The Fred Rust Ice Arena or University of Delaware Ice Arena is a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of The

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially known as UD, UDel, or Delaware) is a Statutory college#Delaware, privately governed, state-assisted Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Newark, Delaware, United States. UD offers f ...

located in

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. The Facility houses two

ice sheets In glaciology, an ice sheet, also known as a continental glacier, is a mass of glacial ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than . The only current ice sheets are the Antarctic ice sheet and the Greenland ice sheet. Ice sheets ...

. The first sheet is located in the Fred Rust Arena and the second sheet is located in the Gold Arena which is a separate building. The Fred Rust Ice Arena, is a 2,500-seat regulation international-sized ice arena on the UD campus. The Fred Rust Ice Arena, originally named The Blue Arena, was built in 1988 and houses the Olympic-sized ice area, a VIP lounge, a pro shop, locker rooms, weight and fitness facility, ballet room, off-ice spinner and a concession area. The Gold Arena is the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

-sized ice sheet and was constructed in 1971. The Gold arena sits adjacent to the Fred Rust on the UD campus. The facility is home to the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's and women's

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) 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. Tw ...

teams. The men's team competes at the ACHA Division I level in the

Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League The Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) is a collegiate hockey conference at the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division I level. The league was created in 2017 and is made up of eight teams located in the Northeast and ...

; while the women's team competes at ACHA Women's Division II level in the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference. Beginning with the 2025-2026 season, it will be the home of the Blue Hens' NCAA Division I women's ice hockey program competing in the

Atlantic Hockey America Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) is a college ice hockey conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States. It participates in NCAA Division I as an ice hockey-only conference. The conference was formed in 2023 by the merger of ...

(AHA) conference. It is also home of the

University of Delaware Figure Skating Club The University of Delaware Figure Skating Club ''(UDFSC)'' was chartered in January 1986. The University of Delaware is home to the University of Delaware Ice Arena, Blue (Fred Rust Arena) and Gold arenas which serve as the home of the University ...

and University of Delaware Synchronized Skating Club. The Ice Arena is also used for recreational sports by UD students and local public, as well as various local youth hockey programs, recreational and competitive

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Ice Skating Science Development Center

The University of Delaware Ice Skating Science Development Center (ISSDC) is one of the world's leading training and research sites for the

sport Sport is a physical activity or game, often Competition, competitive and organization, organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The numbe ...

. It uses the Fred Rust Ice Arena and the Gold Ice Arena, as well as strength and aerobic training rooms and dance studio. UD faculty have collaborated with the World and Olympic coaches to advance the body of knowledge in

, and encompasses research areas of:

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and

sports psychology Sport psychology is defined as the study of the psychological basis, processes, and effects of sport. One definition of sport sees it as "any physical activity for the purposes of competition, recreation, education or health". Sport psychology i ...

References

External links

University of Delaware Ice Arena

UD Hockey

UD Figure Skating

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