The best NHL dressing rooms - and those most in need of a facelift

[Preposterone]

Meanwhile visitors rooms look something like this.

It’s missing a giant trash bin full or tape and Gatorade bottles that hasn’t been emptied in a month

 

[HF007]

Holy smokes! I never noticed 'til just now. The front of the helm on VGK's logo forms a V as in for Vegas... Then again I only found out about the H on the Hartford Whalers logo recently.



Old Montreal-style tricks from back in the day. No move was too petty.

Don’t worry my friend I just noticed the V today cause of this post, mind blown

 

[Heckler81]

I’m surprised no Rangers locker room shown.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

I’m surprised no Rangers locker room shown.

A lot of people think that MSG is some great place, but it’s actually a dump.

 

[11Messier]

Looks great and all, but where do they put all there stuff? No shelves for helmets or other equipment, no recessed closets for hanging clothes. Does everything go in their cubbyhole in the bench?

This is just one tiny aspect of the Oilers dressing room. Its ginormous. They've got a kitchen, lounge, games room, hot tubs, pool, full gym, theater... They've got different storage areas for things like gloves, sticks and equipment. Here's a quick YouTube link that shows a little bit more.

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

I’m surprised no Rangers locker room shown.

Theirs isn't terrible by any means.

Before renovation:

After renovation:

 

[Jbwest31]

Some of the college football locker rooms are absolutely insane. Check out Alabama or Oregon for example, it's next level stuff.

This is University of Maryland’s locker room in their new practice facility.

 

[IamNotADancer]

A lot of people think that MSG is some great place, but it’s actually a dump.

You haven't been there after the renovations, have you?

 

[KCC]

This is University of Maryland’s locker room in their new practice facility.

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Way too much dark grey and lighting is too dark. Needs to be a lot brighter. But perhaps that's just the picture. Also hate the layout. But yeah, it's new and modern as expected.

 

[Jbwest31]

Way too much dark grey and lighting is too dark. Needs to be a lot brighter. But perhaps that's just the picture. Also hate the layout. But yeah, it's new and modern as expected.

ehh too much color and it starts to look tacky. That’s coming from a Marylander who likes to throw our flag and colors in everything. I’m sure it’s brighter in real life though.

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

The Sens, meh.

 

[Wayward Son]

Edmonton's is cool

Jonathan Toews did say that North Dakota's dressing rooms are better than NHL ones, and I have to agree.
Some NCAA hockey locker rooms are better than 90% of NHL ones., and probably the nicest I have seen.

Okay, this is the winner. My god.

 

[Slaaapshuter]

I don't like ones with big logos on the carpet combined with rule that you are not allowed to step on it. It's on the floor, where are you supposed to go?

 

[garnetpalmetto]

The Canes locker room I don't think has ever had any major changes other than the pictures on the wall. Perhaps Dundon addresses this in the future, kind of surprised he hasn't yet. I have zero clue what the visiting locker room looks like but I've read it "could use an upgrade". I didn't quite realize how small NHL locker rooms in general were until I looked at this thread.

I think it was the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football coach that painted the visiting locker room walls pink. At least NHL teams don't have to look at pink walls.

It actually was renovated back in 2018 not too long after Dundon became the team's majority owner and, in the process, they found that the drop ceiling in place was so extensive (covering 30-35 feet of extra room in places) that they could fit a second floor to the locker room at some point in the future.

Canes Begin Locker Room Renovations

When the Carolina Hurricanes begin training camp in mid-September, their locker room will sport a new layout for both the players and coaches.

Demolition began earlier this week, the first step in revamping the look and flow of the team's room.
The initial plan is to remove a number of interior walls to open up the space on the south side of the locker room. The weight room, bike room and players' lounge will essentially reside in one large area, while the coaches' offices will relocate to the north end of the room, previously occupied by storage and the old players' lounge.

"We have a lot of walls down there that we don't need," President and General Manager Don Waddell said. "Any time you open up a room, it makes it feel that much bigger."

The construction plan, which hasn't even been completely finalized just yet, has come together quickly in the last month, according to Waddell. The project also carries a fairly hard deadline - the Hurricanes host their first preseason game on Sept. 19, and training camp is slated to begin the week prior

"It's been high speed," Waddell said. "Demolition is going to be probably 10 weeks. Those brick walls are up 30 feet high, so that's a lot to take out of there. … We'll get to a shell, and already we've met with a designer to start programming."

Removing the existing ceiling exposed 30-35 feet of additional space underneath the lower bowl. Creating a second floor to expand the locker room footprint into that space couldn't be fit into the tight renovation timeline this summer, but it's something that could be explored next year.
Stay tuned for renovation progress updates throughout the summer.

Walls Come Down in Locker Room

With just a month remaining until the Carolina Hurricanes open training camp, the team's new-look locker room is taking shape.

Just a few short weeks after construction began, a number of interior walls were removed. The result is an open concept training space for the players, in addition to their lounge, on the south side of the room. Meanwhile, the coaches' offices will now be located at the north end of the room, space previously occupied by the players' lounge and storage.

Since demolition, drywall has been installed in the new lounge area and the frame for the ceiling - now a foot to two feet higher in some areas - has been reinstalled.

The finishing touches, which will include removing some stationary bikes and adding additional equipment, are next.

"I like the bigger space because we're going to be able to do a little bit more movement stuff. I think movement is really the cornerstone of everything we do, whether it's on land or on ice," said Bill Burniston, head of strength and conditioning, on the latest episode of CanesCast. "I'm really pleased that it's going to be a bit bigger. … I'm excited about it. I think it's going to allow for us to have more team workouts instead of breaking guys up into groups."

Stay tuned for additional renovation progress updates over the next month.

New-Look Locker Room Coming Together

The Carolina Hurricanes' new-look locker room is coming together with three weeks left on the calendar prior to the start of training camp.

The previous walk-through detailed the open concept in a space that was very much a work-in-progress. Construction continues, but the room as a whole is now more defined.

Let's take another tour of the locker room.

The coaches will now be located at the north end of the locker room, space previously occupied by the players' lounge and storage. In the video above, the coaches' office is the first room seen on the right, with their (future) bathroom positioned adjacent.

Flying past the players' stalls, the locker room begins to feel much larger, as a number of walls were removed to introduce the open concept space. A new players' lounge, complete with a kitchen featuring color-changing LED lights, occupies the far south side of the room alongside the expanded footprint of the team's training area. The functionality of the two spaces is divided by a three-quarter wall that extends a few feet out from the back wall.

The finish line of this project is near, so stay tuned for further updates over the next three weeks.

is a walk-through of the finished renovations but here's a good before/after of the dressing room area itself. The changes are fairly subtle - looks like the two stalls at the end of the short side of the room have been angled to give a little more room to the players in those spaces and eliminate that dead space between that side and the two rows facing each other, changes to the fittings in each stall, new carpet - but it sounds like there might be plans for another renovation down the road.

The ceiling looks like someones rec room in need of major updating. Also, the ceiling fans make it look extra bad! Also they didn't get their own logo right, the carpet guy had one job!

I only noticed it when you pointed it out, but to clarify, are you talking about what looks like a really bad looking rug on the floor? Or the actual carpet underneath it?

That rug is hilariously bad. Unless somehow it's upside down?

I was talking about the logo rug, but both are bad.

I think what you're talking about is the red cover placed over the logo so that players *can* walk across the carpet without "walking across the logo." Here it is with the cover off.

 

[11Messier]

So teams that have logos on their carpet actually have covers for it. LOL. So what is the point of having the logo if its only displayed when people aren't using the room. So for superstition sake, its not okay to step on the logo but putting something over it and then walking on it makes it okay. So then it should be okay to walk on it if you are wearing socks or do these covers have magic fabric?

 

[Jim Bob]

This is the Clarkson University Women's Hockey locker room over the recent renovation to the Cheel Campus Center.

Here is what the Men's team had when they opened the season on the road in Fairbanks, Alaska.

 

[Dicky113]

Go ahead and chalk up Winnipeg's room as right in the middle - nothing special, but not really lacking anything.

The drop ceiling is the same as my parents basement!

 

[Dicky113]

The Bruins went from this:

to this:

I like the first one better

 

[robes1]

Call me a biased Leafs fan but I think their dressing room is very nice.

Looks like a fancy man-cave.

 

[GMofOilers]

This is just one tiny aspect of the Oilers dressing room. Its ginormous. They've got a kitchen, lounge, games room, hot tubs, pool, full gym, theater... They've got different storage areas for things like gloves, sticks and equipment. Here's a quick YouTube link that shows a little bit more.

I like this video better
Principe gives fans tour behind scenes at Rogers Place - Sportsnet.ca

 

[Daz28]

Canes were like let's hang up the stuff on the floor, take the picture from a different angle, and call it a renovation.

 

[IDuck]

i might be old school, but i like the smaller/closed design, think ottawa nailed it....not a fan of the oval although i see/know why they design them that way now, it allows the players and coaches to all look at each other and be somewhat facing forward......however, the other 90% of the time when players are talking to each other it makes for a lot of bending down and looking around others, as well as having to yell since your further away from each other....hockey locker rooms are the best because of the convos that are happening.

 

[Jim Bob]

Notre Dame's room is nice. But that mask paint job is nicer.

And here is the away locker room at Notre Dame:

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[tarheelhockey]

Canes were like let's hang up the stuff on the floor, take the picture from a different angle, and call it a renovation.

Realtors nod in approval