Tate Rink is a 2,648-seat

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. It is home to the men's ice hockey team of the

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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. 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

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. Maj. Don Holleder '56, the namesake of the complex, was an All-American football and basketball player killed in action in

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in 1967. Before the Holleder Center was built, the Black Knights hockey team used the open-air Smith Rink, which was across Mills Road, where the James K. Herbert Alumni Center now stands. The surface size of the rink is 200-by-90 feet.

References

External links

Official Website

Official Website of Junior Black Knights
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