Former OHL Arenas: A History Built by Community

Former OHL Arenas: A History Built by Community
A video on some former OHL arena's that built a culture for OHL teams and fans!
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[fpp]

Ahh Windsor Arena. If the game was boring you could watch the squirrels running up and down the roof beams. It still stands empty and decaying. Never forget the Windsor-London rivalry complete with bench clearing brawls and London trainer Don Brankley trying to put a hex on our goalie. Waterboy Waterboy! Great video!

[larrygalofaro]

I can remember skating at that Windsor arena many times as a kid. It was more like a 4000 seat arena though. Very old and dark.

[miggslor]

The London Gardens/Ice House deserves a mention. That building had the old-time hockey feel. I watched hundreds of games in that barn, and I still miss it. I really think it deserves to be on your list.

[johnmiller]

The Guelph Memorial Gardens site is now part of City Hall. 🙂

[richardlabbe]

Old barn in Windsor still standing today in 2023.

[saulteanuts-vgiu]

That shot of the Windsor Arena is gorgeous. This new age stuff is so cheese.

[sudsysutherland]

How the heck was the London Knights old arena “London Gardens” not mentioned?! That was a well respected arena & not only for hockey but a lot of historic concerts as well such as the famous “Johnny Cash” show at London Gardens where Johnny Cash proposed to June Carter on stage & she finally said yes lol. It also held “WWF” wrestling matches as well, but it was a very cool arena to watch the knights & Jr.B London Nationals.

[noahbois]

wheres the soo greyhounds old centre at

[BraedenD]

really was hoping for the old greyhounds garden

[craignelson]

Windsor Arena had a listed capacity of 4400. But to cram 4400 in the building you hoped the people beside you wore deodorant because you got up close and personal with your fellow fans.

[saulteanuts-vgiu]

I miss watching my cousin play in barns in small towns around Waterloo Region. Pretty much literal barns. Beautiful.. Go Rangers.

[saulteanuts-vgiu]

The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium is the jewel.

[Liverpoollassie]

Hey darius love your videos and the ohl collective is a genius ideas
Love you

[dmn]

Love the kingston mem centre, tuesday and thursday beer league at 10:30 or 11:30 PM now home to the Queen's Gaels the best partiers in the OUA

[ryanallaire]

What about the Cornwall civic complex that held one of the most successful ohl teams

[Lennie]

What about the Sarnia Arena where the sarnia sting played out of. That arena has a lot of history from having the sarnia Bees jr.b team played and still has jr b hockey playing out of it

[johnmiller]

The AHL version of the Yardmen Arena still has no seating in the end zones. The extra seating was acquired by the shrinkage of the ice surface to regulation

[fabio]

You forgot London Gardens. It still stands empty.

[Lathenboucher]

8:02 14, 400 seat capacity??! We could only take in 4400.

[oliverjohnstone]

Where is the Sault Ste. Marie memorial gardens?