The Ice House Sports Complex is a 1,200-seat
ice rink
An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice created using hardened chemicals where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The ...
located in
Chenango, New York
Chenango is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 10,983 at the 2020 census.
The town is in the eastern part of the county, northeast of Binghamton.
History
The area was first settled ''circa'' 1787, and th ...
.
The Ice House is home to the
Binghamton University
The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public research university with campuses in Binghamton, Vestal, and Johnson City, New York. It is one of the four university centers in the State ...
Bearcats club
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...
team competing in the
American Collegiate Hockey Association
The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is a college ice hockey association. The ACHA's purpose is to be an organization of collegiate affiliated non-varsity programs, which provides structure, regulates operations, and promotes qualit ...
as members of the
Northeast Collegiate Hockey League
The Northeast Collegiate Hockey League is an ACHA Division I Hockey League consisting of seven teams in the Northeastern United States. A majority of members are located in New York with additional teams coming from New Jersey.
History
The leag ...
, and was the 2010-11 home of the
Broome County Barons
The New York Bluefins were a professional hockey team in the Federal Hockey League (FHL) based in New York.
They started their inaugural 2010–11 season as the Broome County Barons with home games in the Chenango Ice Rink in Chenango, New Yor ...
playing in
Federal Hockey League
The Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) is a professional ice hockey independent minor league with teams in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern, Southern United States, Southern, and Northeastern United States. The FPHL began operations ...
(FHL), a minor professional ice hockey league.
In 2023, the Ice House serves as home to local high school hockey, local figure skating, youth and adult recreational hockey leagues, as well as public skating. The Ice House also has a sports bar located on the second floor of the facility, known as the Fire & Ice Sports Bar and Grill.
The rink served as the home of the
Binghamton Jr. Senators playing in the
Tier III Junior A Atlantic Junior Hockey League until 2010, when the team moved to
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton,
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...
, to become the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights.
References
External links
Ice House Sports ComplexBroome County Barons
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College ice hockey venues in the United States
Indoor arenas in New York (state)
Indoor ice hockey venues in the United States