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Spring 2016\u00a0| By Eric Michael, ’96\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The club team, which competes in Division III of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA), took on the University of South Carolina Gamecocks after an Orlando Solar Bears game. The match, which was part of the Knight\u2019s regular season, was the first collegiate hockey game ever played at the $480 million facility, which seats up to 20,000.<\/p>\n

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[callout background=”#eeeeee”][blockquote source=”Sean Weaver, UCF ice hockey head coach” cite=”” color=””]<\/p>\n

“The crowd that night was amazing. It was definitely an exciting atmosphere, more than the players expected.<\/p>\n

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[slideshow slug=”knights-hockey” caption_color=”#000000″][\/slideshow]<\/p>\n

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2,220<\/h2>\n

Fans in attendance<\/p>\n

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5 \u2013 3<\/h2>\n

Final score (Knights lost)<\/p>\n

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155<\/h2>\n

Collegiate teams the Knights compete against in ACHA Division III<\/p>\n

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9<\/h2>\n

Consecutive seasons the team has made the ACHA national championship tournament<\/p>\n

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2<\/h2>\n

Times the team has placed third at the ACHA national championship tournament<\/p>\n

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3<\/h2>\n

Years in a row the team has fundraised more than $30,000, more than any other UCF sports club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8726,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[388],"class_list":["post-8627","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ucf-athletics","issues-881","issues-spring-2016"],"yoast_head":"\nBig Shot | Pegasus Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read Big Shot UCF ice hockey played for the largest crowd in its 19-year history. and other articles about UCF students, alumni and faculty impacting Orlando, Florida and the world.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/big-shot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Big Shot\" \/>\n<meta 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