Canadian Railroads > Hockey travel by rail

The Chicago Blackhawks are playing at the Montreal Canadiens tonight. Tomorrow- the Hawks finish the season at Ottawa vs the Senators. It was announced during the game tonight that the Hawks will travel to Ottawa via train.

That has to be a terrific and memorable experience for the team. I'm sure it will be a happy trip since the Blackhawks snagged two points in a shootout. Hopefully they make a video of it. This Habs fan really enjoyed Ivan Demidov's first assist and goal in his first NHL game, even though we only got the one point.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/25 19:00 by K8DTI.

K8DTI Wrote:
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> That has to be a terrific and memorable experience
> for the team. I'm sure it will be a happy trip
> since the Blackhawks snagged two points in a
> shootout. Hopefully they make a video of it. This
> Habs fan really enjoyed Ivan Demidov's first
> assist and goal in his first NHL game, even though
> we only got the one point.

Quite the exciting game, and I am a lifelong Hawks fan!
Based on comments from the broadcast team - the train travel will be this evening. Will have to check and see if the team posts any video of the trip on their website.

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Anybody know who is providing the equipment for this?  I can't imagine where Amtrak would find it right now.

NPRocky Wrote:
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> Anybody know who is providing the equipment for
> this?  I can't imagine where Amtrak would find it
> right now.

It sounds like the team is travelling from Montreal to Ottawa.  If that is the case, Amtrak is irrelevant.

When I was a lad (don't ask but there were only six NHL teams!) it was quite common for teams and officials to travel by train, even overnight trains.  I recall a scandal involving a referee.  He would cash in his sleeper ticket and buy a coach ticket, keeping the difference.  

When I worked in the control center, between 2006 and 2012 hockey teams in the Metropolitan area often travelled by 'special moves' on Amtrak between NY and Washington.  Don't know if thats still the case.

lne655 Wrote:
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> When I worked in the control center, between 2006
> and 2012 hockey teams in the Metropolitan area
> often travelled by 'special moves' on Amtrak
> between NY and Washington.  Don't know if thats
> still the case.

Not sure about the NHL but the Knicks and 76ers (Philly) still do regularly...

JG

Back in the 1960s when I lived in Newtonville,  MA  there was a snow storm, as I recall, and the Bruins had to take the "New England States" to Boston.  I went down to the station and saw a couple of extra sleepers on the rear of  the train.