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whats your favorite place to watch high school hockey? i personally like the coliseum. i feel like i should be watching the charleston chiefs when i go there

Gordon Bombay08 wrote:whats your favorite place to watch high school hockey? i personally like the coliseum. i feel like i should be watching the charleston chiefs when i go there

Portman Ice rink

I agree he Coliseum is a great place to watch hockey... I also like Aldrich

Although I think Aldrich is a better place to watch a game, the Coliseum has the great section finals history - a little too far from the ice, but still a great place to see a game.

Roseau Memorial.

Wakota. No doubt about it

Nothing like the DECC during the 7AA semis and title game. I've been to the Colesium once for a couple semi-final games a few years ago(Maple Grove/Anoka, Centennial/Hill-Murray[2007]). There's nothing like being at the Holiday downtown Duluth and seeing the sunrise over Lake Superior, getting my starbucks at the street level of the hotel, then taking the skyway over 1-35 to the DECC and watching the lobby fill to full capacity 1.5 hours before the game.

Roseau Memorial.

Roseau Memorial, the banners, the warming house, the history.

Home of the Grand Rapids Indians!

Gordon Bombay08 wrote:whats your favorite place to watch high school hockey? i personally like the coliseum. i feel like i should be watching the charleston chiefs when i go there

Gordon Bombay?

Copy cat.

Harding Arena
The ice is strangely bumpy in the arena, so I feel like I need a suspension on my skates there.

brandy38 wrote:Harding Arena
The ice is strangely bumpy in the arena, so I feel like I need a suspension on my skates there.

Grand Rapids is great and rowdy.

Braemar West in Edina. Always pretty full, lots of banners, pretty old school. Overall a good atmosphere. Also like the old rink at Richfield, and the Coliseum.

Roseau & Warroad because of the hockey history.

Little Ralph in Thief River Falls. IMO, the nicest arena in the state.

Some interesting places:

Park Rapids, do they still have the trailer houses??
Bagley, always seemed so small, how about them two level locker rooms?
Benson, a grainery...perfect
Detroit Lakes, highest boards anywhere. Feels like you're jumping off a cliff when you jump the boards...and the wall opposite the stands...a wall..no glass.
The old rink in TRF. Locker rooms in the basement.....the puck may "stall' on the viewing end of the rink...watch from the lobby through the windows directly to the ice. History.

Jr gold beast wrote:Wakota. No doubt about it

for how much I dislike SSP I have to admit that since Wakota took the stands out on the locker room side it just doesnt feel the same to me. It feels empty. I miss the way it use to be.

freighttrain wrote:

Jr gold beast wrote:Wakota. No doubt about it

for how much I dislike SSP I have to admit that since Wakota took the stands out on the locker room side it just doesnt feel the same to me. It feels empty. I miss the way it use to be.

I totally agree with you on that. I remember as a kid playing there and walking underneath those stands to the locker rooms.

roseau is an amazing one for sure. Where is the Coliseum?

IRA Civic Center in G Rapids is great. The stands are very close to the ice and it gets wild in there. Little Ralph in TRF is an amazing building. I can't imagine how wild that place gets for a Roseau v. Moorhead section championship. Couple others the Hibbing Memorial, Aldrich, and The Gardens up in Warroad.

stc30 wrote:roseau is an amazing one for sure. Where is the Coliseum?

I believe they are talking of the State Fairgrounds Coliseum.

Heritage in Duluth is very nice. The DECC for section playoffs is great, too.

But nothing really compares to the MAC in St. Cloud.

Eveleth, all the history is great

International Falls' Bronco Arena...Great fan base with great tradition.

Braemar, Aldrich, Jefferson and THIEF RIVER FALLS look it up its unbelieveable. and my least favorites are Hopkins and Eden Prairie.