{"id":38103,"date":"2011-09-22T08:58:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T13:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=38103"},"modified":"2011-09-22T08:58:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T13:58:01","slug":"sabres-to-help-canisius-get-new-rink-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2011\/09\/22\/sabres-to-help-canisius-get-new-rink-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres to help Canisius get new rink on campus?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Canisius could be on the verge of getting a new rink on campus, according to the school’s student newspaper, the Griffin<\/em>.<\/p>\n Canisius and the Buffalo Sabres have started discussions recently regarding the possibility of building a new arena that would double as the Sabres’ practice facility. <\/p>\n “I think we’re closer to having a solid discussion,” said Canisius athletic director Bill Maher in the article. “(Sabres front office personnel) left for the summer, during the draft there was some activity because a lot of folks were in town, and then it’s kind of shut down for a little while.<\/p>\n “With them opening training camp here shortly, I would expect that the discussion will again pick up a little bit of steam and hopefully come to some level of getting the right parties around the table to determine what everybody can do in making this project work.”<\/p>\n The project is nowhere near finalized, but Maher said the costs involved will be “north of $20 million.”<\/p>\n Maher said the school plans to put the rink on the corner of Main Street and East Delavan Avenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Canisius could be on the verge of getting a new rink on campus, according to the school’s student newspaper, the Griffin. Canisius and the Buffalo Sabres have started discussions recently regarding the possibility of building a new arena that would double as the Sabres’ practice facility. “I think we’re closer to having a solid discussion,” said Canisius […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n