Gutterson Fieldhouse
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| Albert L. Gutterson Fieldhouse | |
|---|---|
| Location | Burlington, Vermont |
| Broke ground | 1961 |
| Opened | 1963 |
| Owner | University of Vermont |
| Operator | University of Vermont |
| Surface | 200x90 ft (hockey) |
| Tenants | |
| University of Vermont Catamounts, men's and women's hockey | |
| Capacity | |
| 4,035 (hockey) | |
Gutterson Fieldhouse is a 4,035-seat hockey arena in Burlington, Vermont. It is home to the University of Vermont Catamounts ice hockey team. It is adjacent to Patrick Gymnasium at the school's athletic complex. It is named for Albert Lovejoy Gutterson, class of 1912, the school's first Olympian. He set an Olympic record with a 7.60 metre long jump, beating, among others, the great Jim Thorpe.
The barrel-vaulted arena opened in 1963, originally seating 3,335. It was expanded to its current capacity in 1990. The hockey team has played host to exhibitions with the Soviet national men's hockey team, Russian Women's National team, and the 1987 USA Olympic team. It was the venue for the first women's hockey game ever televised (in 1997), and since 1995 it has been the preseason training camp site of the New York Rangers. (The Hartford Whalers had previously held their 1992 and 1993 training camps there.)
(Source: Gutterson Fieldhouse at UVM Athletics (Source for information on Gutterson: Albert's Gold)
| Current Hockey East Arenas |
|---|
| Agganis Arena (Boston University) • Alfond Arena (Maine) • Gutterson Fieldhouse (Vermont) • Kelley Rink (Boston College) • Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum (Connecticut) • Matthews Arena (Northeastern) • Mullins Center (UMass-Amherst) • Schneider Arena (Providence) • Tsongas Arena (UMass-Lowell) • Volpe Complex (Merrimack) • Whittemore Center (New Hampshire) |
