Greetings -
 
On Thu, 6 Jul 1995, Troy J Taylor wrote:
> In response to the statement "Only Minnesota has an olympic size ice
> surface now."  That statement is false, St.Cloud St., and UMass
> currently each have one, with New Hampshire's Olympic size ice surface
> opening this season.
 
  Only *gently* chiding a fellow UNH'er :-) I hereby resubmit the following
chart that I compiled from previous postings on the list.  Perhaps this
should be in the HOCKEY-L FAQ too ??
 
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 19:21:00 -0500
From: Jim Love <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: SUMMARY: Olympic-sized Rinks
 
Earlier I wrote:
>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 in-
>stead of the standard 200 x 85 feet."
 
  Let's hope the architects and construction crews do a better job of
actually *building* UNH's new Arena than the marketing folks did when
they "researched" (I use the term loosely :-) and wrote the preceding
statement.  Thanks to everyone on HOCKEY-L who chimed in with new/up-
dated information, it's apparent that there are already 6 Olympic (or
"near" Olympic-) sized rinks in use in DivI college hockey; UNH's (and
the new arenas under construction for Colorado College (Colorado Springs)
and Denver will be the 7th, 8th and 9th (non-DivI-Tourney-eligible UConn
also apparently plays many of its home games on a nearby Olympic-sized
surface).  The new hoop/hockey facility on the drawing board at OSU will
likely become the 10th ....
 
WCHA
----
Mariucci Arena (Minnesota), Minneapolis      (200 x 100)
National Hockey Center (St Cloud), St Cloud  (200 x 100)
Sullivan Arena (Alaska-Anchorage), Anchorage (200 x 100)
Dane County Coliseum (Wisconsin), Madison    (200 x 97)
 
HEA
---
Mullins Center (UMass-Amherst), Amherst      (200 x 95)
 
CCHA
----
Carlson Center (Alaska-Fairbanks), Fairbanks (200 x 100)
 
ECAC
----
none
 
  Cheers from Maryland - Jim
 
  Go Blue !!!