{"id":47524,"date":"2025-11-29T09:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/47524\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T09:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:16:19","slug":"50-year-hockey-tradition-brings-high-school-friends-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/47524\/","title":{"rendered":"50-year hockey tradition brings high school friends back home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matteo Iadonisi Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/14306478_wpvi_bio_matteoiadonisi_160x200.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, November 28, 2025 9:23PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"50-year hockey tradition brings high school friends back home\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Since 1975, this group of buddies from North Penn High School have reunited on the day after Thanksgiving for a game of street hockey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) &#8212; Whether it&#8217;s 1975 or 2025, their instructions are the same: meet at Fellowship Park the day after Thanksgiving to play hockey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It started as a way for friends from North Penn High School&#8217;s Class of 1975 to reunite after entering college.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Some had played hockey as their school sport. Others joined in on the street just for fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They remember the Philadelphia Flyers&#8217; back-to-back Stanley Cup victories generating excitement about the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">After that first year, the tradition stuck. And they have no plans to stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Watch the video above to see how it&#8217;s about more than just a game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/videoClip\/18113255\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RELATED: &#8216;Rittenhouse Chess&#8217; club brings Philly players together in the park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twice per week, chess players of all skill levels gather in Rittenhouse Square for a battle of the brains.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday, November 28, 2025 9:23PM Since 1975, this group of buddies from North Penn High School have reunited&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5844,23737,27825,5846,11558,5158,27824,69,71,70,1274,5431],"class_list":{"0":"post-47524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-50-year","9":"tag-black-friday","10":"tag-class-of-1975","11":"tag-friends","12":"tag-friendship","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-north-penn-high-school","15":"tag-philadelphia","16":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","17":"tag-philadelphia-news","18":"tag-thanksgiving","19":"tag-tradition"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}