The Official Site of Augsburg University Athletics

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The Augsburg Ice Arena was completed and opened in 1974. The facility is unique among Division III colleges in Minnesota and the nation in that it is a two-rink facility with year-round ice. It is also one of only three on-campus ice arenas in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Augsburg Ice Arena complex is used extensively, not only by the college's men's and women's ice hockey teams, but also by the Twin Cities community as well. Community groups, youth and recreational sports teams, figure skating clubs, and recreational skaters use the two-rink facility virtually every day of the year.
The arena is also used often as a site for commercial, TV and movie filming. Perhaps the most famous use of the Augsburg Ice Arena came when Walt Disney Pictures used the arena as one of several Twin Cities rink locations for filming of the 1992 movie "The Mighty Ducks," starring Emilio Estevez. When the facility opened in 1974, it was originally destined to be the home of three MIAC college hockey programs -- Augsburg, Hamline and Macalester. However, Hamline moved to a different arena, and Macalester dropped its hockey program soon after.
The outdoor plaza outside of the Augsburg Ice Arena was dedicated in September 2004 as "JC's Place," named in honor of James "JC" Carey, who served as the college's athletic facilities director for 30 years until his death at age 54 on Sept. 13, 2003. The plaza features attractive landscaping and areas for people to sit outside the arena, including a table and chairs.
There are two memorial plaques along the arena wall in the plaza dedicated to Carey. One notes his long and distinguished tenure to the college, and another is a favorite quote of his from William Penn. Carey was an Augsburg employee for 30 years, managing the college's athletic facilities.
Carey worked extensively with Augsburg intercollegiate and intramural sports programs, in addition to the Twin Cities sporting community through rentals of Augsburg athletic facilities. He was active in the Minnesota hockey community as a referee, coach (he served as an assistant coach of the Augsburg's men's hockey team in the late 1970s) and as one of the key people in the development of women's hockey at Augsburg in 1995. A story on the dedication of "JC's Place" is available online by clicking here.
The main lobby of the Augsburg Ice Arena is an area for fans to gather before games at the two-rink facility, the only two-rink ice sheet among colleges in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The lobby provides entrances to both rinks; the small "Rink B" on the left, the large Ed Saugestad Rink ("Rink A") on the right. The centerpiece of the lobby area are the trophy cases. One features the eight decades of excellence of Augsburg's men's hockey program; the other features the recent excellence of Augsburg's women's hockey team, the first women's varsity hockey program in Minnesota.
To your left in the lobby is Augsburg's Athletic Facilities offices, which oversees the day-to-day operations of all Augsburg athletic facilities. To your right is a hallway that contains offices for members of the Augsburg athletic staff, as well as a meeting room.  CLICK HERE FOR PAGE 2 OF ICE ARENA TOUR BACK TO FACILITIES MAIN PAGE