The K.C. Irving Regional Centre (french: Centre Régional K.C. Irving) is an indoor arena located in
Bathurst,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
. The arena is home to the
Acadie–Bathurst Titan
The Acadie–Bathurst Titan are a major junior ice hockey team based in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. They are members of the Telus Maritimes Division in the Telus Conference of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The team plays it ...
, a hockey team of the
QMJHL
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The l ...
. It was named in honour of businessman
K. C. Irving
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Biography Early life
Bor ...
. Opened in September 1996 and built at a cost of $21 million, it is the largest arena in north-eastern New Brunswick.
There are seats for a total capacity of at the hockey games. For entertainment, the capacity may be expanded to . Around the rink there are 24 private boxes. The arena has two ice rinks: "The Eddy Rink" where the Acadie-Bathurst Titan play their home games on also where the seating capacity is located, and "The Richelieu" rink which is the home of The
Bathurst High School Phantoms Boys and Girls hockey teams and is hosts to many minor hockey, figure skating and other events with a smaller seating area. The centre also has many canteens and a walking track as well as an Acadie-Bathurst Titan gift shop and the offices of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan management and the City Of Bathurst Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department. The operations of the centre are run by the City Of Bathurst and their union workers from CUPE Locals 550 (Outside Workers) and CUPE Local 4632 Kc Irving Event staff and Security
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.
Banners
President's Cup
''(including President's Cup of the club when the franchise was operating at
Laval
Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of:
People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
Places Belgium
* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...
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* 1983-84
* 1988-89
* 1989-90
* 1992-93
* 1998-99
" Hardy Cup"
""(Won by the 1972 Bathurst Alpine Papermakers) at the former Bathurst Arena also known as "The Barn"
*Note
The Hardy Cup, was the Canadian national Intermediate "A" ice hockey championship from 1967 until 1984. From 1985 until 1990, the Hardy Cup was the Canadian national senior championship for Senior "AA" after senior and intermediate hockey were merged by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The trophy was retired to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990.
Retired numbers
''(including players of the club when the franchise was operating at
Laval
Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of:
People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
Places Belgium
* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...
)''
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Claude Lapointe
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Early life
Lapointe grew ...
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Mike Bossy
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Neil Carnes
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Vincent Damphousse
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Martin Lapointe
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He is best known f ...
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Gino Odjick
Wayne Gino Odjick (September 7, 1970 – January 15, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1990 to 2002 for the Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Philadelph ...
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Patrice Bergeron
Patrice Bergeron-Cleary (born July 24, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bergeron played junior hockey with the Acadie–Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Ju ...
*First Retired jersey from The Acadie Bathurst Titan since relocating from Laval PQ
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Mario Lemieux
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* 1 -
Roberto Luongo
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* Second retired jersey from The Acadie Bathurst Titan since relocating from Laval PQ
References
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Buildings and structures in Bathurst, New Brunswick
Indoor ice hockey venues in Canada
Sport in Bathurst, New Brunswick
Sports venues in New Brunswick
Indoor arenas in New Brunswick
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League arenas
1996 establishments in New Brunswick
Sports venues completed in 1996