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The Albert L. Gutterson Fieldhouse (nicknamed "The Gut") is a 4,035-seat hockey
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in
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, United States. It is home to the
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men's and
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teams. It is the largest
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in the state of
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. It is adjacent to Patrick Gymnasium and Forbush Natatorium at the school's athletic complex. It is named for Albert Gutterson, class of 1912, the school's first Olympian. He set an Olympic record with a 7.60 meter long jump, beating, among others, the great
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.


History

The barrel-vaulted arena opened in 1963, originally seating 3,335, with a rink 190 x 85 feet, and the Catamounts varsity hockey program was established the same year. In 1990, the arena was extended eastward to expand the rink to 200 x 90 feet, add an additional row of 700 seats, and add a new lobby, concession, and restroom area. New locker rooms were also added to the north, enough to accommodate six teams at once, along with offices and a varsity weight room. The hockey team has played host to exhibitions with the
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,
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, and
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and
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. It was the venue for the first women's hockey game ever nationally televised in the US (on December 17, 1997, a pre-Olympic game between Canada and the United States). Between 1995 and 2000, and again in 2002, it was the preseason training camp site of the
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. (The
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had previously held their 1992 and 1993 training camps there.) On March 30, 2012, President
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made his first public appearance in the State of Vermont at the Gutterson Fieldhouse. However, he did speak previously to students on campus at UVM campaigning for Senator
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(I-VT) in 2006, outside of Ira Allen Chapel. The Vermont Principal's Association (VPA) has held the boys' and girls' high school state ice hockey championships at the venue since 1976 (boys) and 2011 (girls).''Vermont Principal's Association''

Gutterson Fieldhouse, along with Cairns Arena in nearby
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, served as venues for the
2012 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation and took place in Vermont, United States, at the Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vermont, Burlington, and the Cairns Arena in ...
. In July 2016, the Vermont Bucks, an indoor football team, was announced as a 2017 expansion team as part of
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(AIF) and would use the arena for home games. The AIF would fold before the Bucks could play in the league, but team owner
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started the Can-Am Indoor Football League for the 2017 season. The Can-Am then merged into the
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after one season of play, but Viens sold the Bucks and the Bucks would eventually fold before playing in the new league.


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External links


Official website
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