MasterCard Centre

This article is about the hockey arena in Toronto. For the indoor arena in Beijing, see MasterCard Center.

MasterCard Centre
Full name	MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence
Location	400 Kipling Avenue Toronto, Ontario, CAN M8Z 5C8
Coordinates	43°36′13″N 79°31′12″W / 43.603485°N 79.52011°W / 43.603485; -79.52011
Opened	2009
Owner	City of Toronto
Field dimensions	(3) 200' x 85', (1) 200' x 98'

The MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence or commonly the MasterCard Centre is a hockey facility located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has four ice sheets and is the official practice facility for the Toronto Maple Leafs NHL hockey team, and their AHL affiliate the Toronto Marlies. The building also houses offices for Hockey Canada and the Hockey Hall of Fame

Facility

The facility is located at 400 Kipling Avenue in the New Toronto neighbourhood of Etobicoke. It is operated by the Lakeshore Lions Club. It was built as a joint venture between the Toronto Maple Leafs, the City of Toronto and the Lions Club and replaces the Lakeshore Lions Arena.^[1] The new facility has four rinks, three NHL sized and the fourth Olympic sized, as well as extensive training facilities.^[2] The arena is also the home rink for the Upper Canada Patriots Junior "A" team of the Central Canadian Hockey League. The Toronto Fury of the Canadian Women's Hockey League have also played home games there. On Saturdays from September through June the facility provides open, free ice skating for families.

In 2011, it is the venue of the third season of the CBC reality figure skating competition, Battle of the Blades.

D.K. (Doc) Seaman Hockey Resource Centre

Doc Seaman, a part owner of the Calgary Flames, director of Hockey Canada, and a director of the Hockey Hall of Fame died on January 11, 2009 after a long battle with prostate cancer. In his honour, the Hockey Hall of Fame has named its new archive and resource centre at the MasterCard Centre the D.K. (Doc) Seaman Hockey Resource Centre.^[3] The Hockey Hall of Fame maintains an archive of historical items, their research and archival department. The facility replaces the archive and research library at the main Hockey Hall of Fame building in downtown Toronto. The space is shared with Hockey Canada.

References

1. ^ Hornby, Lance. "Leafs open 'Cadillac' of practice facilities". Toronto Sun. http://www.torontosun.com/sports/hockey/2009/09/09/10798796-sun.html. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
2. ^ "The New 4-Pad". http://www.lakeshorelionsarena.ca/articles/club_articles/the_new_4-pad/. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
3. ^ "Daryl Kenneth "Doc" Seaman". Hockey Hall of Fame. http://www.hhof.com/html/rc_HRCbio_Seaman.shtml. Retrieved 03-12-2010. 

External links

• "MasterCard Centre For Hockey Excellence". Toronto Maple Leafs. http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=61189. Retrieved 2011-05-15.