Hi I've been to 6 or 7 hockey arenas and am wondering about the location of the players benches and penalty box. At MTU, we have the Tech bench and the penalty box on one side and the opposing team on the other side. As far as I remember, the other arenas have the benches next to each other and the penalty box across the ice. I was wondering if there is an advantage to either way (dissadvantage, too). All I thought of is Tech's players in the box don't have to skate across the ice at the end of the penalty. Thanks, Kris [log in to unmask] Go Tech! HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.