Tate Rink is a 2,648-seat

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. It is home to the

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Black Knights men's ice hockey

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. It is also home to the Army's youth hockey team, The West Point Jr. Black Knights. It was built in as part of the Major Donald W. Holleder Center athletic complex, which also includes

Christl Arena Christl Arena is a 5,043-seat, multi-purpose arena in West Point, New York. It was built in 1985 as part of the Major Donald W. Holleder Center, which also houses Tate Rink. It is home to the United States Military Academy's Army Black Knight ...

. Army's first game in the arena was October 25, 1985, a 5–0 win over

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(now Toronto Metropolitan University) of Toronto. The first goal scored in the rink was by West Point plebe Vincent McDermott of

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who also scored the second goal that evening. The arena is named for the Tate brothers, Joseph S. Tate '41 and Frederic H.S. Tate '42, who were both pilots killed in combat in World War II. ( Maj. Holleder '56, the namesake of the complex, was an All-American football and basketball player killed in action in Vietnam in 1967.) Before the Holleder Center was built, the Black Knights hockey team used the open-air

Smith Rink The Smith Rink was an outdoor ice rink on the campus of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. The rink served as the home for the Army ice hockey program for 55 years and was the last outdoor venue used for Division I hocke ...

, which was across Mills Road, where the James K. Herbert Alumni Center now stands.

External links

Official Website

Official Website of Junior Black Knights
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