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What was the first arena built especially for ice hockey?

There are two claimants to this distinction. Dey’s Skating Rink in Ottawa was opened in December 1896 and was torn down in 1920. Ottawa, represented by the Ottawa Hockey Club (also known as the Silver Seven and the Senators), won its first Stanley Cup in 1903 at Dey’s. The Montreal Arena, also called the Westmount Arena, began operations on December 31, 1898, and became home to a variety of teams, including Montreal’s Shamrocks, Victorias, AAAs, Wanderers, and Canadiens. The rink burned down on January 2, 1918, causing the Wanderers to fold. The Canadiens moved back to the Jubilee Arena where they had played before taking up residence at the Montreal Arena. In the summer of 1919 the Jubilee also burned down, forcing the Canadiens to build and move to the Mount Royal Arena, the Habs’ last rink before relocating to the Montreal Forum in 1926. The Mount Royal Arena, strangely enough, also burned down, but not until February 2000.

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