Oswego vs Plattsburgh "The Whiteout game"

[WTOPAsstChief]

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sooooo.... about the game tonight

Just an update...

I spoke with SAVAC and they said the 'emergency' was a player in the locker room drying a glove under a heater and it caught fire.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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Just an update...

I spoke with SAVAC and they said the 'emergency' was a player in the locker room drying a glove under a heater and it caught fire.

So old news...

The Prez cracked the case with the help of Ozz in the score update thread

The "player" was Eric Selleck.

[OSUPBPMike]

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Well, that was fun

Of course we had to have that evacuation TONIGHT of all nights... now I've seen everything.

[Laker Ranger]

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So old news...

The Prez cracked the case with the help of Ozz in the score update thread

The "player" was Eric Selleck.

Selleck's on fire all the time, so the glove decided to take it literally to the next level.

It didn't look like the same Oswego team out there tonite, but Plattsburgh never could deliver the clap. Even as nerve-racking as the last 10 minutes were, Oswego still dumped the puck and kept it away plenty. Regardless, they sat on the lead, and survived. I never experienced a lack of of oxygen like that to the brain before, but heck: the curse is dead, and the Lakers have delivered the regular season sweep. Well done.

Just out of curiosity, did anyone else see that ugly Platty kid spit on a rally towel on the fan cam? How classy .

[97osu]

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Selleck's on fire all the time, so the glove decided to take it literally to the next level.

It didn't look like the same Oswego team out there tonite, but Plattsburgh never could deliver the clap. Even as nerve-racking as the last 10 minutes were, Oswego still dumped the puck and kept it away plenty. Regardless, they sat on the lead, and survived. I never experienced a lack of of oxygen like that to the brain before, but heck: the curse is dead, and the Lakers have delivered the regular season sweep. Well done.

Just out of curiosity, did anyone else see that ugly Platty kid spit on a rally towel on the fan cam? How classy .

I was awed when the "beauty" spit in the towel!

Was that the Cardinal goalie stick laying in front of the open net at the end of the game on Dormiedy's attempt at the open netter?

[netizen]

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Monday isn't too early for a prediction is it?

Oswego 3
Plattsburgh 2

Overtime shorthanded winner by who?

No overtime shortie, but ... wow! Nailed the score.

Great game, great atmosphere. Wouldn't be surprised to see another good good night like this in a few weeks for the SUNYAC championship.

[PSUChamps2001]

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No overtime shortie, but ... wow! Nailed the score.

Great game, great atmosphere. Wouldn't be surprised to see another good good night like this in a few weeks for the SUNYAC championship.

I agree. It will be ashame if the two best teams in the SUNYAC don't play March 6th. Plattsburgh hasn't missed a SUNYAC Championship game in 20 years or so, so I guess its up to Oswego to take care of their buisness I
ll be on a plane from LA to Syracuse that doesn't get in till 11:45pm, so I will be hoping to celebrate another SUNYAC title when I land Will be interesting to see if Satim and Williams both start...

[norm1909]

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From my experience, arena size LED's (such as Panasonic's Astrovision) are priced around $40,000 per square yard, a 6' x 9' LED costs about $240,000. I do not know the size of Oswego's, but $1 million dollars it wasn't, prices have dropped significantly in recent years, but not that much.

Ok, now that I have seen the scoreboard, they are not LED's, but simple rear-projection screens, with relatively poor viewing angles. That said, they are fine for a public funded institution, and since they are merely projection screens, they are not easily subject to damage from puck impact. I would surprised if the screens added $50,000 to the cost of the sign, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the sign system as a whole cost $250,000.

[WTOPAsstChief]

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Ok, now that I have seen the scoreboard, they are not LED's, but simple rear-projection screens, with relatively poor viewing angles. That said, they are fine for a public funded institution, and since they are merely projection screens, they are not easily subject to damage from puck impact. I would surprised if the screens added $50,000 to the cost of the sign, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the sign system as a whole cost $250,000.

Well, I'm sure we're going to find out how much it costs to replace one of the screens pretty soon after that puck put a nice sized hole in the South screen.

[norm1909]

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Well, I'm sure we're going to find out how much it costs to replace one of the screens pretty soon after that puck put a nice sized hole in the South screen.

Prices have significantly decreased since they (Da-Lite?) were initially installed, so that is good. The labor cost of the repair is likely to exceed the materials. I also would add that while technologically not too impressive, I think it is a great choice for the venue - as evidenced by the recent damage. Had it been an LED, the required protective shielding would decrease the viewing experience to the point where it likely wouldn't be much better than what it is there now. That said, someone needs to find ways to effectively utilize it, a high-school media club could be better - note, I do NOT think its poor utilization is from a lack of abilities, but rather a lack of "top level" administrative support and leadership. During the fire-alarm and subsequent building evacuation, NOTHING, not even a pre-recorded message was displayed, it stayed “stuck” on displaying the text ”FAN CAM” to the point people were joking that must have been what failed and caused the alarm. Great potential, IMO, embarrassing utilization.

[PSUChamps2001]

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Just a little food for thought....

I just took a quick glance at the All Time results, and it looks as if Oswego just dug their grave with their own shovel.

Plattsburgh has loss to Oswego twice in the regular season SUNYAC games a total of 4 times:
79-80
@ OSU 5-9
vs OSU 4-7

97-98
@ OSU 5-6
vs OSU 0-3

04-05 (one day off same scores)
vs OSU 2-5 Nov 6th
@ OSU 2-3 Jan 29th

05-06
vs OSU 2-4
@ OSU 6-7


HOWEVER, all three years when their were SUNYAC playoffs the Lakers and Cardinals faced one another. All three times it was IN Oswego. And all three times Plattsburgh has won. Just goes to show you how hard it is to sweep a team in the regular season and then beat them in the playoffs (at least when it comes to Plattsburgh and Oswego)

97-98
SUNYAC Finals
@ OSU 4-3
@ OSU 4-2
04-05

SUNYAC Semi
@ OSU 3-2
@ OSU 3-1
05-06

SUNYAC Semi
@ OSU 6-3
@ OSU 5-2

[Ozz]

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Prices have significantly decreased since they (Da-Lite?) were initially installed, so that is good. The labor cost of the repair is likely to exceed the materials. I also would add that while technologically not too impressive, I think it is a great choice for the venue - as evidenced by the recent damage. Had it been an LED, the required protective shielding would decrease the viewing experience to the point where it likely wouldn't be much better than what it is there now. That said, someone needs to find ways to effectively utilize it, a high-school media club could be better - note, I do NOT think its poor utilization is from a lack of abilities, but rather a lack of "top level" administrative support and leadership. During the fire-alarm and subsequent building evacuation, NOTHING, not even a pre-recorded message was displayed, it stayed “stuck” on displaying the text ”FAN CAM” to the point people were joking that must have been what failed and caused the alarm. Great potential, IMO, embarrassing utilization.

Well said..

[JMD9]

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Prices have significantly decreased since they (Da-Lite?) were initially installed, so that is good. The labor cost of the repair is likely to exceed the materials. I also would add that while technologically not too impressive, I think it is a great choice for the venue - as evidenced by the recent damage. Had it been an LED, the required protective shielding would decrease the viewing experience to the point where it likely wouldn't be much better than what it is there now. That said, someone needs to find ways to effectively utilize it, a high-school media club could be better - note, I do NOT think its poor utilization is from a lack of abilities, but rather a lack of "top level" administrative support and leadership. During the fire-alarm and subsequent building evacuation, NOTHING, not even a pre-recorded message was displayed, it stayed “stuck” on displaying the text ”FAN CAM” to the point people were joking that must have been what failed and caused the alarm. Great potential, IMO, embarrassing utilization.

Having been in the press box for the fire alarm, the general consensus was that no one knew what was going on. Yes, a pre-recorded slide to put on the scoreboard should have/could have been made but it's one of those things you never expect to happen. I would imagine there is one being made now. I was also surprised that no one said anything over the PA as to whether it was a malfunction or real so that if it were not necessary to leave, no one would have to.

[PSUChamps2001]

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I thought the staff did a pretty decent job evacing 3,000 people. They did annouce at the begining to locate your nearest exit, but I agree maybe they should do a slide show if it were to happen again. Security staff wasn't really pushing us out, so you could tell it wasn't a pure emergancy, but they were all pretty helpful. Glad to hear it was just a glove and not some stupid prank.

[JMD9]

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I thought the staff did a pretty decent job evacing 3,000 people. They did annouce at the begining to locate your nearest exit, but I agree maybe they should do a slide show if it were to happen again. Security staff wasn't really pushing us out, so you could tell it wasn't a pure emergancy, but they were all pretty helpful. Glad to hear it was just a glove and not some stupid prank.

I initially thought it was a prank and the college kid in me said that that was the most hilarious prank in me and then the adult in me said wow, what morons, really?!?!?!?!

I think the actual reason is much funnier than the prank idea... although it could have done some real damage, thankfully it didn't