Our Rink
Our Rink
Located in the heart of historic East Aurora, NY, Classic Rink is the home ice of Aurora Ice Youth Hockey.
Our Past
On January 1, 2008, history was made in Orchard Park, NY, as Ralph Wilson Stadium hosted the first-ever outdoor National Hockey League (NHL) game in the United States. The Winter Classic pitted the Buffalo Sabres against the Pittsburgh Penguins before a record-setting crowd of 71,217.
The Aurora Ice Association purchased the ice-making equipment from the NHL, and with the support of hundreds of passionate volunteers, private donations, and corporate support, the rink is a tribute to this historic event and is nestled in the Village of East Aurora.
OUR PRESENT
The Classic Rink has become an asset to East Aurora and the Western New York community. Since opening in the fall of 2008, the venue has added a pavilion-style roof that offers shelter while maintaining an open-air experience, locker rooms, and a lodge for guests. Our rink is outdoors, the way hockey is intended! The ice rink operates at full capacity from October through March (winter season) and provides summer programming for off-ice recreational activities from April to September (summer season).
