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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:29 am
by oldbarn7
I've heard that the Duluth Heritage Arena was recently competed. If anyone has some pictures of the inside I'm sure many people would enjoy seeing this new rink...
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:16 pm
by sinbin006
oldbarn7 wrote:I've heard that the Duluth Heritage Arena was recently competed. If anyone has some pictures of the inside I'm sure many people would enjoy seeing this new rink...
Live webcam on their site:
http://www.duluthheritagesportscenter.com/
Also a good video by DNT:
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/video/ ... app=duluth
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:25 pm
by oldbarn7
Thanks. The arena looks great!
Burnsville Fans anyone??
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:28 pm
by vintageminnesotahockey
Finally got around to posting the Braves....err I mean Blaze arena
Enjoy:
http://www.vintageminnesotahockey.com/A ... enter.html
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:58 am
by Mite-dad
Wow, the old Warroad arena must have been like playing in a tunnel. Were those wood rafters up there?
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:59 am
by UpNorthStars
It was about the same as the Roseau rink as far as the rafters and size go. Main differences were that there was a lot of seating on the west end of the rink and along the north side, where now Roseau's has seating on all but the lobby end. The players boxes and penalty box were all on the south side. It was quite a place to play, not tunnel like at all actually.
arenas
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:08 pm
by oldram
Actually, the old Warroad arena and Roseau Memorial weren't much alike besides the general shape of the building. The logs in the old garden ceiling weren't even peeled. Bark was still falling to the ice in the 80's. It was dark in there and dirty.
Roseau Memorial had a finished ceiling and ceiling beams. Much nicer arena.
Re: arenas
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:26 pm
by UpNorthStars
[color=green][b]oldram[/b][/color] wrote:Actually, the old Warroad arena and Roseau Memorial weren't much alike besides the general shape of the building. The logs in the old garden ceiling weren't even peeled. Bark was still falling to the ice in the 80's. It was dark in there and dirty.
Roseau Memorial had a finished ceiling and ceiling beams. Much nicer arena.
Ok "OldRam"...dark and dirty? not unless you were hiding like a troll under the bleachers. The ealier poster commented about the general shape of the building. Comparing it to the Old Roseau barn was a pretty close comparison...don't ya think?
garden
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:54 pm
by oldram
I never did go under the bleachers, however, we always had to walk out of the locker rooms in groups, so we didn't get jumped on the way out.
You could barely see the ice in the east end when looking down through all the conduit for the lights.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:12 pm
by UpNorthStars
You didn't go under the bleachers? You had to go under the bleachers to get to the front/bottom of the bleachers to climb up the bleachers to get high enough in the bleachers to be above the wiring for the lights...
What's wrong with having to walk out in groups? What kind of rivalry would it have been with out a little danger involved?
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:29 pm
by hckynuts
someone has to post pics of the old arena in downtown TRF. It is classic. 1/2 boards on one end of the rink, one bench door, posts right on the sides and fans lean right over the glass.
Gardens
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:05 pm
by oldram
I knew you had to walk under the bleachers to get to the locker rooms and back. I meant off the rubber mats. You know... where all the light bulbs were broken. Right before the alley that led to Stu's Northland Tap.
It wouldn't have been so bad, but they always picked on the small guys like the Broten bros. They left the Foss and Stone brothers alone.
It was a long way to the east end to clean up the popcorn.
Re: Gardens
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:31 am
by ACTUALFORMERPLAYER
oldram wrote:
It was a long way to the east end to clean up the popcorn.
Wasn't the popcorn usually cleaned up by the Zamboni? I grew up thinking popcorn was Warroad's third line. That and a good 45 minute flash light show between periods was the only rest the guys that played ever got.
arenas
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:18 pm
by oldram
The arena attendant would walk very slowly to the other end to clean it up in the middle of the period. The zamboni never got the chance.
You also had to stop checking in the middle of the game because they would lay there for 5 minutes and get up laughing and high fiving in the box.
Re: arenas
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:24 am
by UpNorthStars
oldram wrote:
You also had to stop checking in the middle of the game because they would lay there for 5 minutes and get up laughing and high fiving in the box.
You must be talking about the Canadian teams the Lakers used to beat up on...otherwise you're just on crack
Crookston Winter Sports and Civic Arenas
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:00 pm
by vintageminnesotahockey
I have been "hoarding" a bunch of photos/info that I need to get on the site soon- here is some of those "hoarded photos" of the Vintage Crookston Winter Sports Arena that is an extremely vintage venue- plus the vintage smell to boot within the rink...
http://www.vintageminnesotahockey.com/A ... Civic.html
Enjoy!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:14 am
by SEMinnyHCKY
The book mentioned a few pages back is titled Minnesota Ice Arenas (creative, eh?) by Mike Kreiter. I teach and the book is in the library at my school. When my students are in Library, I always thumb through it. It has pics and some info about every arena in the state.[/u]
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:52 pm
by HockeyHigh
Render:
During Construction:
Small images, but (nearly) finished bowl:
Site at
http://www.upcenterfargo.org/default.asp#event
It's an amazing arena.
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:12 pm
by watchurbak15
tomASS wrote:a picture of the new proposed Victoria Ice arena
hahaha very cool.
i can't wait to play there
Re: Gardens
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:56 am
by Puckguy19
ACTUALFORMERPLAYER wrote:oldram wrote:
It was a long way to the east end to clean up the popcorn.
Wasn't the popcorn usually cleaned up by the Zamboni? I grew up thinking popcorn was Warroad's third line. That and a good 45 minute flash light show between periods was the only rest the guys that played ever got.
Hard to argue about the popcorn. Especially when Mike the recruiter was coaching.
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:59 pm
by TheNightman
Neutron 14 wrote:
Here's a classic!
178' X 68'
Built in 1924 and still in use!
Watch those posts!
Ha! The old white bear hippodrome. I've played in their many times, we used to play broomball in there in middle school.
Here is some new ones..
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:03 pm
by vintageminnesotahockey
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:59 pm
by SECBLUES
One of the nicer new rinks that I have been in is the St. Croix Rec center. home of the Stillwater Ponies. Very nicely put together with two sided seating. Beautiful facility to drive up to also.
Re: Here is some new ones..
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 2:01 pm
by defense
Great web site. When will you get more rinks???? I would enjoy lesser known old ones such as Hallock wich is pictured but has no details.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:24 pm
by croxhock
If you're interested, Crookston is getting a new arena and should be ready to play in by 2010-2011 season. There are arena plans and renderings of the arena at
www.protecingthelegacy.com