By Alexis Archilla
Plattsburgh N.Y. - It’s tied at two here in Stafford Arena, everyones at the edge of their seat
waiting to see what happens next.
In the back of Terrance’s head, “ when are we going to score? or could this be the last
game of the season”. On saturday Michael Radisa, a senior on Plattsburgh State, made the crowd
rawr as he scored the game winning goal against their big rivals Oswego.
As the crowd rushed to their feet both Terrance and Bryant Mcgill jumped with joy
celebrating the exhilarating goal. “It was a great game,overtime wins are the best!” Terrance
Penn exclaimed.
Penn a Plattsburgh native has been going to the games for over a year now but has never
played once in his life.
“ I never played, I’ve just grown around it, since we're right by Canada, my family and I
would go to a couple games.” Terrance couldn’t explain how crazy how the games got Saturday
night. “I know there packed but not this packed”.
A big fan that stood tall the whole game wearing all red, was relieved after the 32 win.
“I thought we were gonna lose” as he said spoke out of concern for the team.
The Clinton County native has been coming to the games for two years now. “I use to
play when I was younger but I didn’t stick with it”.
Big red continued as he mentioned some of his wishes for the field house. “you would
think that there would be more room and seats since there games are sold out every game.”
The stafford area seats 1924 people, they are divided between those that live in the community
and those that go to SUNY Plattsburgh.
Scott Johnson a worker in the fieldhouse explains that the community has a week before
the event to buy tickets before the students get their tickets.
“There are around five hundred and fifty people from the community that are allowed and the
rest which is around three hundred to three hundred and fifteen people from the school get their
ticket.”
It’s best to get tickets early. Students have to get their tickets online, each student is
allowed one free ticket. There are many students that set alarms on their phones to get up before
seven in the morning to order them.
The school and fieldhouse made it easier way to get your ticket instead of having
everyone wait on line. "I think it's a better idea." Michael Grig says. Grig, a big fan that has been
coming to Plattsburgh to watch the games for three years, takes the ferry over from Vermont to
watch the games live.
"I grew up with it, a couple of my friends play here at Plattsburgh." Grig moved from
California to Plattsburgh when he was four, "Ever since growing up in this area, everyone loved
hockey.
When beating the second best team in the SUNYAC Semifinals in overtime, the
Cardinals found it hard to bounce back over the excitement as they lost to the Geneseo Knights
in the SUNYAC FINAL which is the biggest lost and upset this season.
Can the fans motivate and help the team bounce back for next year?
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