Easton Arena

Easton Arena (styled EASTON Arena, formerly Patrícia Ice Arena 37 and Zimný Štadión Piešťany) is an arena in Piešťany, Slovakia. It was built in 1986 and is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of ŠHK 37 Piešťany. It also hosted matches for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships and is a perennial host of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.http://www.hockeyarenas.net/index.php?page=3002&arID=897&size=0&strSearch=Piestany&arID=897 It has a capacity of 5,000.
The arena was the primary host of the 1987 World Junior Championship, which are most notably remembered for the last game played in the tournament on January 4, 1987. In the contest between Canada and the Soviet Union, a bench-clearing brawl erupted in the second period. As the fighting got worse, the decision was made to cut the lights. The game was ultimately suspended and both teams were disqualified (the Soviets had already been eliminated from medal contention but Canada had already clinched a medal and had a chance at gold). The game was televised live in Canada on the CBC and it became a major news event in that country.
==See also==
* Punch-up in Piestany
==External links==
* YouTube Video of the Piestany Punch-Up
==References==
Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in Slovakia