Confirmed with Link: Sabres vs Bluejackets in Kraft hockeyville game Sept 25th

[joshjull]

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[joshjull]

 

[LaxSabre]

 

[Chainshot]

Is it too early for a GDT?

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

I'm familiar with Clinton Street but not Clinton, NY. I'll look it up the location but is it inside the NHL's Sabres broadcast area? And what's the nearby hockey association?


Geez..... Its right in the NE corner of the State at the top of Lake Champlain. They're probably Montreal fans up there!

 

[UticaHockey]

I'm familiar with Clinton Street but not Clinton, NY. I'll look it up the location but is it inside the NHL's Sabres broadcast area? And what's the nearby hockey association?


Geez..... Its right in the NE corner of the State at the top of Lake Champlain. They're probably Montreal fans up there!

Just outside of Utica and home of the old Clinton Comets of the Eastern Hockey League in the 1950s and 1960s.

 

[Tatanka]

I played in a state championship there. They could have used the overhaul 40 years ago. Nice that they are finally getting it.

 

[Tatanka]

Oh and nice town.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

Just outside of Utica and home of the old Clinton Comets of the Eastern Hockey League in the 1950s and 1960s.

THanks... Guess I visited Clinton County. Sabres territory after all.

 

[ZZamboni]

Road trip!

 

[Onry]

A half hour from me! Who's going? I'll set up a "base camp"

 

[Buffaloed]

Seems cheesy

 

[ZZamboni]

Love it

I’m thinking of going.

 

[Onry]

Latest local chatter is that this will land in the Utica Memorial Auditorium because the Clinton Arena has completely inadequate facilities for professionals, there are virtually no concessions, and it holds 1500+/-. The Audio would be far better, so we'll see

 

[SharkInABoloTie]

Latest local chatter is that this will land in the Utica Memorial Auditorium because the Clinton Arena has completely inadequate facilities for professionals, there are virtually no concessions, and it holds 1500+/-. The Audio would be far better, so we'll see

The whole point of the event is that $100k(?) is donated to renovating the rink/building and bringing NHL to a needy hockey community.

 

[aceface33]

I live just outside of there, I should see if I can get tickets.

 

[EichHart]

4 months until the season starts. The NHL offseason is so short compared to NFL.

 

[aceface33]

Oh, and while this is Sabres TV territory officially you'll find as many Rangers fans around here as you will Sabres fans. Right around here is far enough East that people start gravitating towards downstate for their sporting allegiance. It's 50/50 Bills and NY Giants fans too (with a few oddball Jets fans mixed in).

 

[Gras]

Seems we've played in the majority of these

 

[Onry]

The whole point of the event is that $100k(?) is donated to renovating the rink/building and bringing NHL to a needy hockey community.

Agreed. I have no problem being at the Aud as long as the Clinton Arena gets all of the love. It needs it badly.

 

[Onry]

I live just outside of there, I should see if I can get tickets.

My wife and I are going, along with other locals. Who else? Hit Utica's Varick Street next to the brewery? Field trip!

 

[LaxSabre]

Seems we've played in the majority of these

Canadian Kraft Hockeyville was launched in 2006 - Sabres played in the 2008 game in Roberval, Quebec vs Montreal and the 2010 game in Dundas, Ontario vs Ottawa. The American Kraft Hockeyville was launched in 2015. This will be the Sabres second game in that series with the first being in 2016 where they played Carolina in Marquette, Michigan.

Other notes - According to a couple of articles I read - its $150,000 that Clinton Arena will be getting with the upgrades being done are on the roof, seating, locker room and concessions.

 

[Onry]

Just read in the Utica NY paper that the official site of this game will be the Clinton Arena after a two month reconsideration of two other possible local venues which would have been the Utica Aud (named something else now, of course) or Colgate University in Hamilton, NY.

It's official: Clinton Arena will host NHL game

 

[debaser66]

Kraft five hol'd