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The LaHaye Ice Center is a 4,000-seat ice
arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators ...
located in
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on the campus of
Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Liberty i ...
. The ice arena is also the home to the
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men's and women's
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
teams that currently compete in the
American Collegiate Hockey Association The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is a college ice hockey association. The ACHA's purpose is to be an organization of collegiate affiliated non-varsity programs, which provides structure, regulates operations, and promotes qualit ...
as independent teams in the ACHA Division I. In addition to LU's varsity teams, the Liberty JV team,
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, and
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teams at the ACHA Division II level playing in the
Blue Ridge Hockey Conference The East Coast Collegiate Hockey Association (ECCHA) was an ACHA college ice hockey conference in the Southeast region of the United States. The ECCHA was created in August of 2001 as Blue Ridge Hockey Conference or BRHC by eight collegiate hoc ...
also use the arena. And for LU's
synchronized skating Synchronized skating is an ice skating sport where between 8 to 16 skaters perform together as a team. They move as a flowing unit at high speed over the ice, while performing elements and footwork. This complex sport originated in 1956 and was ...
team. The ice arena is also used for various recreational uses by students and local public for
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,
figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
,
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
, and
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. The arena is named after
Tim LaHaye Timothy Francis LaHaye (April 27, 1926 – July 25, 2016) was an American Baptist evangelical Christian Minister of religion, minister who wrote more than 85 books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the ''Left Behind (series), Left Behind ...
, who gave $4.5 million to Liberty University to build a new student center and School of Prophecy, which opened in January 2002. He also serves as its president. LaHaye also provided the funds for the LaHaye Ice Center on the campus of Liberty University, which opened in January 2006.


Facilities

The ice arena includes an
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regulation-sized ice sheet and has a
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of 4,000 spectators, a media press box, a president's seating area, concession stand, pro shop with skate rental. The arena also houses offices for ice sports coaches and personnel and locker rooms. The Ice Center received renovations in the summer of 2008 when a Chancellor’s suite and two business suites were installed on one side of the rink. Improvements were also made to the rink’s upper level/balcony, with a new conference room, space for LU’s hockey coaches, a players’ lounge and a meeting area for media. The renovations also included a locker room for public use and a permanent locker for the Liberty women’s hockey team. The arena was completely renovated again in 2015, expanding capacity by more than 1,000 and adding to the building's concession offerings and locker room space. A new four-sided videoboard was also added in the renovation. The first goal scored in the LaHaye Ice Center was January 13, 2006 by Flames senior forward Scott LaPeer, giving Liberty a 1-0 lead over George Mason University in a game the Flames would win. That season, the Flames advanced to the ACHA National Championship game, eventually losing in overtime, 7-6, to Oakland University (Michigan).


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