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Plattsburgh Pioneers
Arena Name: The Crete Memorial Civic Center |
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| Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena |
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| What was the Arena Like? |
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| How To Get There |
| From I-87: Get off at Exit 39 (if northbound)/39E (if southbound) (Moffitt Road). Turn right if you were northbound on the interstate. Turn right on Beach Road, and then immediately right again on Crete Center Road. The arena will be on your left. |
| What's it Used For Today? |
| The Plattsburgh Pioneers opened their first season in front of a full house at the Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse, because renovations at the Crete Memorial Civic Center weren't yet completed. They were a team owned and coached by a kinesiology professor, in a league that refused to allow the new team to stock their club with an expansion draft, refused to allow them access to Quebec-born players, and refused to allow them to recruit U.S.-born players from outside New England. In short, the deck was a little bit stacked against them. The Crete Memorial Civic Center was intended to be the long-term home of the Pioneers hockey club, but in the end they only played four games there before going belly-up. The last was a 6-2 loss to the Shawinigan Cataractes in front of 455 spectators on Oct. 25, 1984. The Crete Memorial Civic Center has not had ice in the winter since 1999, as the city was losing money on it and there are two other ice rinks in the city. The building currently isn't used for a great deal, with trade shows and community events being the main things that get the doors unlocked. |
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