Canlan Sports – York is an

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arena in

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, Ontario, Canada, and is operated by Canlan Ice Sports Corporation. It is the main ice rink at

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,000 faculty and sta ...

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, as the home of the

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men's and women's varsity hockey teams. It is also the home of the

Toronto Six The Toronto Six is a professional women's ice hockey team based in Toronto playing out of Canlan Ice Sports – York. They are one of two Canadian teams in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) (formerly known as the National Women's Hockey Leagu ...

of the

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. The facility opened in 1996 as the Beatrice Ice Gardens, and has one Olympic-sized and five NHL-sized ice rinks. The seating capacity for the largest rink is 1,200. The arena has also been used for

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training camps. The current complex replaced the York University Ice Palace, built in 1968. The building lacked seating for spectators, and has since been converted into the Sherman Health Science Research Centre. The arena was purchased by Canlan Ice Sports in August 2007. On 1 October 2020, the

announced they had an agreement in place to play their inaugural season in the Premier Hockey Federation, known at the time as the

National Women's Hockey League The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), formerly the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), is a women's professional ice hockey league located in the United States and Canada. The league was established in 2015 with four league-owned teams and ha ...

, at the facility, as well as having locker rooms built out specifically for the team.

References

External links

Official web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Canlan Sports - York Ice hockey venues in Toronto Indoor arenas in Ontario Indoor ice hockey venues in Ontario York University buildings Toronto Six 1996 establishments in Ontario Sports venues completed in 1996