The Oldest College Hockey Rinks

59 NCAA Division I rinks ranked by opening year. No. 1 is Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan (opened 1923).

  1. 1NCAAYost Ice Arena — Michigan Wolverines (Ann Arbor, Michigan)opened 1923
  2. 2NCAAHobey Baker Memorial Rink — Princeton Tigers (Princeton, New Jersey)opened 1923
  3. 3NCAAHouston Field House — RPI Engineers (Troy, New York)opened 1949
  4. 4NCAAAppleton Arena — St. Lawrence Saints (Canton, New York)opened 1951
  5. 5NCAABright-Landry Hockey Center — Harvard Crimson (Boston, Massachusetts)opened 1956
  6. 6NCAALynah Rink — Cornell Big Red (Ithaca, New York)opened 1957
  7. 7NCAAIngalls Rink — Yale Bulldogs (New Haven, Connecticut)opened 1958
  8. 8NCAAMeehan Auditorium — Brown Bears (Providence, Rhode Island)opened 1961
  9. 9NCAAGutterson Fieldhouse — Vermont Catamounts (Burlington, Vermont)opened 1963
  10. 10NCAASlater Family Ice Arena — Bowling Green Falcons (Bowling Green, Ohio)opened 1967
  11. 11NCAACadet Ice Arena — Air Force Falcons (USAF Academy, Colorado)opened 1968
  12. 12NCAAJ. Thom Lawler Rink — Merrimack Warriors (North Andover, Massachusetts)opened 1972
  13. 13NCAAMacInnes Student Ice Arena — Michigan Tech Huskies (Houghton, Michigan)opened 1972
  14. 14NCAASchneider Arena — Providence Friars (Providence, Rhode Island)opened 1973
  15. 15NCAAMunn Ice Arena — Michigan State Spartans (East Lansing, Michigan)opened 1974
  16. 16NCAALawson Arena — Western Michigan Broncos (Kalamazoo, Michigan)opened 1974
  17. 17NCAAHart Center — Holy Cross Crusaders (Worcester, Massachusetts)opened 1975
  18. 18NCAAThompson Arena — Dartmouth Big Green (Hanover, New Hampshire)opened 1975
  19. 19NCAAEwigleben Arena — Ferris State Bulldogs (Big Rapids, Michigan)opened 1976
  20. 20NCAASeawolf Sports Complex — Alaska Anchorage Seawolves (Anchorage, Alaska)opened 1977
  21. 21NCAAAlfond Arena — Maine Black Bears (Orono, Maine)opened 1977
  22. 22NCAATate Rink — Army Black Knights (West Point, New York)opened 1985
  23. 23NCAAConte Forum — Boston College Eagles (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)opened 1988
  24. 24NCAAHerb Brooks National Hockey Center — St. Cloud State Huskies (St. Cloud, Minnesota)opened 1989
  25. 25NCAACarlson Center — Alaska Nanooks (Fairbanks, Alaska)opened 1990
  26. 26NCAACheel Arena — Clarkson Golden Knights (Potsdam, New York)opened 1991
  27. 27NCAAWilliam D. Mullins Memorial Center — UMass Minutemen (Amherst, Massachusetts)opened 1993
  28. 28NCAA3M Arena at Mariucci — Minnesota Golden Gophers (Minneapolis, Minnesota)opened 1993
  29. 29NCAATaffy Abel Arena — Lake Superior State Lakers (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)opened 1995
  30. 30NCAAMayo Clinic Health System Event Center — Minnesota State Mavericks (Mankato, Minnesota)opened 1995
  31. 31NCAAWhittemore Center — New Hampshire Wildcats (Durham, New Hampshire)opened 1995
  32. 32NCAADwyer Arena — Niagara Purple Eagles (Lewiston, New York)opened 1996
  33. 33NCAATsongas Center — UMass Lowell River Hawks (Lowell, Massachusetts)opened 1998
  34. 34NCAAValue City Arena — Ohio State Buckeyes (Columbus, Ohio)opened 1998
  35. 35NCAARobert Morris University Island Sports Center — Robert Morris Colonials (Neville Township, Pennsylvania)opened 1998
  36. 36NCAAKohl Center — Wisconsin Badgers (Madison, Wisconsin)opened 1998
  37. 37NCAAMagness Arena — Denver Pioneers (Denver, Colorado)opened 1999
  38. 38NCAABerry Events Center — Northern Michigan Wildcats (Marquette, Michigan)opened 1999
  39. 39NCAARalph Engelstad Arena — North Dakota Fighting Hawks (Grand Forks, North Dakota)opened 2001
  40. 40NCAAFoxboro Sports Center — Stonehill Skyhawks (Foxborough, Massachusetts)opened 2004
  41. 41PWHLAgganis Arena — Boston Fleet / Boston University Terriers (Boston, Massachusetts)opened 2005
  42. 42NCAAGoggin Ice Center — Miami RedHawks (Oxford, Ohio)opened 2006
  43. 43NCAAM&T Bank Arena — Quinnipiac Bobcats (Hamden, Connecticut)opened 2007
  44. 44NCAASanford Center — Bemidji State Beavers (Bemidji, Minnesota)opened 2010
  45. 45NCAAAMSOIL Arena — Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (Duluth, Minnesota)opened 2010
  46. 46NCAACompton Family Ice Arena — Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Notre Dame, Indiana)opened 2011
  47. 47NCAAPegula Ice Arena — Penn State Nittany Lions (University Park, Pennsylvania)opened 2013
  48. 48NCAALECOM Harborcenter — Canisius Golden Griffins / Buffalo Jr. Sabres (Buffalo, New York)opened 2014
  49. 49NCAAGene Polisseni Center — RIT Tigers (Henrietta, New York)opened 2014
  50. 50NCAABaxter Arena — Omaha Mavericks (Omaha, Nebraska)opened 2015
  51. 51NCAAClass of 1965 Arena — Colgate Raiders (Hamilton, New York)opened 2016
  52. 52NCAABentley Arena — Bentley Falcons (Waltham, Massachusetts)opened 2018
  53. 53NCAACentene Community Ice Center — Lindenwood Lions (Maryland Heights, Missouri)opened 2019
  54. 54NCAAEd Robson Arena — Colorado College Tigers (Colorado Springs, Colorado)opened 2021
  55. 55NCAAMullett Arena — Arizona State Sun Devils (Tempe, Arizona)opened 2022
  56. 56NCAAMartire Family Arena — Sacred Heart Pioneers (Fairfield, Connecticut)opened 2023
  57. 57NCAAToscano Family Ice Forum — UConn Huskies (Storrs, Connecticut)opened 2023
  58. 58NCAALee and Penny Anderson Arena — St. Thomas Tommies (Saint Paul, Minnesota)opened 2025
  59. 59NCAAM&T Bank Center — Union Garnet Chargers (Schenectady, New York)opened 2025

Capacity figures vary by source. Opening years count the current building, not later renovations.