Green Mountain Glades | |
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City | Williston, Vermont |
League | EJHL |
Operated | 2000-2012 |
Home arena | Gutterson Fieldhouse and Cairns Arena |
Colors | Hunter green, golden yellow, and white |
Franchise history | |
2000-2012 | Green Mountain Glades |
2012-2016 | Portland Jr. Pirates |
The Green Mountain Glades was a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team in the Eastern Junior Hockey League's North Division from 2000-2012.
The team played its home games at Cairns Arena, a 600-seat arena in the suburb of South Burlington, Vermont, as well as the 4,003-seat Gutterson Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Vermont on certain occasions.
The Green Mountain Glades organization also fielded a team in the Empire Junior B Hockey League as well as youth hockey select teams at the Bantam, Peewee, and Squirt levels.
The Slater Family Ice Arena is a 5,000-seat hockey arena on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. It is home to the university's men's ice hockey team, the Bowling Green Falcons, which plays in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. It was built from 1965 to 1967 for a cost of $1.8 million and opened in February 1967. The arena originally had seating for 2,863 until 1989 when it was expanded to its current size of 5,000. Formerly known as the BGSU Ice Arena, it was renamed in 2016.
The Payne Arena is a multi-purpose complex, in Hidalgo, Texas. It was formerly known as Dodge Arena from 2003 until February 2010, State Farm Arena from 2010 to September 2018, and then State Farm Hidalgo Arena for one year.
The Green Bay Gamblers are a Tier I junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). They play in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, at the Resch Center.
The Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) was a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior ice hockey league. Founded in 1993 by Dan Esdale, the EJHL had fourteen teams from across the Northeastern United States. The EJHL champion then competed for the National Championship against the champions of the other Tier III leagues and a host city. The New Jersey Hitmen were the final EJHL Champions after the 2012–13 season.
Gutterson Fieldhouse is a 4,035-seat hockey arena in Burlington, Vermont. It is home to the Vermont Catamounts men's and women's ice hockey teams. It is the largest indoor arena in the state of Vermont. It is adjacent to Patrick Gymnasium and Forbush Natatorium at the school's athletic complex. It is named for Albert Gutterson, class of 1912, the school's first Olympian. He set an Olympic record with a 7.60 meter long jump, beating, among others, the great Jim Thorpe.
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.
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The Chicago Hitmen were a Junior A Tier II ice hockey team based out of the Chicago region.
The Northtown Center at Amherst, formerly the Amherst Ice Center and the Amherst Pepsi Center, is a 1,800-seat multipurpose arena in Amherst, New York, located adjacent to the University at Buffalo. The current sponsor is Northtown Auto, a Buffalo area chain of auto dealerships. The ice arena features NHL regulation-sized ice sheets as well as an Olympic-sized ice sheet, which is also capable of hosting sledge hockey. The main ice arena has a capacity of 1,800 with the other rinks having less capacity. The facility will melt the ice of one rink in the summer to create a roller hockey rink, sports training facility, restaurant, and pro shop.
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The Green Mountain Arena was a 1,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Morrisville, Vermont. It was home to the Peoples Academy High School Wolves varsity hockey team and the Lamoille Area Hockey Association. In the fall of 2011, it was home to the short lived Vermont Wild of the Federal Hockey League. The arena closed in March 2013 and the building was repurposed as a warehouse, with ice hockey operations moving to the new Stowe Arena in nearby Stowe, Vermont and Ice Haus Arena at Jay Peak Resort.
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