C. Douglas Cairns Recreation Arena, more commonly known as Cairns Arena, is a 600-seat hockey

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. It is home to the

Saint Michael's College Saint Michael's College (St. Mikes or Saint Michael's) is a private Roman Catholic college in Colchester, Vermont. Saint Michael's was founded in 1904 by the Society of Saint Edmund. It grants Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees ...

Purple Knights men's and women's

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teams, the

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club ice hockey team, and a number of high school hockey teams. It was the former home to the

Green Mountain Glades The Green Mountain Glades is a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team in the Eastern Junior Hockey League's North Division from 2000-2017. Overview The team played its home games at Cairns Arena, a 600-seat arena in the suburb of South Burlington, ...

Junior A

team of the

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, who have since moved operations to Portland, Maine. The Arena comprises two NHL-sized

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s, each with a

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of 600, a café, and a pro shop. It also served as a venue for the

2012 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation and took place in Vermont, United States, at the Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, and the Cairns Arena in South Burlington. ...

, along with

Gutterson Fieldhouse Gutterson Fieldhouse (nicknamed "The Gut") is a 4,035-seat hockey arena in Burlington, Vermont. It is home to the Vermont Catamounts men's and women's ice hockey teams. It is the largest indoor arena in the state of Vermont. It is adjacent t ...

References

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