Arenas or Rinks Named After Retired NHL Players

[Canadiens1958]

Thread was sparked by an old guys conversation during a youth hockey tournament Saturday - Arenas named in Quebec after former NHL players and seventieslord making a comment in another thread that a Regina arena is named after Murray Balfour. Figured if the topic appeals to hockey devotees in Quebec an Saskatchewan it may have interest amongst the general board membership.

Distinction an Arena refers to the complex a rink refers to part of a multisport complex or part of a community center.

Will get the thread started with some Quebec arenas and rinks.

Montreal

Centre Communautaire Gadbois - George and Sylvio Mantha rinks
Doug Harvey Arena
Bill Durnan Arena
Dollard St. Laurent
Jacques Lemaire
Denis Savard - rink (Verdun)
Howie Morenz
Maurice Richard
Roberto Luongo
Martin Brodeur
Ralph Buchanan- rink (Rivet Complex Montreal-est)
Rod Gilbert

Longueuil
Jean Beliveau

Drummondville
Marcel Dionne
Yvan Cournoyer

Thetford Mines
Mario Gosselin

Asbestos
Connie Dion

Chicoutimi
Georges Vezina

Alma
Mario Tremblay

Rouyn-Noranda
Jacques Laperriere
Dave Keon

St. Eustache
Walter Buswell

Victoriaville
Jean Beliveau

Shawinigan
Jacques Plante - old arena

Joliette
Marcel Bonin

 

[tommygunn]

Teeder Kennedy Youth Arena - Port Colborne, ON

 

[justsomeguy]

Herb Carnegie has an arena named after him in the Toronto area. Possibly a greater distinction than those named after the other fellows since he didn't get to play in the NHL.

 

[Axxellien]

Raymond Bourque has an Arena named after him in Suburban {St-Laurent} Montreal. Montreal Canadiens used to practice there on occasion in the Mid 90s, this while Raymond was still starring with the Bruins!!!

 

[Crosbyfan]

Al MacInnis Sports Centre, Port Hood Nova Scotia

 

[Inkling]

There is the Steve Yzerman Arena that is part of the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa.

Also the Larry Robinson Arena in Metcalfe, Ontario.

Ottawa also has a Brian Kilrea Arena. Best known as a junior coach and GM, he was also an NHL player.

 

[Axxellien]

Leo Boivin:

Leo Boivin Community Center = Prescott Ontario

 

[SNAPshot]

There is the Steve Yzerman Arena that is part of the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa.

Also the Larry Robinson Arena in Metcalfe, Ontario.

Ottawa also has a Brian Kilrea Arena. Best known as a junior coach and GM, he was also an NHL player.

You can add Jim Peplinski arena to that list for Ottawa as well.

 

[Felonious Python]

Hamilton
Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena & Skating Center

 

[kaiser matias]

Cam Neely Arena in Maple Ridge, BC (Suburb of Vancouver, the area where Neely grew up).

 

[dre2112]

Raymond Bourque has an Arena named after him in Suburban {St-Laurent} Montreal. Montreal Canadiens used to practice there on occasion in the Mid 90s, this while Raymond was still starring with the Bruins!!!

Yup, right on Timmins a block north of Cote Vertu.

 

[lextune]

Bobby Orr Community Centre Ice Skating Rink - Parry Sound, ON

 

[Kyle McMahon]

Mark Messier Arena in St. Albert (Edmonton suburb) where Mark grew up.

 

[Canadiens1958]

Jim Durrell

You can add Jim Peplinski arena to that list for Ottawa as well.

The Jim Peplinski rink is part of the Jim Durrell Complex.

 

[GummoMarx]

Terry Sawchuk Arena and Billy Mosienko in Winnipeg

 

[norrisnick]

Eventually it'll happen and they'll retire, but there's the Modin & Zetterberg Hallen in Njurunda Sweden.

Which begs the question... how many current NHLers have rinks/arenas named after them?

 

[Canadiens1958]

Michael Bossy

Michel Bossy in Laval.

 

[iamjs]

Patrick Lalime has a ball park named after him

 

[cupcrazyman]

The Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre.Home Of The OHL's Owen Sound Attack.

 

[chester_z]

Chase Place in Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan is named after Kelly Chase. Perhaps the former NHL skater with the fewest career goals (17) to have a rink named after him.