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As of end of the 2022–23 season, Rhode Island had 3,566 registered with USA Hockey. [9] This placed Rhode Island as 14th in the nation in terms of population percentage (0.316%). Due to the state's low population (approximately 1.1 million as of 2020), fewer players from Rhode Island are seen at high levels of the sport.
The Bradford R. Boss Arena is a 2,500-seat ice arena on the campus of The University of Rhode Island located in Kingston, Rhode Island.The ice arena is named in honor of Bradford R. Boss, one of the founders of the URI men's hockey club in 1951, member of the URI class of 1955, and member of URI Athletic Hall of Fame.
The Providence Reds were a hockey team that played in the Canadian-American Hockey League (CAHL) between 1926 and 1936 and the American Hockey League (AHL) from 1936 to 1977, the last season of which they played as the Rhode Island Reds. The team won the Calder Cup in 1938, 1940, 1949, and 1956.
Beechwood (mansion), closed in 2010 [8] The Doll Museum, Newport, closed in 2005 [9]; Old Colony & Newport Railway, Newport, operates narrated historical tours using 100-year-old passenger equipment, still has its equipment on the track as of 2015 (and 2017).
The move saw AHL hockey return to Providence for the first time since the Providence Reds, a founding member of the AHL, left town in 1977. The Bruins captured their first AHL Calder Cup in the 1999 playoffs, after a regular season in which they dominated the league with 56 regular season wins.
Richard Rondeau (December 18, 1921 – January 18, 1989) was an American ice hockey player. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Rondeau played his college hockey at Dartmouth College and was a member of the 1942 NCAA championship team. The team won 21 games and lost 2, while Rondeau led the nation in scoring with 45 goals and 32 assists.
Fifth-seeded Portsmouth (13-8-1) scored three first-period goals and then added another three scores to down No. 3 Blackstone Valley, 6-2, for the Rhode Island Interscholastic League boys hockey ...
Pieri was the longtime owner and manager of the Rhode Island Auditorium. In 1940 he and eight other arena managers founded the Ice Capades. [5] In 1951, Pieri got involved with broadcasting. He purchased a Providence radio station, WDEM. [6] The station's call letters were subsequently changed to WICE; Pieri sold the station in 1956. [7]