Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Rogers Arena

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Rogers Arena [map]
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Rogers Arena is home to the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL, and was known as Canada Hockey Place during the 2010 Winter Olympics, in which it hosted many of the games including the gold medal game. It is also the former home of the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies and the NLL's Vancouver Ravens.

Location formerly known as:

• General Motors Place (1995-2010)
  
• Canada Hockey Place (2010 Winter Olympics)
  

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Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Nationwide Arena

Submitted by: Nick (from Greenwich, CT, USA)

Country: United States
State: Ohio
City: Columbus
Location: Nationwide Arena [map]
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Nationwide Arena is the home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Opened in 2000, it is also one of the three Columbus host venues for the annual Arnold Classic, a sports and bodybuilding event hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is also the first NHL arena to have a separate practice facility contained within (which would later be emulated by the New Jersey Devils' Prudential Center). The arena's presence serves as the center of the city's entertainment area, the Arena District. The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in the arena, in which Patrick Kane was chosen first overall.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Hartwall Areena

Submitted by: Callmemochelle (from Anaheim, CA, USA)

Country: Finland
Region: Uusimaa
City: Helsinki
Location: Hartwall Areena [map]
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The Hartwall Areena opened in 1997 and is the home arena for Jokerit Helsinki of the Finnish Elite League (SM-liiga). It was built for the 1997 World Hockey Championships and also hosted the 2003 NHL Challenge, the 2010 NHL Premiere and the 2011 NHL Premiere (in which the Anaheim Ducks played). It also hosted an exhibition inter-league game between the Ducks and Jokerit before the start of the 2011 NHL Premiere.

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Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Ericsson Globe

Submitted by: Callmemochelle (from Anaheim, CA, USA)

Country: Sweden
County: Stockholm County
City: Stockholm
Location: Ericsson Globe [map]
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The Ericsson Globe is the largest hemispherical building in the world; it is the current home of the Swedish national men's hockey team as well as the former home of the Hammarby IF, Djurgårdens IF and AIK IF hockey teams. It has also hosted games in the annual NHL Premiere series since 2009 (including a game featuring the Ducks in 2011); the NHL Challenge Series in 2000, 2001 and 2003; the World Hockey Championships in 1989, 1995, 2012 and 2013; and the World Cup of Hockey in 1996 and 2004. The building also represents the sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the solar system.

Person(s) in photo: Submitter

Location formerly known as:

• Stockholm Globe Arena (1989-2009)
  

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Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Roger Neilson statue

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver
Location: Roger Neilson statue, at Rogers Arena [map]
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The Roger Neilson statue is located outside Rogers Arena to honor former coach Roger Neilson, who is credited with initiating the tradition of rally towels in the National Hockey League (an idea originally from the National Football League). The tradition, dubbed "Towel Power," started in the NHL in an event involving Neilson's Vancouver Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs, where he felt that the officiating was unfairly lopsided. Placing a towel on a stick as a sign of surrender (depicted by the statue), he unknowingly started a tradition that will endure for decades. Neilson died in 2003 from cancer, but not before forming a legacy as one of the most influential coaches in NHL history.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Poirier Sports & Leisure Complex

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Coquitlam
Location: Poirier Sports & Leisure Complex [map]
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The Poirier Sports & Leisure Complex, formerly known as the Coquitlam Sports Centre, is home to the Coquitlam Express of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). During its time as the Coquitlam Sports centre, it was heavily renovated and merged with the neighboring Chimo Aquatic and Fitness Centre to its current incarnation.

Location formerly known as:

• Coquitlam Sports Centre (1963-2010)
  

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Longest Game 4 CF

Submitted by: BuckyHermit (from Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Country: Canada
Province: British Columbia
City: Burnaby
Location: Longest Game 4 CF, at Canlan Ice Sports Burnaby 8-Rinks [map]
Status since photo: n/a

The Longest Game 4 CF ("Longest Game for Cystic Fibrosis") set the Guinness World Record for the longest ice hockey game on September 5, 2011 at the Canlan Ice Sports Burnaby 8 Rinks. The game consisted of 40 women playing 4-hour shifts, totaling 243 hours and 5 minutes (about 10 days), and over 2500 goals scored. It was planned as a fundraiser for cystic fibrosis research. (Click to donate!)

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Bridgestone Arena

Submitted by: Addicted2hockey (from Northridge, CA, USA)

Country: United States
State: Tennessee
City: Nashville
Location: Bridgestone Arena [map]
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Opened in 1996, Bridgestone Arena is the home arena of the NHL's Nashville Predators, as well as the Arena Football League's Nashville Kats on two separate occasions. In 2003, it hosted the NHL Entry Draft; in that draft, the Anaheim Ducks selected future captain Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry in the first round.

Location formerly known as:

• Nashville Arena (1996-1999, 2007)
  
• Gaylord Entertainment Center (1999-2007)
  
• Sommet Center (2007-2010)