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"The Frozen Four will be a major showcase for the city of Pittsburgh as well as our emerging hockey program. This is one of the NCAA's premier events, and Robert Morris and the city of Pittsburgh will be an excellent host." [59] In December 2012, the arena began hosting the Three Rivers Classic, a two-day Division I college ice hockey tournament.
1972–73 – Western Pennsylvania High School Hockey League expands to 19 schools as Richland, Chartiers Valley, Central Catholic, Bethel Park, Peabody, Fox Chapel, Lawrenceville Catholic, General Braddock, Armstrong, Gateway and Canevin participate. Churchill wins the WPHSHL crown over Richland in 4–3 in overtime.
First played in Pittsburgh in 1895, ice hockey grew in popularity after the Duquesne Gardens opened in 1899. In 1901 the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League (WPHL), a semi-professional ice hockey league based in Pittsburgh in the early 1900s, may have been involved in the first trade involving professional hockey players. In 1907, the WPHL was ...
The current program traces its roots back to 1971 when the program was restarted at the non-NCAA level. [10] Consensus in the ice hockey community considered Penn State to play on a level comparable to NCAA Division III teams, with whom Penn State routinely scheduled games prior to the move to Division I. [11] [12] The Icers also played Division I, in-state opponent Robert Morris.
41st National Hockey League All-Star Game; 1991 Stanley Cup Finals; 1992 Stanley Cup Finals; 2008 Stanley Cup Finals; 2009 Stanley Cup Finals; 2011 NHL Winter Classic; 2013 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament; 2016 Stanley Cup Finals; 2nd NWHL All-Star Game; 2017 Stanley Cup Finals; 2021 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
In addition, it is home to the Pittsburgh Curling Club. [8] The arena served as the former home of the Pittsburgh Forge Junior-A NAHL team, which moved to Toledo, Ohio in 2003. [9] The Pittsburgh Forge are now known as the Corpus Christi IceRays as of 2020. [9]
The NHL is the major professional hockey league in North America, with 25 US-based teams and 7 Canadian-based teams competing for the Stanley Cup. [21] While NHL stars are still not as readily familiar to the general American public as are stars of the NFL, MLB, and the NBA, average attendance for NHL games in the US has surpassed average NBA attendance in recent seasons, [22] [23] buoyed in ...
In 2000, former Pittsburgh Steelers Robin Cole led a group of investors who attempted to purchase the Iceoplex to turn it into a community center. [6] In 2011, the owners, Southpointe Rink Associates, placed the facility for sale, asking $11 million. [6] The facility employs about 15 full-time people and up to 50 total during peak season. [6]