Shaffer Ice Palace

The Shaffer Ice Palace is an indoor arena located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.  The arena appears to have opened in either December of 1939 or January of 1940.  The arena was home to the Johnstown Blue Birds of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League for the 1940-41 season.  The arena had already fell out of use by the time of the opening of the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in 1950.  The building was used for defense related manufacturing shortly after the start of World War II.  It is now used for a wholesale building supply company.
==For Further Reading==
https://thankyouterry.blogspot.com/2013/09/breakout-past-shaffer-ice-palace.html
https://www.tribdem.com/news/editorials/readers_forum/readers-forum-remembering-first-ice-skating-arena/article_ace29e66-fa71-11e4-8c45-3379c68a324f.html
Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in Pennsylvania