By Courtney Russo – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law’s FBLA Club and Business classes recently took a trip to see the Bridgeport Islanders hockey team play.

The day started off with a sports seminar from several employees at Total Mortgage Arena and ended with a very entertaining hockey game.

“I think that the marketing staff, ticket sales, and accounting staff talking to the students beforehand was really beneficial,” History teacher and chaperone Mr. Batson said.”The fact that students could submit questions beforehand and they took the time to sit down and talk to everyone really showed students potential careers in sports and marketing.”

The students learned many lessons from the seminar, including how they can have a future career in sports marketing.

“The seminar taught us a lot about sports marketing and how it works,” senior Hailey Russo said. “You were really able to understand what goes on behind the scenes of the game.”

The purpose of the field trip was to learn from the staff at Total Mortgage Arena, but as a bonus the group got to watch an AHL hockey game. Over 40 students attended this trip. 

“My favorite part of the trip was that the students were really able to learn about various business careers,” Business teacher Mrs. Israelite said. “As an added bonus, the students were able to watch a minor league game.”

Jonathan law students came up with different chants and motions they could do when something happened in the game. For instance, whenever someone on the other team would drop their stick, Law students and teachers would chant the word “stick” until it was picked up.

“I really liked the overall ambience and the idea of the hockey game,” freshman Amilio Venditti said. “Bringing a bunch of schools together, learning about business and then watching an exiting hockey game really brought the Law community together as we cheered together.”

Teachers and students recommend this trip to other business classes and FBLA clubs. 

“This field trip was very education and I feel like I learned a lot from it,” sophomore Alani Velez said. “I really enjoyed it and I feel like any FBLA clubs or business classes that didn’t go already should definitely consider going.”