Below is a CBC interview between Terry Seguin, host of Information Morning and Wayne Tallon, Director of Community Services for the City of Fredericton concerning the Grant*Harvey Centre, Scotiabank Park South, and some key dates involved for the complex. It may take a few moments to load the interview so please be patient. It's worth the wait if you are interested.
A few highlights from the interview.
- Grand opening and ribbon cutting on September 29th.
- An open house, tours and family skates will be made available the week of September 24th.
- The first ice will be put in the second week of August and will be tested before the opening.
http://www.cbc.ca/informationmorningfredericton/2012/07/09/grant-harvey-update/
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Monday, 23 July 2012
Monday, 25 June 2012
Grant*Harvey Centre Progress Update
We eagerly await the start of the 2012-13 hockey season, with the opening puck-drop in October in the new home for STU Tommies hockey. Here are some recent progress photos of the new Grant*Harvey Centre.
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Grant*Harvey Centre UPDATE
The new home of the St. Thomas Tommies hockey clubs is really coming along well. A June completion date is looking probable and work is moving along on schedule. The ice surfaces were a few weeks away from the concrete being poured back on February 7th but will be done soon. Check out the photos below.
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Grant-Harvey Centre update
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| Grant-Harvey Centre front view |
Work is coming along nicely now as the roof is completed or nearly complete, exterior cladding is being installed quickly, and interior work is really starting to take off.
The state of the art facility is going to be a great new home for our men's and women's hockey teams.
Take a look through the recent photos and check out the progress to November 24th.
THE AQUINIAN - Grant-Harvey Centre set to open in April 2012
STU Athletics - Artist renditions of completed Grant-Harvey Centre PHOTOS
Monday, 1 August 2011
Grant*Harvey Centre UPDATE
In lieu of news coming from our hockey programs over the past little bit an update is in order for the Tommies new home. Contrary to popular reports of a March 2012 move-in date it looks as if the Grant*Harvey Centre will be open for business in June of 2012.
The new move-in date for St. Thomas should work quite well for the teams, as they will have the summer to move equipment and supplies to the new arena. Further to this it should also allow St. Thomas to run their summer hockey schools from the new location and give potential recruits a good look at it as well. stutommies.com April 25th, 2011 POST
On a recruiting note we hope to have some names of new players coming to St. Thomas' men's team this month so hold on Tommie fans.
On the women's side the only "new" addition not already mentioned is actually a former Tommie who took last year off. Jillian Coughlin has been confirmed by Coach Murphy as returning to the line-up for 2011-12. In an injury plagued 2009-10 season Jillian scored 3 goals and 3 assists for 6 points in 12 games. In her rookie season for STU she had 17 points including 12 goals and 5 assists in 23 games. Welcome back Jillian.
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| Grant*Harvey Center, July 2011. Olympic ice surface. |
The new move-in date for St. Thomas should work quite well for the teams, as they will have the summer to move equipment and supplies to the new arena. Further to this it should also allow St. Thomas to run their summer hockey schools from the new location and give potential recruits a good look at it as well. stutommies.com April 25th, 2011 POST
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| Grant*Harvey Center. Olympic ice surface and visitor dressing rooms. |
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| Rear view of Grant*Harvey Centre, early July 2011. |
On the women's side the only "new" addition not already mentioned is actually a former Tommie who took last year off. Jillian Coughlin has been confirmed by Coach Murphy as returning to the line-up for 2011-12. In an injury plagued 2009-10 season Jillian scored 3 goals and 3 assists for 6 points in 12 games. In her rookie season for STU she had 17 points including 12 goals and 5 assists in 23 games. Welcome back Jillian.
Monday, 25 April 2011
New Arena coming soon for Tommies
The 2012-2013 AUS season will be the dawn of a new era for the St. Thomas University Tommies men's and women's hockey teams. In the fall of 2012 the new $29.2 million "Grant-Harvey Centre" will be completed and our Tommies will have an exciting new home.
"The steel and concrete two-storey complex features an 8,000 square-metre ground-floor footprint. It will feature an Olympic-size ice surface and an NHL-size ice surface and will be home to the men's and women's ice hockey teams from St. Thomas University....
The two-level complex will also offer a three-lane walking/running track on the upper level as well as a community event room, a multi-purpose meeting room and full kitchen facilities. The Olympic-size ice surface will have 500 seats for spectators while the NHL surface will feature seating for 1,500. There will be 10 dressing rooms and a referees' room in the complex.
The Grant-Harvey Centre will be the cornerstone of a 45-acre recreational hub. The grounds will include an artificial turf soccer/football pitch, a six-court indoor tennis facility, a two-acre, fenced dog-walking park and parking for more than 600 vehicles." City of Fredericton Press Release
It has been reported that STU will spend at least one million dollars for features that will customize their new arena. By clicking on the diagram above you will be able to see some of the specific rooms and layouts including locker rooms, lounge areas, washrooms, and plenty of storage. First aid and training facilities will all be part of the Tommies new home.
STUTOMMIES.com will bring you updates and progress reports as the new arena approaches completion. In the meantime here are links to information concerning the building.
Grant-Harvey Center news releases.
Grant-Harvey Site Plan
Grant-Harvey Ice Level Floor Plan
Grant-Harvey Second Level Floor Plan
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| Construction of new Grant-Harvey Centre April, 2011. |
"The steel and concrete two-storey complex features an 8,000 square-metre ground-floor footprint. It will feature an Olympic-size ice surface and an NHL-size ice surface and will be home to the men's and women's ice hockey teams from St. Thomas University....
The two-level complex will also offer a three-lane walking/running track on the upper level as well as a community event room, a multi-purpose meeting room and full kitchen facilities. The Olympic-size ice surface will have 500 seats for spectators while the NHL surface will feature seating for 1,500. There will be 10 dressing rooms and a referees' room in the complex.
The Grant-Harvey Centre will be the cornerstone of a 45-acre recreational hub. The grounds will include an artificial turf soccer/football pitch, a six-court indoor tennis facility, a two-acre, fenced dog-walking park and parking for more than 600 vehicles." City of Fredericton Press Release
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| STU Hockey areas at Grant*Harvey. Click on picture for larger view. |
STUTOMMIES.com will bring you updates and progress reports as the new arena approaches completion. In the meantime here are links to information concerning the building.
Grant-Harvey Center news releases.
Grant-Harvey Site Plan
Grant-Harvey Ice Level Floor Plan
Grant-Harvey Second Level Floor Plan
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Tombits
Tommies' new arena: To the left is the architect's rendition of the new Grant-Harvey Centre, the new home for St. Thomas Tommies hockey. The project has not entered the construction phase yet, so it will probably be the fall of 2011 or winter of 2012 before STU takes the ice.Photo credit: The Daily Gleaner
Who's in? Who's out?: I guess we will have to wait and see but to date there has been no ruling on the Corey Banfield or Kenton Dulle suspensions. If no decision has been made by now there is obviously some validity to the appeals. In regard to the Banfield suspension, was it the "hit" that hurt the Saint Mary's player or the subsequent hit when he bounced off the glass divider? Are they one in the same or are they different? Tough call and the AUS officials must be pondering some sort of similar questions.
EDIT: This was in today's (Friday, Nov. 27) Daily Gleaner:
As for the wounded Tommies, Tyler Dietrich will be back, Bryan Main is still out, and Charles Lavigne is probable but not 100%.
Lady Tommies on CHSR: Saturday's game versus UdeM will be broadcast on 97.9 CHSR. Game time is 4PM. You can expect this game to be close and physical as these provincial rivals take it up a notch against each other. If we're lucky the Tommies will pull out a regulation win but it would be nice to see another seven deep shoot out like the one in Moncton a few weeks back. Edit: Some interesting reading in today's Gleaner courtesy of Bill Hunt.
Former Tommie returning Friday night: When UPEI comes to the LBR on Friday night there should be a familiar face behind the Panther's bench. Mark Rupnow (STU Tommies 92-95) is the "interim" assistant coach for the Panthers or at least he was over the weekend for both UPEI home games. We wish Mark well.....but not on Friday night.
EDIT: This was in today's (Friday, Nov. 27) Daily Gleaner:
According to AUS executive director Phil Currie, the one-game suspensions to forwards Kenton Dulle and Corey Banfield assessed by AUS hockey chair John Ryan were dismissed by an appeals committee on a matter of procedure.The last paragraph is a tad confusing but I don't think anyone is suspended. End Edit.
Ryan apparently erred in not giving the student-athletes a chance to respond to the complaint launched by Saint Mary's. Therefore, the judicial committee dismissed the suspensions. Saint Mary's resubmitted to women's hockey chair Pierre Arsenault of Mount Allison University.
He had 48 hours to review the video, and the athletes have three days to respond in writing.
As for the wounded Tommies, Tyler Dietrich will be back, Bryan Main is still out, and Charles Lavigne is probable but not 100%.
Lady Tommies on CHSR: Saturday's game versus UdeM will be broadcast on 97.9 CHSR. Game time is 4PM. You can expect this game to be close and physical as these provincial rivals take it up a notch against each other. If we're lucky the Tommies will pull out a regulation win but it would be nice to see another seven deep shoot out like the one in Moncton a few weeks back. Edit: Some interesting reading in today's Gleaner courtesy of Bill Hunt.
Former Tommie returning Friday night: When UPEI comes to the LBR on Friday night there should be a familiar face behind the Panther's bench. Mark Rupnow (STU Tommies 92-95) is the "interim" assistant coach for the Panthers or at least he was over the weekend for both UPEI home games. We wish Mark well.....but not on Friday night.
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Tombits
David Adams Richards will be the guest speaker at the 6th annual Lady Tommies media night coming up on Friday. When Bill Hunt of the Daily Gleaner spoke recently with Richards, "He said he has "loved women's hockey from the first women's world championships in the late 1980s." And now that he's living in Fredericton full time, "St. Thomas will be my team." Daily Gleaner: Adams Richards out to support 'my team' and Adams Richards to speak at STU women's hockey media night
New Home for the Tommies. It may look like a pile of dirt now but in a few months the new home for our hockey teams will be underway. Here is the most recent update on the "Grant-Harvey Centre". Daily Gleaner: Architect gets OK to complete arena design
It's a Moncton Weekend. Both hockey teams will do battle with the Aigles Bleu(e)s this weekend. The Ladies play their first games of the preseason with a home and home series starting in Moncton at 6 PM on Saturday night and returning to the Lady Beaverbrook on Sunday at 3PM. The Men play their third preseason game against Les Aigles in Shediac Friday night, with game time at 7 PM.
Matt Eagles at Moose camp. The people of Winnipeg might get a glimpse of a familiar name if they head out to the Manitoba Moose training camp this week. Of course we all know Mike Eagles played for the Winnipeg Jets for 5 years and now his son Matt has returned on a try out for the Moose. Winnipeg Free Press: Moose Training Camp
New Home for the Tommies. It may look like a pile of dirt now but in a few months the new home for our hockey teams will be underway. Here is the most recent update on the "Grant-Harvey Centre". Daily Gleaner: Architect gets OK to complete arena design