third Field which is the home of the Toledo Mud Hens, the Triple A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. This is a great venue to watch a minor league baseball game.

As for the Huntington Center, it was also a great place to take in a live sporting event.

We wound up getting free tickets outside from people who had extras they weren't using. The best part was they were in the Club level which made the experience really enjoyable.

As for the game we saw, the hometown Toledo Walleye fell behind 2-0 after two periods to the visiting Kalamazoo K-Wings. In the third period, they rallied to tie the game with a few power play goals.

The game went into overtime and the Walleye cashed in on another power play as they scored the game winner in the extra session to win the game, 3-2!

Stay tuned as I continue to wrap up our Motown weekend.

Thank you for reading.

Yours truly,

Gary Herman