Walter Brown Arena

{{Short description|Sports arena in Boston, Massachusetts}}

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| stadium_name = Walter A. Brown Arena Memorial Skating Pavilion

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| image = Walter brown arena 2022.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| image_alt = A view of the ice surface of Walter Brown Arena from the Away bench side. The ice surface is clean and there are no spectators or players.

| image_caption = Walter Brown Arena in 2022

| location = Boston, Massachusetts

| broke_ground =

| opened = 1971

| closed =

| demolished =

| publictransit = {{rint|boston|rail}} {{rint|boston|green}}
at Babcock Street

| owner = Boston University

| operator = Boston University

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| address = 285 Babcock St

| tenants = Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey (1971–2005)
Boston University Terriers men's basketball (1982–1983, 1985–1993){{Cite web|url=https://goterriers.com/documents/2013/8/11/1314mbbRecordBook.pdf|title=Record Book|website=Boston University Athletics|access-date=28 July 2023}}
Suffolk University men's ice hockey (2001–2015){{cite web |url=http://thesuffolkjournal.com/20834/sports/hockeys-new-home-adds-to-teams-success/ |title = Hockey's "new home" adds to team's success – The Suffolk Journal}}
Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey (2005–present)
Catholic Memorial School boys' ice hockey{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}

| seating_capacity = 3,806 (hockey)

}}

Walter Brown Arena is a 3,806-seat multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey team and hosted the men's team before they moved to Agganis Arena. It is named in honor of Walter A. Brown, the original owner of the Boston Celtics, former president of the Boston Bruins and second manager of the Boston Garden (after his father). The arena is part of the Harold Case Physical Education Center, which includes Case Gym directly above the arena, as well as the former home of student recreation before the opening of the John Hancock Student Village. The building lies in the general area of the left field pavilion seats at the former Braves Field, whose right field pavilion and a portion of the field have been converted to neighboring Nickerson Field.

It hosted the first rounds of the 2003 and 2004 America East Conference men's basketball tournaments. It is the practice rink for the three-time National Champion Boston University figure skating team (2009, 2010, and 2017). {{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} It is also the home rink for Boston University's Men's and Women's Club Ice Hockey teams.{{Cite web|url=https://bostonuniversityclubicehockey.com/|title=Boston University Men's Club Ice Hockey|website=Boston University Men's Club Ice Hockey|accessdate=28 July 2023}}

While it is known as the home of four BU men's hockey NCAA championships, one of its most famous (and tragic) events occurred in October 1995, when Travis Roy, a 20-year-old freshman hockey player, lost his balance attempting to make a check eleven seconds into his first collegiate hockey shift versus North Dakota, breaking his neck at the fourth vertebra and paralyzing him from the neck down.{{cite news | url=https://www.si.com/vault/1995/11/20/208360/eleven-seconds-boston-university-freshman-travis-roy-had-just-fulfilled-his-dream-of-playing-division-i-hockey-when-a-terrible-accident-on-the-ice-changed-his-life-forever | title=Eleven Seconds Boston University Freshman Travis Roy Had Just Fulfilled His Dream of Playing Division I Hockey when a Terrible Accident on the Ice Changed His Life Forever | newspaper=Sports Illustrated Vault | Si.com }} In 1999, his jersey number 24 became the first retired number in program history.{{Cite web|url=https://goterriers.com/documents/2017/4/19/1718_mih_recordbook_jersey_numbers.pdf?id=2877|title=MIH - Jersey Numbers (PDF)|website=Boston University Athletics|accessdate=28 July 2023}}

The BU men's hockey team returned to Walter Brown for the first time in nearly ten years on Dec. 19, 2014 for an exhibition game against the United States men's national junior ice hockey team.{{cite web | url=http://www.goterriers.com/news/2014/12/19/Terriers_Fall_to_U_S_National_Junior_Team_5_2.aspx | title=Terriers Fall to U.S. National Junior Team, 5-2 | date=29 June 2023 }}

On December 30, 2022, the BU Men's Hockey team returned to Walter Brown for the first regular season game held with fans since January 2nd, 2005. Senior Captain Dom Fensore netted the OT winner to defeat Harvard, 2–1. {{cite web | url=https://goterriers.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/stats/2022-23/harvard/boxscore/25228 | title=Men's Ice Hockey vs Harvard on 12/30/2022 - Box Score }}

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