Thanksgiving is here. The holiday is about giving thanks to everything one has. The holiday also means that hockey has been competing for a hair over a month, and Roanoke’s team is currently off to a great start. The 2023 Presidential Cup Champion Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs entered the season poised to defend their championship and so far so good.
After much anticipation and a long offseason, the Rail Yard Dawgs opened their 2023-2024 campaign back on October 20th against Fayetteville where they won four to nothing in front of roughly six-thousand-three-hundred and fifty people. In fact, attendance numbers may be part of the reason Roanoke is off to a great start. Currently, the average fans in the stands at the Berglund Center on any particular hockey night sits around five-thousand-four-hundred. The Rail Yard Dawgs are proof that a hot start can carry because following their opening night victory; they went into week number two and won all three contests: one against Fayetteville again, the other two against Quad City. Impressively all three victories were accomplished while in hostile territory.
While Roanoke still remains an impressive team they have hit a slight bump in the road here lately. They split a recent series against Pensacola and lost a road matchup against Huntsville. Unfortunately, the recent skid does have the Rail Yard Dawgs in second place rather than first where the squad got used to being back in late 2022, early 2023. However, there is no reason to hit the panic button quite yet. Currently, the Dawgs have over thirty contests remaining during the 2023-2024 regular season, and they still look like the team that went on to win a title. The team is stellar at home with a three win and one loss record when competing at the Berglund Center, and while some teams struggle either at home or in hostile territory, the Rail Yard Dawgs are respectable either way, which is a sign of a great team.
With Roanoke hockey off to a stellar start this year there is still time to be one of the five-thousand people attending games. The squad has picked up where they left off and watching the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs is a great way to pass some time on any day. If you are interested in attending Dawgs games information can be found at https://www.railyarddawgs.com. Tickets are as low as $13 per person.
