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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1803638" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>Attached to the old St. John Arena at OSU is a small ice arena that I believe was built in the '60s. The Buckeye men's hockey team played in this tiny place until the new basketball arena opened in '98. The women's team apparently still practices here (at least they were on the day when I dropped by last October.) I learned to skate here in the '70s and saw many OSU hockey games in the '80s when I was in HS and home on breaks from UIUC. They had some good teams back then. </p><p></p><p>It doesn't hold a lot of people but that low metal ceiling and tight games would get the place rocking. I can still see my dad (RIP) sitting up in the bleachers on cold winter Saturday mornings the year I was in fifth grade when I took a hockey instructional course here. I used to beg him to take me early so I could have the ice to myself for a while before the class began. I was in heaven. Couldn't afford all the equipment and fees to play in a league but had a lot of fun that year before I took up basketball (and never looked back <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]20733[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1803638, member: 2886"] Attached to the old St. John Arena at OSU is a small ice arena that I believe was built in the '60s. The Buckeye men's hockey team played in this tiny place until the new basketball arena opened in '98. The women's team apparently still practices here (at least they were on the day when I dropped by last October.) I learned to skate here in the '70s and saw many OSU hockey games in the '80s when I was in HS and home on breaks from UIUC. They had some good teams back then. It doesn't hold a lot of people but that low metal ceiling and tight games would get the place rocking. I can still see my dad (RIP) sitting up in the bleachers on cold winter Saturday mornings the year I was in fifth grade when I took a hockey instructional course here. I used to beg him to take me early so I could have the ice to myself for a while before the class began. I was in heaven. Couldn't afford all the equipment and fees to play in a league but had a lot of fun that year before I took up basketball (and never looked back ;) ) [ATTACH type="full"]20733[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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