Hockey for All Centre
A four-arena ice hockey complex in Winnipeg.
Owned by True North Sports & Entertainment, the Hockey for All Centre is a 172,000-square-foot ice hockey complex in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Located near the Red River Exhibition, its four arenas serve as the practice home for the NHL's Winnipeg Jets and AHL's Manitoba Moose, while also hosting minor hockey.
Quick Facts
- Former names
- MTS Iceplex (2010–2017), Bell MTS Iceplex (2017–2022)
- Location
- 3969 Portage Avenue; Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Groundbreaking
- July 2009
- Opened
- August 2010
- Owner
- True North Sports & Entertainment Limited
- Operator
- Winnipeg Jets
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History
Initially known as True North MoosePlex Hockey Canada Centre, the facility was built on time and within its $26.6 million budget. The federal and provincial governments contributed $11.7 million, while True North provided the remaining $14.9 million; in exchange, True North guaranteed use for local amateur and recreational hockey. It was renamed MTS Iceplex in April 2010, then Bell MTS Iceplex after Bell Canada's acquisition of MTS in 2017. A 21,000-square-foot addition completed in 2016 added training facilities and office space for the Jets and Moose. On November 14, 2022, Scotiabank acquired naming rights, renaming it Hockey for All Centre.
Facilities
The centre sits on Winnipeg's western edge near Portage Avenue and the west Perimeter Highway, surrounded by the Perimeter Highway, Assiniboia Downs, Pointe West AutoPark, and the Red River Exhibition grounds. It operates year-round and includes four NHL-regulation-size ice surfaces, dryland training facilities, 22 dressing rooms, a pro shop, a restaurant and bar, a conference room, a concessions stand, and office space for Hockey Manitoba, Hockey Canada, and True North. The PCL Arena seats 1,512 spectators; the Flynn, Western Marble, Granite & Tile, and Merit arenas each seat 225.
Events
The Iceplex hosted the 2011 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, a major international tournament, and was slated to host the 2012 edition before Hockey Canada, at True North's request, relocated it to Windsor, Ontario. Annual events include the Manitoba Senior 'A' hockey championship, the Winnipeg High School Hockey League Rookie Classic, and the Hockey Manitoba Cup. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Manitoba Moose played all but four home games of the shortened 2020–21 AHL season at the Assiniboine Credit Union Arena, which received upgrades to meet AHL standards.
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