My Final Away Game

I leave my hotel in Tel Aviv to head to the airport in an hour. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been away from home for 17 days by myself. It’s equally hard to believe I plan to be back in the office tomorrow morning! Most importantly, I look forward to reuniting with Abby in…

Well, last night didn’t quite go as planned as we lost 7-3 to a Canada team that took control of the game right out of the gates. By the time we settled into our game and started to dictate play, our deficit was too great to overcome. Personally, I was excited to get into the…

We have been off for the last two days due to Shabbat and scheduling. The women’s hockey team played in the finals on Friday morning and fell 6-4 to Canada. It was great to see so many other Team USA teammates across divisions support them. The boys open division (college) defeated Canada for gold on…

The odds in Vegas had Canada and the US in the finals, and so it will be. We beat Israel 6-1 this morning in the semis but we were challenged. A talented Israeli (er, Canadian and Russian) team competed hard to try to pull the upset and they were only down 1-0 after the first…

Today was a day off for the team, and I used the time to catch up on some sleep, some laundry (thanks to my teammate Steve Kohn!) and some work. I also walked by myself around Ben Yehuda Street (the Newbury Street of Jerusalem) to take care of some shopping and just absorb the culture…

We tied Canada in an outstanding hockey game this morning. With the game tied 0-0 after the first period, Canada scored two goals in the second period to take a 2 goal lead heading into the break (yes, they make us feel like pros by clearing the ice between periods). But our guys battled back…

I’m going to be relatively brief with this update as I want to get to bed ahead of our matchup with the best team in the field, Canada. The game is tomorrow at 10 AM Israeli time (3 AM EST). I don’t know what my playing situation will be after getting the start today. Here…

Here is the link to tomorrow’s game versus the EU. It is at 10 AM Israeli time (3 AM EST!). I have the start in net. https://youtu.be/7GDsQzbwIbg

We have had a few days off for Shabbat when no games take place for any of the Maccabi teams in true Shabbat fashion. Much of Jerusalem shuts down for these days of rest as well. Still, we took advantage of this time to see some of the major sites such as Masada, the Dead…