Relive the first years of hockey in
Binghamton and celebrate the team
that won the heart of
our community
Pictured: Pierre Laganiere,
Rod Bloomfield
and Randy MacGregor
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In 1973 a young Binghamton entrepreneur had an idea-he
wanted to bring professional hockey to New York State's Southern
Tier. Everyone thought he was crazy. At that time few people in the
area knew anything about hockey: it wasn't played in schools,
hockey equipment wasn't sold in sporting goods stores, and
professional games from the NHL were rarely, if ever televised. But
Jim Matthews loved hockey and had played it since he was a young
boy growing up in Parry Sound, Ontario. He believed that hockey and
the blue-collar roots of the "Valley of Opportunity" were a perfect
fit, and he set out to prove it.
Through rare archival and personal footage and captivating
true-life accounts from both players and fans, The Dusters brings
to life again those first years of the sport that captivated the
area's imagination, and brought together a community like never
before.
The Dusters, a one-hour documentary from Emmy-winning filmmaker
Brian Frey chronicles the birth and rise of the sport of hockey in
the Southern Tier, a sport that now 35 years later is played by
thousands of area youth and adults alike.
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