Location | Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
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Owner | Cornell University |
Operator | Cornell University |
Capacity | 4,267 (hockey) |
Surface | 200x85 ft (hockey) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | June 5, 1956 |
Opened | March 21, 1957 |
Expanded | 2007 |
Architect | Von Storch, Evans & Burkavage |
Tenants | |
Cornell Big Red Men's and Women's Ice Hockey |
Lynah Rink (pronounced LIE-nuh) is a 4,267-seat hockey arena at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, that opened in 1957. Named after James Lynah, Class of 1905, who was the director of Cornell athletics from 1935 to 1943, it is home to the Big Red men's and women's ice hockey teams.[1] Lynah has been home to hockey greats such as Ken Dryden, Joe Nieuwendyk, Matt Moulson, Digit Murphy, and Olympic Gold Medalists Rebecca Johnston and Brianne Jenner.