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posted almost 13 years ago #1

We call a lot of Canada’s aging arenas ‘old barns’, but in Windsor, they have the real thing. When it opened in 1924, it was called the Border Cities Arena, but it’s been known as The Barn ever since for obvious reasons
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posted almost 13 years ago #2

Aesthetically unchanged since it opened in 1924, Stratford’s William Allman Arena is a window to history. The rink is two years younger than Cambridge’s Galt Arena Gardens and one of the oldest continually operating arenas in the world. But while there are a few other hockey temples of this vintage still standing, none look like this
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posted almost 13 years ago #3

For 91 years Galt Arena Gardens has more than earned the right to be called the Oldest Barn in Canada. The fir lined ceiling has been witness to many of the games greatest players including Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuk and Bobby Hull. Still in operation today, this Cambridge Ontario arena is the heart of a community that takes pride preserving hockey’s past
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posted almost 13 years ago #4

St. Michael’s College Arena in Toronto is a home to Hockey history. One of Canada’s most historic arenas, it’s seen 14 former St. Mike’s students—Frank Mahovlich, Ted Lindsay, Tim Horton, Dave Keon and Red Kelly among them—enshrined in the Hall of Fame. More recently Eric Lindros, Jason Spezza and Tyler Seguin thrilled crowds here. More than 200 names are etched in the wall, each a St. Mike’s almuni who played here before going on to an NHL career. The rink is now home to minor Hockey programs, St. Mike’s College teams and the St. Mike’s Buzzers
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posted almost 13 years ago #5

PART 1: SI Miller Community Arena – Canada’s Hockey history lives in the strange old barns where generations of on-ice memories and dreams have grown up across the country. But many of these aging arenas are endangered, and a chapter in the story of our national game disappears into the ground each time a community loses a fight to save another crumbling ice cathedral
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