RedWings – Canadiens

Usually the two-game trips have a day in between, but this one will give Detroit REd Wings dads a chance to see what it is like to clear customs late.

"He got the short end of the stick, but he is just happy that he is going to be with all the parents and he is going to have the opportunity to watch me play and spend some time with me," Veleno said. "I talk to him about hockey every day, so I think it will be a really fun trip for us to share together." "I think it's cool just to show appreciation and for them to see what the day-to-day life is," Olli Määttä said. Usually the games are separated by a day, but it happened to work out that this one is a back-to-back — and requires crossing the U.S.-Canada border. "You talk to them all the time about it, but just seeing it first hand, what goes into a practice day, game days — I'm sure it's pretty cool for them." [Lalonde said, laughing](https://www.freep.com/videos/sports/nhl/red-wings/2023/01/25/detroit-red-wings-say-neat-awesome-experiences-what-makes-dads-trip-special/11122127002/), "and I'm like, what are you, a music star? "I know everyone looks forward to it. Bertuzzi became a first-time dad last year, and anticipates being a sports dad one day. "We got some dads in early, so most will get a chance to see three games, and experience a back-to-back in two pretty exciting buildings. "Especially going across the border. He only had to brave the snowy freeways around metro Detroit to get to LCA on Wednesday afternoon, while other dads arrived days earlier from countries including Sweden, Finland and Germany to accompany their sons on a trip that had them visiting the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday and the New York Islanders on Friday. Moritz Seider's dad, Kay, was the first to introduce himself to coach Derek Lalonde.