Family rents car to drive from Phoenix to Boston for NHL Winter Classic due to delayed Southwest flight

Tim Ma and his family are scheduled to attend the 2023 NHL Winter Classic between the Boston Bruins and the Pittsburgh Penguins at Fenway Park on January 2.

When Southwest Airlines' flight from Phoenix continued to be delayed, Maher didn't panic. Instead, he and his family took action and did what many would not do.

He rents a car and makes the 39-hour drive from Phoenix to Boston to fulfill his 17-year-old son's wish to attend the Winter Classic. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM.

"He said, 'The only gift I want is to go back to Boston for the Classics,'" Maher, who bought tickets for the whole family, told WCVB-TV Boston. said. Not many people make this a Plan B, but the Maher family is in no hurry to get to Boston. The match is on his January 2nd, so you'll have plenty of time to drive there. NHL official knocks Leafs' Michael Bunting off ice after scrum: 'What's F doing?' The Maher family sat on the floor of the Phoenix Sky Harbor airport listening to announcements about repeated flight delays. "I said, 'It's not happening. It's like, nothing is happening,'" Maher said.

So they headed to the Enterprise parking lot, rented a car, drove home, got a few hours of sleep, packed extra clothes, and headed east. Canadian hockey star dies at 18, league says I'm sure the Maher family will put up a good fight. The Bruins have his best record in the NHL, the Penguins are entering his race in the playoffs with his 19-9-5, and he's won eight in his last 10 games going into Tuesday. I'm here. This is the second time the Classic has been held at Fenway Park. The Bruins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in 2010 at the famous ballpark.

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Safely to Beantown.