@@aaronmichalek6757 ASU has played there a couple of times in the last hand full of years. Having it called their home arena is a massive leap. By that logic, the university I coach at has the same claim to Gile River Arena as ASU.
University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves now play at the 800-seat Seawolf Sports Complex after having horrible attendance at the 6,200-seat Sullivan Arena...so they're the smallest now.
The Ralph in Grand Forks where North Dakota plays is hands down the largest. Its only hockey all the time. Its also the nicest hockey arena I have ever been in. The seats are leather, the floor has marble inlays of the Fighthing Sioux mascot. Its ridiculous. Taj Mah Hal of Hockey.
They actually have the smallest, which is oceanside. But since it's so small they have home ice advantage since it has low ceilings that opposing teams aren't used to.
Curious how many of these are dedicated rinks and does it even matter. UMASS for instance practices on a nondescript rink next door and Mullens hosts Basketball & Concerts.
ASU doesn’t play all they’re games there. And Ohio state only uses the lower bowl for hockey so it should be something like 3. Ohio state 2. North Dakota 1. Wisconsin
If ur really wanting the best place to watch a game and the best vibes and a great arena..its Amsoil in Duluth..home of the still D1. Champs. UMD BULLDOG s..
I’ve been to Mariucci, the “new” Ralph, the “old” Ralph and the Hockey center in St Clould. Seen the rink you have from the outside when I was visiting two years ago. I’m bringing the family for a good game next winter. Year after that, I’m going to Bemidji, then Mankato. I won’t be going to the Kohl center because it sucks and it’s not a real rink.
Interesting how disproportionate the arena size is to the strength of the program. Not that sizes matters (insert That’s what she said joke). But I was surprised by some of the schools playing in those bigger barns.
I think this is a little skewed.... look at Ohio state. Yeah, the play at the Schott, but, it’s not just a hockey arena. It’s home to the basketball team also. I think if this was hockey specific arenas it would be way different.
@Shawn Spence But it's where they play all their games. If it was like Arizona St. where they only play a couple games their, then it would make sense not to count them.
Think of it. If North Dakota were to play ASU at their home ice on a weekend in January- it would have to be the yotes facility and would be a sea of green. Probably 10,000 North Dakotans would travel to the game and every snowbird in Arizona would attend as well as their Grand kids who would stay with them for the weekend. The ultimate away home game. Huge money maker!
@@amd_hawk7318 the XL Center can hold 14,000 yes. However the top levels are curtained off when UConn plays, so it’s closer to 9,000. UConn also isn’t really bad, lol. They were an OT bounce away from winning HE last year, and were ranked for a most of this season. They’re on the rise.
Ohio state usually doesn't open the upper bowl for hockey. if they do, it's only a few sections. ive been to a bunch of buckeye hock games and I think the biggest crowd I've ver seen is like 10,000 people in an arena that sits almost 18,000
its a relatively small school and for the normal population that would actually go to college hockey games there are way better local college teams such as all the boston schools and providence college all within 30 minutes.
@Shawn Spence No it's not. ASU Average Attendance of the three games they played at Gila River Arena last season was 3,435 Game 1 4062, Game 2 3341, and Game 3 2902.
thesundevils.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/schedule/2018-19 ASU has done a lot of good for hockey here in the Metro Phoenix. Hopefully, those numbers continue growing over the next 10 years. Paving the way for the other three universities that have a hockey program, to join them. (Go Lopes) Arizona Coyotes Average Attendance for 2018-19 was 13,989 proxy.espn.com/nhl/attendance?year=2019
Poetic Penguin 14,000 but yeah he’s wrong. The reason he said 9,000 is because that’s how the school says it is because it boosts their attendance percentages on paper. Technically it is 9,000 when they have the curtains down
ASU plays at Oceanside Ice Arena
, 747 seats + 200ish standing room. The largest attendance at Oceanside Arena was 925
@@aaronmichalek6757 ASU has played there a couple of times in the last hand full of years. Having it called their home arena is a massive leap.
By that logic, the university I coach at has the same claim to Gile River Arena as ASU.
ASU plays a couple games of the year at GRA. they are looking for a new arena
They are building a stadium/multipurpose this year to be completed November 2020 I believe
@@steinyd4689 the 175,000 square-foot arena would seat 5,000. While they are our cross-town rival, it's a step forward for hockey here in the valley
Micc Rhaafetl cool I was wondering how big it would be thank you
The Ralph at University of North Dakota is insane and better then the 5 NHL arenas I’ve been to
When Dean Blais left UND to go to the Blue Jackets, the NHL ran a story about him taking a step down in facilities going to the NHL.
ASU normally plays at Oceanside Ice Arena, which holds about 800 people.
I noticed this to haha we're either in the smallest arena or the largest
For the people in the comments who don't know, ASU plays most of their games at Oceanside which holds 800 but do play some games at the Coyotes arena
@@GabrielTAsher no
@@GabrielTAsher bro I don't care about your opinion and neither does anyone else
@@southtext3400 you don't take any guff, do ya sweety
@Shawn Spence UConn doesn't own the arena they play in it's the Hartford Wolfpack's arena but it's still on the list.
You need an updated photo of the Ralph with the new centerice scoreboard. Largest in college hockey.
University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves now play at the 800-seat Seawolf Sports Complex after having horrible attendance at the 6,200-seat Sullivan Arena...so they're the smallest now.
I will be making an updated version with arena names and updated capacities soon
MATTHEWS ARENA SHOULD BE TOP 10!!!!
I’m an Ohio state fan, but damn the Michigan stadium is nice
Same here, I’d really love to watch a game there
The Ralph in Grand Forks where North Dakota plays is hands down the largest. Its only hockey all the time. Its also the nicest hockey arena I have ever been in. The seats are leather, the floor has marble inlays of the Fighthing Sioux mascot. Its ridiculous. Taj Mah Hal of Hockey.
Thanks for sharing...enjoyed very much
Do the nahl arena ranking sizes
I love playing where Canisuis plays. It's the HarborCenter
ASU is the smallest, at Oceanside Ice...... They very rarely play at GRA. They are about to start building a new arena in Tempe in ASU campus though
Bryan Parks really Parkzy are they?
Bemidji State does not seat 6,000 for hockey, but 4373. It seats 6000 for concerts
That feeling when the reigning, 2-time defending DI National Champion is a DII school from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
I don’t know anything about hockey yet I’m here
i feel you
I don’t watch basketball ether
I have played at Saint Cloud and have been to many huskies games. Great atmosphere
Insanely loud rink!! Love it
University North Dakota arena is amazing and one of nicest in the world not just college
Correction on number 4: University of North Dakota FIGHTING SIOUX. Nobody calls them the Fighting Hawks except for university staff and NCAA staff.
And everyone not living in Grand Forks 😂
@@sjag1938 You hear a lot of Minnestoans call them the Sioux at least from the people I have talked to.
Racist
Amen
Played at Princeton during my midget days, fun rink to play in.
Going to have to update it, UAA has moved from the Sully back onto campus. The Seawolf Sports Complex holds about 800
Best arena by far North Dakota! Go SIOUX FOREVER!
There is about 4 new college hockey arenas opening in next couple years all around 5,000 capacity
i know that’s not where asu plays but it’s nice to be the best at something once in a while
Boston college one is a great one
RIT 💪
Arizona State has a D1 hockey program? Crazy.
Music is less desirable. So what is the standard arena size
after seeing the comments it's pretty ironic that Arizona state has the largest hockey arena
That's because the Coyotes play there so it's an NHL size arena. A lot of the larger arenas on this list also have AHL or ECHL teams play there.
They actually have the smallest, which is oceanside. But since it's so small they have home ice advantage since it has low ceilings that opposing teams aren't used to.
The sun devil’s shine
Where did you get these numbers from
UCONN is 14,750 (9,801 w/ curtain system)
AIC is 6,793
Sacred Heart is 8,412
UMASS-Lowell is 6,003
Alex H ncaa d1 site
Curious how many of these are dedicated rinks and does it even matter. UMASS for instance practices on a nondescript rink next door and Mullens hosts Basketball & Concerts.
ASU doesn’t play all they’re games there. And Ohio state only uses the lower bowl for hockey so it should be something like 3. Ohio state 2. North Dakota 1. Wisconsin
The University of Minnesota plays their mens games at the Excel center when the Wild are not in town, so you should just put the Gophers at the top.
@@lazyidiotofthemonth Gophers can't even fill the Mariucci so I wouldn't say that lol
@@davidtrnka7464 Thats not even remotely true, they haven't had a regular season game that they have failed to fill completely until COVID happened.
@@lazyidiotofthemonth it’s true lmao. No one has showed up to gopher hockey games ever since they joined the big 10
Wow there is such disparity between the biggest and smallest facilities
i live by the ralph lets getttt it
Bentley Falcons stadium is in my town. Its huge on the outside
Was there in early October and I really liked Bentley Arena. Of course, my favorite in Boston is Matthews Arena.
The only reason why Arizona St. And Ohio St. Are the biggest because they have NHL team stadiums
If ur really wanting the best place to watch a game and the best vibes and a great arena..its Amsoil in Duluth..home of the still D1. Champs. UMD BULLDOG s..
I’ve been to Mariucci, the “new” Ralph, the “old” Ralph and the Hockey center in St Clould. Seen the rink you have from the outside when I was visiting two years ago. I’m bringing the family for a good game next winter. Year after that, I’m going to Bemidji, then Mankato. I won’t be going to the Kohl center because it sucks and it’s not a real rink.
Um, no. Great hockey team and the best DI hockey coach in the country. Outside of that.....very few redeeming qualities with Amsoil and Duluth.
we’re the actual biggest! go bucks!
Garunteed none of these rinks sell 12,000 tickets like the Ralph Englestad arena does in North Dakota almost every weekend.
Carter Thomas well how could a rink sell 12,000 tickets if the capacity is below 12,000 like a decent amount of these rinks
There’s literally nothing else to do in ND
Sphere723 there’s also saving 15% or more on car insurance when you switch to geico
Owen McGill standing room homie
ND fans travel well too. See a lot of them down here in CS to play Colorado College.
Many of these rinks are AHL rinks that just used by the colleges **
Michigan?
Arizona state plays at like a 1,000 capacity arena. And I’m being generous
Interesting how disproportionate the arena size is to the strength of the program. Not that sizes matters (insert That’s what she said joke). But I was surprised by some of the schools playing in those bigger barns.
Yost ice arena is one of the nicest ice arenas in college hockey
Jakob Baker I agree. Yost has to be one of the best arenas to watch hockey at ANYWHERE. pros, college, amateur it’s as good as it gets for a venue.
Must have done a MAJOR renovation. Admittedly I haven’t been there in a couple of decades but it was basic, old facility then.
also soon baker rink where the Princeton tigers play is getting demolished and they are building a new arena
No it’s not
Shoutout Munn! Home to the longest sellout streak in the NCAA ~ 19 seasons worth of games sold out in a row
Your missing Pegula Ice Arena
i've played at the providence arena haha
Do some British hockey videos
Minnesota st. Arena has 5280 seats
Baxter Arena (Omaha) is up to 7,898.
Holy Cross probably has the most depressing arena
Desert Hockey is wildin
Scott McDonald there rink seats 750. They play maybe 3 games a year. It’s not their home rink, this list is poorly done.
@@SiouxGolf9 u mad cuz ur hockey school dosnt sometimes play in an NHL arena?
Scott McDonald lol look up Ralph Engelstad Arena....we have our own rink that’s better than some NHL rinks already lol
@@SiouxGolf9 sorry it's in North Dakota that doesn't count
Scott McDonald ya 8 National Titles and the number 1 team in the country is not relevant for sure. 😂😂
I think this is a little skewed.... look at Ohio state. Yeah, the play at the Schott, but, it’s not just a hockey arena. It’s home to the basketball team also. I think if this was hockey specific arenas it would be way different.
If that's where they play, then that's where they play
@Shawn Spence But it's where they play all their games. If it was like Arizona St. where they only play a couple games their, then it would make sense not to count them.
RIT holds 4,300
Nathan Faas ok and
The #1 team gets the whole gila river arena??!!
B1gg3st Blu3s Fan minimal times, they play at a rink with about 800, new D1 they have to build a new rink
ASU plays at a tiny as fuck arena, they just occasionally play at the Coyotes arena.
No uconn? If you got sacred heart and asu. Uconn should be in
Minnesota state Mankato can hold over 5,000
I’d love to play at Arizona State, their rink is basically the size of an NHL rink
it’s the coyotes arena dumbass
They don’t play at gila they play at Oceanside it holds like 800 ppl
@@theamericandangles1407 hey chill dumbass, some people don't know this stuff unlike u nerd
B1gg3st Blu3s Fan shut the fuck up
Think of it. If North Dakota were to play ASU at their home ice on a weekend in January- it would have to be the yotes facility and would be a sea of green. Probably 10,000 North Dakotans would travel to the game and every snowbird in Arizona would attend as well as their Grand kids who would stay with them for the weekend. The ultimate away home game.
Huge money maker!
Please...the top two arenas can't even get their stadiums half full during games.
Nice little fact: the XL Center (Home of UConn) is the former home of the Hartford Whalers. Also, it’s capacity is not 9,000, it is around 14,000
I went there once. Detroit Red Wings vs. Hartford Whalers
For UConn games, upper portions of the XL Center were curtained off, so it wasn't at full capacity, it def was closer to 9k at most.
@@Rangerstown00 The capacity is over 14,000. It’s never had that much because UConn is really bad, but the capacity is there
@@amd_hawk7318 the XL Center can hold 14,000 yes. However the top levels are curtained off when UConn plays, so it’s closer to 9,000.
UConn also isn’t really bad, lol. They were an OT bounce away from winning HE last year, and were ranked for a most of this season. They’re on the rise.
@@Rangerstown00 So they’re almost mediocre. Got it.
And also what can I say. Us New England schools love hockey
can't fill those rinks though
Can’t compete with the nchc
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Brent hi I play for und now
Sacred heart has 10,000 for 10 fans 😂
Notre dame is so much fun to skate at
It’s weird because the Badgers rink looks way bigger than Ohio States
There’s a lot of seats up top that wasn’t show because of a curtain
Ohio state usually doesn't open the upper bowl for hockey. if they do, it's only a few sections. ive been to a bunch of buckeye hock games and I think the biggest crowd I've ver seen is like 10,000 people in an arena that sits almost 18,000
I don't understand how teams like Holy Cross can survive in D1 with such small rinks?
its a relatively small school and for the normal population that would actually go to college hockey games there are way better local college teams such as all the boston schools and providence college all within 30 minutes.
I'm surprised they can compete at all.
@@catguy00 D1 is about scholarships not school size
The first 5:30 of this video make me thankful I go to UND
Lol I play at ocean side ice rink for the jr sun devil team for 14 u
Where’s UConn
MAgaming528 university of Connecticut
It’s not really fair to put Arizona at #1 if they play at an NHL Arena that’s not really theirs...
Uconn holds 17,000..............
Gavin Wayne 14,000 but yeah
I find it sad a College team gets more fans than Arizona.
it would be sad if that was a true statement.
@Shawn Spence No it's not.
ASU Average Attendance of the three games they played at Gila River Arena last season was 3,435
Game 1 4062, Game 2 3341, and Game 3 2902.
thesundevils.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/schedule/2018-19
ASU has done a lot of good for hockey here in the Metro Phoenix. Hopefully, those numbers continue growing over the next 10 years. Paving the way for the other three universities that have a hockey program, to join them. (Go Lopes)
Arizona Coyotes Average Attendance for 2018-19 was 13,989
proxy.espn.com/nhl/attendance?year=2019
But I mean minnesota Duluth is the best so....
ASU probably sells more tickets then the Yotes
Son Of Svech hahahahaha
Son Of Svech well the rink they actually play in seats 750 so.....
Gila is not their home rink
SiouxGolf9 I meant when they’re in the Yotes arena they probably sell more
Und
where is du
Look again....
XL Center holds 14k+
Upper portions of the arena curtained off for UConn games.
@@Rangerstown00 Only when they don't get to that point. They've raised them a few times. The capacity here is a lie.
@@andrewdecorleto7882 UConn hockey’s largest crowd was 8.2K. And I was literally at that game, the curtains were up lmao
@@Rangerstown00 the capacity is not that.
@@andrewdecorleto7882 No, the capacity for UConn games is closer to 9k. The top section is ALWAYS curtained off.
@sundevilhockey is in their heads.
some of these teams are trash like top 100 div 1 but still have good arenas like wtf who has heard of the arizona state sun devils hockey team lmao
Actually a lot of people have heard of asu hockey
They made the tourney last year
FyreFN a lot of people have lmao
They made it on Spit chiclets podcast.....not a big deal!
ASU plays in Big Ten now!?!
Ill take 25th. Matthews Arena is one of the oldest in the country. Go Northeastern!!!
Yea sorry this is wrong. The UConn Huskies play at XL center which holds almost 17000. Do more research bro
Poetic Penguin 14,000 but yeah he’s wrong. The reason he said 9,000 is because that’s how the school says it is because it boosts their attendance percentages on paper. Technically it is 9,000 when they have the curtains down
Shawn Spence no. They have the curtains down when less than 9,000 people are there
When asu actually plays in worse arenas then 18u AAA kids play in
Firebirds Snipes ???. They have the biggest one
moronmonkey1 they play at Oceanside Arena, 800 person capacity. They rarely play at Gila River
They are building a new rink though.
Wake forest holds three games at the Winston-Salem annex and that holds 3500 so you need to do some research bud
Wake Forest isnt a Division 1 program in hockey ya dingle berry
Jack Kepley wake forest isn’t D1
Dum dum Wake Forest isn’t D1
Jack Kepley so it’s not their home rink and they aren’t D1? Lol
SiouxGolf9 that’s right
You forgot michigan
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