Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena & Skating Centre

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Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena & Skating Centre
Location25 Hester Street, Hamilton, Ontario
OwnerCity of Hamilton
OperatorCity of Hamilton
Capacity Ice hockey 2,500
Opened1966
Tenants
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The Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena & Skating Centre is a recreation complex in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It includes a figure skating rink and a 2,500-seat ice hockey arena. Originally it was built in 1966, known as the Mountain Arena until it was renovated in 2005 and renamed in honour of Dave Andreychuk, a former ice hockey player from Hamilton.

Tenants

On two brief occasions, the arena was home to Hamilton teams in the Ontario Hockey League, the Fincups (1977–1978) and the Steelhawks (1984–1985). From 1973 to 2015 it was home to Hamilton Red Wings of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and is the home of the Hamilton Jr. B Bengals lacrosse.

Currently the Junior B Hamilton Kilty B's hockey team, Jr. B and Senior B Hamilton Bengals lacrosse teams play out of the arena.

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