One of those Classic Arenas: Verdun Auditorium

A Journey into Hockey
As mentioned before we think that for all the talk of hockey heritage the game, its fans and the rest of us too are all losers because we do not have a Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Notre Dame Stadium or Lambeau Field that helps us tie the past to present to future.
There used to be the Chicago Stadium, Philadelphia Spectrum, St. Louis Arena. Boston Garden, Maple Leaf Gardens and Montreal Forum. But we are now almost decades and a generation from their final days.
We could go on about their loss and how it could and should have been different, but choose not to do so here and now. Rather we point to places (though not on an NHL level) where that connection to the game and a sense of place and transcendent time can still be felt.
The renovations are expected to be completed in 2018.



Credit: Montreal Gazette