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JerzeeGirl · 01-22-2009, 12:03 AM

Team He Shoots.....He Scoooores!!! is thrilled to select the original Boston Garden as the arena where our storied team shall play and teach all comers to fear and wish for a mercifully quick departure.

From Wiki:
The Boston Garden was a famous arena built November 17, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Tex Rickard built the arena specifically with boxing in mind, believing that every seat should be close enough to see the "sweat on the boxers' brows." Because of this design theme, when the larger hockey and basketball playing areas were used, fans were much closer to the players than in most arenas, leading to a distinct hometown advantage. The closeness also created spectacular acoustic effects; one legendary story had a lone fan, sitting in the cheapest seats in the arena, harassing Bruins player Ed Westfall from across the length of the ice, and Westfall turning and giving him "the finger". When teams made playoff appearances, and a sold out crowd was chanting or screaming, the impact was enormous.

The Garden was also infamous for several design flaws, such as seating that was obstructed by enormous cement pillars. Some seats were situated directly behind them. The hockey rink was undersized as it was nine feet shorter and two feet narrower than standard (200 feet by 85 feet), due to the rink being built at a time when the NHL did not have a standard size for rinks for arenas to go by. The setup threw visiting players off their games. Its visitor's dressing room was notoriously small, hot, and underserved by plumbing; the Los Angeles Lakers developed a special hatred for it. Rats made the bowels of the Garden their home.
The Garden had no air conditioning, resulting in fog forming over the ice during Bruins' playoff games.

The electrical systems were notoriously unreliable; the Bruins' last two Stanley Cup finals appearances were both disrupted by power outages. On May 24, 1988 a power transformer blew up during Game 4 of the finals series between the Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers: the contest officially ended in a 3–3 tie. However the power-outage had nothing to do with the Garden; it was a transformer in the North End that knocked out power to all areas, including the Garden. Two years later, on May 15, 1990, the lights went out during an overtime finals game between the same two teams, only because they'd been on for so long (the game went to 3 overtimes and lasted 6 hours) The lights got turned back on this time, and Game 1 of the series ended with a 3–2 triple overtime win for the visiting Oilers.

The Garden cost $4million to build and opened on Nov. 17, 1928 - it could hold a crowd of 14,448 and the team won Stanley Cups while located there in 1929, 1939, 1941, 1970 & 1972.

The Bruins played there from 1928 - 1995 and the building was finally demolished in 1997. The new TD Banknorth Garden was built just 9" north of the original building.

01-22-2009, 12:03 AM	#415
JerzeeGirl First Line Centre Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In the land of high expectations... Exp:	Team He Shoots.....He Scoooores!!! is thrilled to select the original Boston Garden as the arena where our storied team shall play and teach all comers to fear and wish for a mercifully quick departure. From Wiki: The Boston Garden was a famous arena built November 17, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts. Tex Rickard built the arena specifically with boxing in mind, believing that every seat should be close enough to see the "sweat on the boxers' brows." Because of this design theme, when the larger hockey and basketball playing areas were used, fans were much closer to the players than in most arenas, leading to a distinct hometown advantage. The closeness also created spectacular acoustic effects; one legendary story had a lone fan, sitting in the cheapest seats in the arena, harassing Bruins player Ed Westfall from across the length of the ice, and Westfall turning and giving him "the finger". When teams made playoff appearances, and a sold out crowd was chanting or screaming, the impact was enormous. The Garden was also infamous for several design flaws, such as seating that was obstructed by enormous cement pillars. Some seats were situated directly behind them. The hockey rink was undersized as it was nine feet shorter and two feet narrower than standard (200 feet by 85 feet), due to the rink being built at a time when the NHL did not have a standard size for rinks for arenas to go by. The setup threw visiting players off their games. Its visitor's dressing room was notoriously small, hot, and underserved by plumbing; the Los Angeles Lakers developed a special hatred for it. Rats made the bowels of the Garden their home. The Garden had no air conditioning, resulting in fog forming over the ice during Bruins' playoff games. The electrical systems were notoriously unreliable; the Bruins' last two Stanley Cup finals appearances were both disrupted by power outages. On May 24, 1988 a power transformer blew up during Game 4 of the finals series between the Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers: the contest officially ended in a 3–3 tie. However the power-outage had nothing to do with the Garden; it was a transformer in the North End that knocked out power to all areas, including the Garden. Two years later, on May 15, 1990, the lights went out during an overtime finals game between the same two teams, only because they'd been on for so long (the game went to 3 overtimes and lasted 6 hours) The lights got turned back on this time, and Game 1 of the series ended with a 3–2 triple overtime win for the visiting Oilers. The Garden cost $4million to build and opened on Nov. 17, 1928 - it could hold a crowd of 14,448 and the team won Stanley Cups while located there in 1929, 1939, 1941, 1970 & 1972. The Bruins played there from 1928 - 1995 and the building was finally demolished in 1997. The new TD Banknorth Garden was built just 9" north of the original building.