McConnell Arena

{{Short description|Ice hockey arena}}

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| former_names = McConnell Winter Arena

| location = 3883 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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| opened = 1956

| renovated = 2000{{cite web|url=http://www.redmenhockey.com/recruiting/recruiting.shtml|title=Recruiting|publisher=The unofficial website of McGill Redmen hockey|accessdate=22 December 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230084533/http://www.redmenhockey.com/recruiting/recruiting.shtml|archivedate=30 December 2009}}

| expanded = 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.redmenhockey.com/McConnell_Arena_dasher_board_ads-2011-2012.pdf|title=McGill University's McConnell Arena Dasher Board Advertising|work=McGill Redmen|publisher=McGill University|accessdate=21 August 2012}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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| owner = McGill University

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| capacity = 1,600

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| tenants = McGill Redbirds, McGill Martlets

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McConnell Arena is an ice hockey arena located on the corner of Pine Avenue and Park Avenue right beside Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The arena is owned and operated by McGill University, and is the home to the McGill Redbirds men's and McGill Martlets women's ice hockey teams. The ice surface is the standard North American size, 61 metres (200 feet) long by 26 metres (85 feet) wide.

Since an expansion in 2004, the arena has a capacity of 1,600 people.

History

McConnell Arena was originally built in 1956 due to a donation by John Wilson McConnell, a Canadian businessman, newspaper publisher, humanitarian, philanthropist and senior governor of McGill University. It was renovated in 2000 at a cost of $4 million.

Image:McConnell Arena-02.jpg|The scoreboard at the McConnell Arena.

Image:Playoff Brampton-Montreal 002.jpg|Ice rink of McConnell Arena

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