o, canada (why hast thou forsaken me?)

The Chicago Phantoms once again qualified for the HNA national championship tournament in Toronto, and played their hearts out the other weekend in search of hockey glory. Unfortunately, several other teams in their division had the same idea and the Phantoms came up empty. On the plus side, this year involved no trips to investigate the Canadian healthcare system.

While Evenkeel was in Toronto playing hockey, Overboard, Kenny and Grammy Shirley were in the Caribbean playing in the sun. So it was a win-win all around (even if the Phantoms didn't do much actual winning).

As the saying goes, "There's always next year."

Since we didn't have a game on Sunday, we left early and hit Niagra Falls on the way back to Buffalo. It was nice (and wet). Made me want to pee tho'.


Niagra Falls from the Canadian side. Impressive, eh?