Wall Street Journal Lists Alfond Among Top Hockey Arenas
A Wall Street Journal article about 10 of the most unique college hockey arenas in the nation included the University of Maine’s Alfond Ice Arena as having the best atmosphere. The article says “Games at Maine’s Alfond Arena feel like the hockey version of Friday Night Lights. The crowd is a mix of diehard locals and feverish students (one of whom hangs a referee doll in effigy when the officials skate onto the ice. At one end of the 5,445-seat arena, a section of fans sits in an ear-splitting site directly below the band.” “There’s nothing like Maine hockey,” Melissa Cross, who’s been attending games since she was 8, tells reporters. “What else are you going to do when it’s 20 below?” The article also included a photograph of the ice rink and stadium at Alfond.