L’invité spécial Adam Maynes (@AZSportsHistory sur Twitter) se joint à nous pour partager ses connaissances sur l’histoire du hockey en Arizona.
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L’invité spécial Adam Maynes (@AZSportsHistory sur Twitter) se joint à nous pour partager ses connaissances sur l’histoire du hockey en Arizona.
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My Dad played for the Phoenix Apaches, I have newspaper articles in a scrap book. Hs name is Barrie Middleton. He and my mother started youth hockey in Phoenix. My mom was the den mother of our cub scout troop and we had a choice of going horse back riding or skating at the new rink at tower plaza. We chose ice skating and my dad got some used sticks from the new Phoenix Roadrunners. He was a linesman for the western hockey league and did the roadrunners games. The sport grew from there.
Super interesting about the Apaches. AZ hockey: Here To Stay
I need to add another arena that you have missed. There was an arena at 30th Street and East Thomas Road. Built in a Quonset hut was a small surfaced arena. It was owned by Ed Carney and George Snelson. Iceland ice arena was the predecessor of the Ice Palace arena at 38th street and E. Thomas Rd, also owned and built by Carney and Snelson. I remember some of the hockey players used newspapers or pillows for pads. Also, there was a large plate glass window, at the South end of the ice, so instead of pucks, wiffle balls were used. I started working at Iceland as a 16-year-old in 1966. So many great memories of this family-owned arena.