Thorold Community Arena, former home of the Blackhawks junior club and its 2005 Sutherland Cup
The Thorold Community Arena has one NHL-sized pad. The Thorold Jaycees joined the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League in 1963, three seasons after the Thorold Mountaineers folded. The team became the Paper Bees in 1975, the Thorold Paper C's in 1979 and later the Blackhawks. The Blackhawks were league champions in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005, and in 2005 won the Sutherland Cup as Ontario's best Junior B team. Notable alumni include Nathan Horton, John Scott, Zenon Konopka, Dwayne Roloson and Owen Nolan.
In August 2016 the City announced that the club's old logo would be barred from its arenas from June 1, 2017. At a pre-game ceremony at the arena on November 3, 2016, the team unveiled its replacement, a stylized head of a black bird of prey. Renovations to the Thorold Community Arena sent the Blackhawks to the Vale Centre in Port Colborne for the 2022-23 season. In May 2023 the club made the move permanent, ending 60 years of junior hockey in Thorold.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Public skating is CA$4.50 for adults and CA$3 for children and 55+; Tiny Tots skates are free. Stick 'n Puck is CA$6 for one adult with up to two children and CA$3 for each additional child; shinny is CA$6 per participant.
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The City does not provide or rent skates or skate aids; CSA-approved skate aids are allowed.
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Children 12 and under must be accompanied by someone 16 or older who keeps them in sight on and off the ice.
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Chairs, sleds, pylons, hockey sticks, pucks and other obstructions are not permitted on the ice surface.
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