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Facilities
9/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Facilities
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Thompson Arena
Rupert Thompson Arena, home of the Dartmouth men's and women's hockey teams, is one of the nation's finest collegiate hockey facilities and is considered one of the premier rinks in the East. Construction began in 1973 and the first hockey game took place in November, 1975, when the Dartmouth men and the United States Olympic Team skated to a 3-3 tie.
Crowds of more than 4,000 have been known to attend Dartmouth men's hockey games, and the atmosphere can be electric on weekends when the Big Green is hosting an Ivy or ECAC rival.
Thompson Arena was designed by Pier Luigi Nervi, the Italian architect-engineer who also drew the complex for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. The Arena has 3,500 individually-backed seats plus room for 1,000 standees, all encircling an ice sheet 200 feet long by 90 feet wide.
There are several unique features to Thompson Arena, which was dug into the ground and involved the use of 9,500 yards of pre-cast and cast-in-place concrete and 600 tons of reinforced steel. The vaulted ceiling includes 1,024 triangular sections, each weighing one ton. The press box, on the south side of the ice, is held up by buttresses extending over the bleachers. And buttresses suspend the Arena itself from outside. At the East end of the Arena, the various championship banners fly, symbolizing titles won by both the men's and women's programs.
The Arena also includes five spacious, carpeted dressing rooms, plus two complete training rooms. There is also a press room, storage and skate-sharpening areas, as well as the William Smoyer '67 Lounge, where postgame receptions are held after all men's contests. In the Smoyer Lounge, one can find numerous individual and team photos displaying the hallowed history of both the Dartmouth men's and women's hockey programs.
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Manley Training Center
During the season, the varsity athletes in the men's hockey program embrace a total commitment to conditioning and fitness. The athletes utilize the Carla and John Manley '40 Varsity Training Center, a 4,000 square foot facility with state-of-the art equipment.
In the Manley Center, student-athletes undergo effective strength, power, plyometric, agility, flexibility and conditioning programs under the supervision of strength and conditioning coach Bob Miller. Dedicated to creating a physical and mental advantage for Dartmouth's student-athletes, the strength and conditioning staff develops and monitors a specific program for each student-athlete which includes metabolic speed drills on the track, explosive lifting in the weight room, stretching and plyometric work.
Planned Improvements
Dartmouth's trustees have authorized funds for planning a new varsity house.
The new varsity house will be located to the east of Dartmouth's Memorial Field. The existing stands will be replaced by steeper seating and a three-story building featuring a 10,000-square foot varsity strength training center, a “smart classroom” and meeting rooms for the entire athletic department, football locker facilities and offices for football and several other sports.
Already in progress are $12 million in renovations to Alumni Gymnasium, the 95-year-old centerpiece of Dartmouth's athletic complex. Included in this project:
• Creation of a 14,000-square foot recreational fitness center.
• Eight new multi-use fitness spaces, comprising about 10,000 square feet.
• Infrastructure improvements to Karl Michael Pool.
• New handicap accessibility and an elevator serving the gym's four levels. The John and Carla Manley Intercollegiate Fitness and Training Center opened officially in December of 1997. It was designed to give varsity athletes at Dartmouth the best opportunity to develop the proper conditioning required by their particular sport.
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