I think it is safe to say that it has been a busy, enjoyable and even stressful few weeks for Icers past and present as well as members of the Icers family.
Today's Icers are back in class and back on the ice, trying to impress the coaches and secure their spots on the 2011-12 roster. Today is day two of the three-day tryout, with the team expected to be selected after Friday's on-ice session.
Meanwhile, many members of the family are still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. I've heard from several in the past few days. The good news is that they've all weathered the storm (pardon the pun) despite some minor damage and loss of power.
Irene arrived in Philadelphia shortly after a group of Icers alums as they returned to the East Coast from what can only be described as the trip of a lifetime.
On August 21, the day many of us were enjoying the Icers Open golf tournament, seven Icers from the late 70's-early 80's era headed across the Atlantic to test their golfing skills on the links in Ireland and Scotland.
Glenn DeStefano kept us abreast of their activities via Facebook. Now, he's provided added details of the fun.
Joining Glenn were Dave Brubach, Randy Fardelmann, Ramsay Barrett, Rick O'Brien (father of current Icer Rich), Bob Holdcroft and Dave Brodie. Along on the trip were Dave Brodie's son, two of his brothers-in-law and a few of his fraternity brothers.
Hmmm...hockey players and fraternity brothers. Quite the combination!
Glenn summed up the trip in his email (leaving out the parts not to be discussed in mixed company):
A trip like this one is one of those "bucket list" items that many of us have. To be able to enjoy it with life-long friends adds that extra touch.
Thanks to Glenn for sharing with us.
Today's Icers are back in class and back on the ice, trying to impress the coaches and secure their spots on the 2011-12 roster. Today is day two of the three-day tryout, with the team expected to be selected after Friday's on-ice session.
Meanwhile, many members of the family are still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. I've heard from several in the past few days. The good news is that they've all weathered the storm (pardon the pun) despite some minor damage and loss of power.
Irene arrived in Philadelphia shortly after a group of Icers alums as they returned to the East Coast from what can only be described as the trip of a lifetime.
On August 21, the day many of us were enjoying the Icers Open golf tournament, seven Icers from the late 70's-early 80's era headed across the Atlantic to test their golfing skills on the links in Ireland and Scotland.
Glenn DeStefano kept us abreast of their activities via Facebook. Now, he's provided added details of the fun.
Joining Glenn were Dave Brubach, Randy Fardelmann, Ramsay Barrett, Rick O'Brien (father of current Icer Rich), Bob Holdcroft and Dave Brodie. Along on the trip were Dave Brodie's son, two of his brothers-in-law and a few of his fraternity brothers.
Hmmm...hockey players and fraternity brothers. Quite the combination!
Glenn summed up the trip in his email (leaving out the parts not to be discussed in mixed company):
We had a blast! It reminded us of the road trips we took for hockey in the old days. Played some hockey, drank lots of beer (Guinness this time) and had a laugh everywhere we went.
Stayed in two houses at a Sanctuary about 45 minutes north of Dublin and played two local courses there: Seapointe and County Louth (host of several Irish Opens).
Ferried out of Belfast over to Scotland to play Turnberry (awesome!) and stayed at the hotel overnight.
Ferried back to Belfast and drove to play nearby Royal County Down (a course Tiger Woods called the hardest in the world!).
Back to our houses and a few more rounds there. (golf, beer or both??)
Went to Dublin for a day, and the highlight was taking a 12-euro bus tour for about 3 blocks, getting off to bar hop and never getting back on to finish the rest of the tour! (why does that not surprise us, Glenn?)
Made it back from Dublin airport to Philly without any issues even with Irene hitting the area just a few hours after we landed.
All in all, everyone agreed it was a special trip that brought back the feeling of cameraderie we experienced riding the buses back in the good ol' days.
A trip like this one is one of those "bucket list" items that many of us have. To be able to enjoy it with life-long friends adds that extra touch.
Thanks to Glenn for sharing with us.
ICERS IN IRELAND
L-R: Dave Brubach; Randy Fardelmann; Dave Brodie; Glenn DeStefano; Ramsay Barrett; Rick O'Brien; Bob Holdcroft
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