(Most) B-Sens Fans Are Real Hockey Fans
August 31, 2006
I’d just like to add this thought to Pucknut’s observations of Binghamton Fans. I lived in Binghamton from 1998-2004. When I first got there the UHL B.C. Icemen were the team. I went to as many games as I could. Financial fortunes allowed me to start buying season tickets in 2000. On average the Icemen were pulling in about 2000 fans a game…. but they were real hockey fans. I’m very sorry I missed the Dusters, Whalers, and Rangers days, but you could feel the history of old time hockey every time you entered the arena. It was a lot harder to get seats when the B-Sens came to town because an additional 2000 Binghamton residents decided that they wanted to see AHL hockey. The arena holds a little more than 4000 fans.
I guess I just wanted to say that there are a couple thousand real hockey fans in Binghamton that didn’t miss a season, regardless of which hockey league was in town. I miss those Binghamton fans, but I didn’t leave town without buying a Dusters jersey. (Note the Ottawa and Binghamton patches on the shoulders.) I wear it in hono(u)r of the true hockey spirit in Binghamton…. but never without my Moose hat!
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