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Northtown Center

Ice rink and arena in Amherst, New York

Summary

Ice rink and arena in Amherst, New York

Field	Value
name	Northtown Center at Amherst
pushpin_map	New York#USA
pushpin_map_caption	Location within New York State##Location within the United States
pushpin_relief	1
pushpin_label	Northtown Center
location	Amherst, New York, United States
coordinates
opened	1998
owner	Town of Amherst, New York
operator	Recreation Department
surface	200' × 85'
200' × 98' (hockey)
former_names	Amherst Pepsi Center
Amherst Ice Center
tenants	Buffalo Bulls (ACHA)
Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL) (1998–2014)
Buffalo Wings (MLRH) (2008–present)
Buffalo Beauts (PHF) (2019–2023)
seating_capacity	1,800 (hockey)

200' × 98' (hockey) Amherst Ice Center Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL) (1998–2014) Buffalo Wings (MLRH) (2008–present) Buffalo Beauts (PHF) (2019–2023)

The Northtown Center at Amherst, formerly the Amherst Ice Center and the Amherst Pepsi Center, is a 1,800-seat multipurpose arena in Amherst, New York, located adjacent to the University at Buffalo. The current sponsor is Northtown Auto, a Buffalo area chain of auto dealerships. The ice arena features NHL regulation-sized ice sheets as well as an Olympic-sized ice sheet, which is also capable of hosting sledge hockey. The main ice arena has a capacity of 1,800 with the other rinks having less capacity. The facility will melt the ice of one rink in the summer to create a roller hockey rink, sports training facility, restaurant, and pro shop.

It is the home to the University at Buffalo Bulls men's ice hockey team competing at the ACHA Division I level in the Eastern Collegiate Hockey League as well as the home of the Buffalo Wings, a professional inline hockey team competing in Major League Roller Hockey.

Until the completion of LECOM Harborcenter, the arena was the home of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League and the practice facility for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. The arena is also home to several local high school ice hockey teams, and is used by local figure skating clubs, youth, and adult recreational ice hockey leagues, as well as public skating. The U.S. and Canadian sledge hockey teams faced off in a three-game exhibition at the arena in February 2012.

References

"Amherst Ice Center".
[http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/erie/top-2-sled-hockey-teams-in-world-in-wny Top 2 sled hockey teams in world in WNY]. ''WIVB-TV''. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
"Home".
(2019-07-29). "NWHL's Beauts Find New Home".
[http://buffalowingshockey.com/facility.php Facility]

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