This was a good year. There’s no other way to put it. Here’s a look back at some of the stellar moments from 2011. Several of the items are linked to the blog posts where I originally blogged about them. Legally Married: After 16 years of being together, and 14 since we had our commitment ceremony, [...]
The news came about three weeks ago… Ronnie Talerico, general manager of Sky Rink and the force behind the weekend morning Ronnie’s Ice sessions, was resigning from Sky Rink at the end of July. Ronnie ran Sky Rink and Ronnie’s Ice even before Sky Rink had moved from the top of a skyscraper to the [...]
Saturday, July 30 (waking hours from 7am to 12:00 am) Favorite moment of the day: The favorite moment was actually both a favorite and bittersweet. This morning was the final Saturday Ronnie’s Ice at Sky Rink. Ronnie’s Ice has been around some 20 years, including before Sky Rink before it moved to Chelsea Piers. Three weeks [...]
As temperatures in Manhattan hit 100 yesterday afternoon the Boxers took to the ice at Sky Rink, which felt more like a sauna with an ice floor. After winning in OT in our first outing against the Thundercats, we emerged victorious in regulation play this time with a score of 4-1. This was a hard [...]
Yesterday was an interesting goal scoring day. Goal 1 (Ronnie’s Ice): Playing small games yesterday I managed to receive a pass, take a couple strides and put the puck in the top corner on the opposite side of the net from where I was. This is probably the prettiest goal I have ever scored in [...]
The Bombers and Boxers had a great Saturday night as both teams won in overtime (with the Boxers taking its win into a shootout). The Bombers played the Spiders in the first battle of the season for the two NYCGHA teams. The Bombers were looking for the first win of the season after two overtime [...]
Tigers playoffs hopes were dashed last night before our game even started. The Sled Dogs needed to lose their matchup against the Billymarks for us to stay in the race but the Dogs won quite handily and took us out of contention. By the end of our game, we’d have been out of it anyway [...]




