Boston Arena Hockey Program 1914
January 19, 1914

Princeton vs Harvard

NOTE
Boston Arena / Matthews Arena is the oldest multi-purpose athletic building still in use in the world.

Originally named Boston Arena, the arena opened on April 16, 1910 for an ice show. The first games of professional ice Hockey took place in March 1911 when a two-game $2,500 competition between the Montreal Wanderers and the Ottawa Senators took place. On December 1, 1924, the Boston Bruins played their first-ever NHL regular season game at the Arena, leaving in 1928 when the Boston Garden was built. The Boston Celtics played their first game at the Arena in 1946, and played at the Arena until 1955. The new New England Whalers played their first season at the Arena from 1972 until 1973.

Matthews is where the Hockey programs of Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern University, Tufts University and Wentworth Institute of Technology all began; in particular, it housed the Boston University Hockey team until 1971, when Walter Brown Arena was built.