U Sports Hockey Arenas

Every U Sports men’s university hockey arena in Canada for 2026–27, by conference: 35 home rinks, with the biggest and oldest in each.

By conference

Biggest U Sports rinks

1. 1U SportsDoug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre — UBC Thunderbirds (Vancouver, British Columbia)7,500 seats
2. 2U SportsLangley Events Centre — Trinity Western Spartans (Langley, British Columbia)5,276 seats
3. 3U SportsFort William Gardens — Lakehead Thunderwolves (Thunder Bay, Ontario)4,680 seats
4. 4U SportsBoart Longyear Memorial Gardens — Nipissing Lakers (North Bay, Ontario)4,246 seats
5. 5U SportsWaterloo Memorial Recreation Complex — Laurier Golden Hawks (Waterloo, Ontario)4,132 seats
6. 6U SportsVarsity Arena — Toronto Varsity Blues (Toronto, Ontario)4,116 seats
7. 7U SportsThompson Arena — Western Mustangs (London, Ontario)3,615 seats
8. 8U SportsColisée Jean-Guy Talbot — UQTR Patriotes (Trois-Rivières, Quebec)3,500 seats
9. 9U SportsKingston Memorial Centre — Queen's Gaels (Kingston, Ontario)3,300 seats
10. 10U SportsAitken University Centre — UNB Reds (Fredericton, New Brunswick)3,278 seats

U Sports is Canada’s university sport governing body; its men’s hockey conferences are the AUS (Atlantic Canada), Canada West and the OUA (Ontario and Quebec). Several programs share a city rink with a junior team, like Fort William Gardens (Lakehead and the Thunder Bay North Stars).

Capacity is the hockey seating figure on file for 2026–27; opening year is when the current building opened. A rink shared by two teams counts once in the Rinks column. Last updated October 30, 2026.