>> I thought it was revealed last year that the U Mass rink was just shy of full
>> Olympic dimensions, coming in at 200x95 or 98.  Could anyone (Leigh?) verify
>> the actual dimensions?  And if it isn't certifiable Olympic dimensions,
>>explain
>> why it was built that way?
>
>        Both of the rinks at the Mullins Center measure 200 x 100 and to
>the best of our knoledge it is the only on-campus facility in the county
>with two full Olympic sized sheets. Last year's media guide listed it as
>being 200 x 95, which led to some confusion, but it is a full-sized
>Olympic rink. At the very least it certainly looks huge from high above in
>the pres box, all the other rinks on the road look like places I played
>at in high school by comparison.
 
 
Actually, the National Hockey Center (open Jan 1990) at St. Cloud State in
St. Cloud, MN has two olympic sheets and has used that fact to host olympic
training and selection camps in the past.
 
bill nelson
 
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