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

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 mas ...

located in

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. The Facility houses two

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. 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

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-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; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

-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) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

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

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; while the women's team competes at ACHA Women's Division II level in the

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. 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 Blue (Fred Rust Arena) and Gold arenas which serve as the home of the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club ...

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

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

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 pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ...

. 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: sports medicine,

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, biomechanics and

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References

External links

University of Delaware Ice Arena

UD Hockey

UD Figure Skating

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