Easton Arena (styled EASTON Arena, formerly Patrícia Ice Arena 37 and Zimný Štadión Piešťany) is an

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Piešťany Piešťany (; , , , ) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its Piešťany District, own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around ...

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

. It was built in 1986 and is primarily used for

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and is the home arena of

ŠHK 37 Piešťany ŠHK 37 Piešťany was a professional Slovak ice hockey club, based in Piešťany, Slovakia. The club was founded in 1937. The team is nicknamed Havrani ("ravens"). Honours Domestic Slovak 1. Liga * Winners (2): 2009–10, 2010–11 * Run ...

. It also hosted matches for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships and is a perennial host of the

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. It has a capacity of 5,000. The arena was the primary host of the 1987 World Junior Hockey Championships, which are most notably remembered for the last game played in the tournament on January 4, 1987. In the contest between

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and the

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, a bench-clearing brawl erupted in the second period. As the fighting got worse, the decision was made to cut the lights. The game was ultimately suspended and both teams were disqualified (the Soviets had already been eliminated from medal contention but Canada had already clinched a medal and had a chance at gold). The game was televised live in

on the

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and it became a major news event in that country.

Notable events

An overview of some sport events: ;1987 * 1987 IIHF World Under-20 Championship ;1996 * 1996 IIHF European Women Championships ;2002 * 2002 IIHF World Under-18 Championship ;2012 * 2012 IIHF World Under-18 Championship Division I ;2022 * 2022 IIHF World Under-18 Championship Division I

External links

YouTube Video of the Piestany Punch-Up

References

Ice hockey venues in Slovakia Buildings and structures in Trnava Region {{Slovakia-sports-venue-stub

Notable events

See also

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