BGSU Ice Arena
The Bowling Green State University Ice Arena is a 5,000-seat hockey arena in Bowling Green, Ohio. It is home to the BGSU Falcons ice hockey team of the WCHA. It was built from 1965 to 1967 for a cost of $1.8 million and opened in February 1967.[1] The arena originally had seating for 2,863 until 1989 when it was expanded to its current size of 5,000.[2]
Ice hockey
- Bowling Green State University's NCAA Division I men's team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The team began in 1969 and played in the MCHA for the first two seasons before joining the CCHA as a charter member for the 1971-72 season.
- BGSU men's club team- ACHA Division II/GLIHA
- BGSU women's club team (independent)
- Bowling Green High School varsity and junior varsity teams
- BGSU intramural broomball, curling, and hockey
- Bowling Green Youth Hockey Association
Figure skating
- BGSU Synchronized Skating Team
- Bowling Green Figure Skating Club
- Other individual skating programs and competitions[3]
- Future skating greats who learned how to skate at the BGSU Ice Arena: Scott Hamilton, Alissa Czisny.
Curling
The BGSU Ice Arena used to house a Curling Ice Sheet. It is now a skating rink but is still used by the BGSU Curling Club, who compete in College Curling USA, the public, and the Bowling Green Curling Club.
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