Found January 16, 2009 on 700 Level:

Just my luck... I leave for south Florida first thing tomorrow morning, about 12 hours after the Flyers and Panthers face off 20 minutes from my hotel. A few days ago, a schedule filled with three games in Florida and one against Atlanta heading into the All Star break sounded pretty good. But ...

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