A lot of people ask me what it’s like to travel with the Beavers.  Here’s my itinerary for the Miami trip:

Thursday, October 6
7:30am – report to the Sanford Center for a 7:45am departure
7:45am – bus leaves the rink for the Minneapolis airport
11:30am – arrive at the airport
12:30pm – lunch at the airport
1:30pm – flight leaves for Cincinnati
3:30pm – arrive in Cincinnati
4:30pm – board a bus for Hamilton, Ohio
5:30pm – arrive in Hamilton (where the hotel is)
5:45pm – leave for Oxford for practice
7:00pm – practice
8:00pm – off the ice
8:30pm – leave rink for dinner
9:00pm – dinner at MIA in Oxford (I highly suggest the pork chop!)
10:30pm – depart for hotel
11:00pm – arrive at hotel (watch the baseball playoffs til bedtime)

Friday, October 7
8:30am – wake up call
9:00am – breakfast in hotel
9:30am – depart for practice
10:00am – arrive at rink for 11am practice
10:15am – find someone with keys to the press box to start setting up equipment
11:00am – test all equipment including microphones in the locker room for intermission and postgame interviews
12:00pm – practice ends, record Tom’s pregame interview
12:30pm – depart for hotel
1:00pm – arrive at hotel, print out notes for the game, edit pregame interviews
2:30pm – depart for lunch (the team ate at the hotel, staff went to Skyline Chili – I highly suggest the 4-way with Coney dogs!)
3:30pm – quick cat nap
4:00pm – get dressed for the game
4:40pm – leave for rink
11:00pm – arrive at hotel after a Beaver win!
11:15pm – postgame meal at the hotel
12:00am – edit all goal highlights and postgame interviews for use on Saturday
12:30am – find a song applicable for the Saturday open song.  I settled on Wild Night by Snow White
1:00am – lights out

As you can tell…couple long days! 

It’s alright, though.  I don’t realize how long of days they are when you enjoy your job!