On Fri, 17 Feb 1995, Lowell D. King wrote:
 
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> I heard recently that the WCHA will soon have 7 sheets of Olympic size
> ice versus 1 (Harvard) for all the other Div. I schools (don't think
> that's totally accurate, but close). This does impact playing style.
 
  I'm curious as to what the actual distribution of Olympic size ice
sheets *is* in DivI college hockey.  The press packet accompanying the
announcement of UNH's new Arena (now under construction) noted that this
would be "the sixth [college rink] in the nation to feature an Olympic-
sized ice surface of 200 x 100 feet instead of the standard 200 x 85
feet."  So where are they ??
 
  Mariucci Arena (Minnesota)
  Mullins Center (UM-Amherst)
  Dane County Coliseum (Wisconsin; recently expanded)
       ???
       ???
  "new" Snively Arena (New Hampshire)
 
  I'm pretty certain Bright Hockey Center at Harvard is 200 x 85, and I'm
fairly certain that none of the ECAC rinks are Olympic-sized (even the new
Cheel Arena at Clarkson is "only" 200 x 85 feet.  Are there any 200 x 100
feet sheets in the CCHA ??  I'm guessing that the other two Olympic-sized
sheets are in the WCHA - perhaps the DECC at UMD, and North Dakota ??  Can
someone with better rink sense supply the two "missing rinks" (ohhh, bad
pun :-)  Are there actually more than 5 now in use ??
 
                                    Cheers from Maryland - Jim