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PHOTOS: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS RINK BREAKDOWN 55,800 SQUARE FEET ICE TIME 1923 YEAR OPENED 18 / MARCH.APRIL.2023 USICERINKS.COM $250/hr RINK FLOOR SAND LIGHTING IN ARENA LED SPECIAL FEATURES: LOCKER ROOMS 4 p Exposed rock wall, wood stained exposed ceilings, trusses, cathedral type feel mixed with a classic hockey barn. Baker Rink was used as the university's basketball court for a period during the 40s after a fire rendered Dillon Gym to ashes. It also provided as a barracks for the ROTC in the lead-up to WWII. FUN FACT: 1 193.5' x 83' RINK Featured Rink Hobey Baker Rink | | Princeton, N.J. REFRIGERATION SYSTEM: R-22/Brine ICE RESURFACERS: Propane-powered SKATING/ HOCKEY PROGRAMS: Learn to Skate and local figure skating club programs TENANTS: Princeton Men's and Women's Hockey Teams, Club Ice Hockey, Club Figure Skating, Club Curling, Intramurals, Youth Hockey, High School 2,100 SPECTATOR CAPACITY all the noises that echo off the sides of the walls and the roof. It's just a unique place to see a game, and I think that's what the special draw and appeal is to it." Building on History The rink is named after Hobart "Hobey" Baker, a 1914 Princeton graduate and one of the greatest hockey players of his time. Baker became a fighter pilot during World War I and tragically died on a test flight in December 1918. Princeton alumni wanted to honor Baker and his legacy, and publicly raised the idea of building an ice rink in his name in December 1921. Just one year later, the rink was complete and held its inaugural puck drop in January of 1923. "We try to memorialize him as best as we can," Sherman said. "The one inter-