Community Night Nets More Than a Win for the Hockey Team

If it isn’t a puck in the goal, it’s a punch in the face that’s makes blood rush through an HVCC fan, as was proven by the screams of excitement during the Senate sponsored Community Night.

With the basketball game against Clinton cancelled and weather reports of freezing rain, the attendance for the event suffered. A sad sight since, according to Nicole Vooris, senate treasurer, the goal of the night was “to get the community together.”

By the end of the game that goal was met, thanks to the adhesive powers of regulation violence and the unruly roughhousing put on display by three separate meltdowns between opposing team members. Those actions led to the disqualification of two HVCC hockey players who made their way into the bleachers and stripped of their uniforms to join the fans.

As customary of most gathered events, prizes were given out to raffle-chosen patrons in the stands if they could shoot a puck into the goal from the halfway line. The winners included: Matt Olds, who received tickets for a New York City Day trip and Dan Raphael, a $30.00 gift certificate winner.

While the entrance to the Community Night was dimly lit and smelled of hot dogs, the core of its intentions could be found within the students, family, and friends who drove through anticipated bad weather, and cheered their lungs out.