It hosted the first rounds of the 2003 and 2004America East Conference men's basketball tournaments. It is the practice rink for the three-time National Champion Boston University figure skating team (2009, 2010, and 2017).[citation needed] It is also the home rink for Boston University's men's and women's club ice hockey teams.[3]
While it is the home of four BU men's hockey NCAA championships, one of its most famous events occurred in October 1995, when Travis Roy, a 20-year-old freshman hockey player, lost his balance attempting to make a check eleven seconds into his first collegiate hockey shift versus North Dakota, breaking his neck at the fourth vertebra and paralyzing him from the neck down.[4] In 1999, his jersey number 24 became the first retired number in program history.[5]
On December 30, 2022, the BU men's hockey team returned to Walter Brown for the first regular season game held with fans since January 2, 2005. Senior Captain Dom Fensore netted the OT winner to defeat Harvard, 2–1.[7]
Walter Brown Arena in 2008
Walter Brown Arena received significant upgrades prior to the 2024–25 season, including new locker rooms and training facilities for the women's ice hockey program. The renovation also added a center-hung video board from Daktronics, the first in the arena's history. The women's ice hockey team played its fall semester home games at Agganis Arena to accommodate the project.[8]
References
↑"Record Book"(PDF). Boston University Athletics. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
