Jonell and I were very fortunate to make a trip back to NY for family weekend at RPI. Jon is a freshman this year, playing hockey while going for aeronautical engineering degree.
Friday's night game was at Union college which is about 30 minutes from Troy, NY and the RPI campus. The games vs RPI are a big rival and the arena was sold out, standing room only.
We arrived in Albany, NY about two hours before the game. Drove to the campus and unbelievably the first person we ran into was Jon doing the pre-game warm up. RPI lost the game in a tight match, 3-4 and Jon picked up a couple of assists.
The second night the game was on the RPI campus and the Houston Field house.
Another sold out game and great atmosphere. They lost 2-4 but like Friday night, was a great game to watch.
Post game, getting a photo with mom and dad.
In a rarity, parents were allowed into the locker room post game to see everything and what the players environment was like.
Players wear heart rate monitors even in the games for the trainer to keep track of everything.
We didn't see Jon much really until Saturday night and part of Sunday as there was a team luncheon for the parents. All good. Great to see Jon and the games. Was still very mild and looked like end of September compared to the wintry weather we came back to.
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