IIRC, the old rink at Boston/Mathews was about 185x83, same as (old) Boston Garden. And I wonder (the Cleary statement notwithstanding) if Harvard is an odd size dating from its original construction pre-Bright Center. 

Mike Abegg

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On Jan 26, 2011, at 17:36, Sean Pickett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On 26 Jan 2011 at 13:21, Joe Makowiec wrote:
> 
>> I looked at the build dates on the 200x90s, and there doesn't seem to
>> be a common theme - Army 1985, BU 2004, Dartmouth 1975, Northeastern
>> 1909, Vermont 1963.  Harvard - well, they're Harvard... (although that
>> could be an MIT hack).
>> 
>> The years may also not be all that significant - RPI is listed as
>> 1949, and Saint Lawrence as 1951, and I know that both rinks had
>> significant work done in the 1980s.  I'm sure that there are others.
>> 
>> Joe
>> RPI '80 '82
>> -- 
> 
> Northeastern's Matthew Arena had the ice surface replaced in 1995, at which time it was 
> enlarged to the current 200x90.
> 
> Sean Pickett