Work on new Calgary Flames arena paused due to budgetary issues
The Vancouver Canucks play the Calgary Flames as the first period beings in an empty arena in NHL hockey action in Calgary, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Work on a new arena for the Flames has been put on hold due to budgetary issues. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh April 14, 2021 - 3:29 PM
CALGARY - Work on a new arena for the National Hockey League s Calgary Flames has been put on hold due to budgetary issues.
The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation says it made a presentation to city council at a closed-door meeting earlier this week.
Photograph by Brian Jenkins
For Todd Woodcroft, nothing about his first head coaching job has been “normal.” He went through the interview process remotely and, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, he wasn’t able to set foot on campus for four months after being introduced as the new head coach of the Catamount men’s hockey team. Now he guides his student-athletes at UVM through a fall unlike any other in the program’s storied history.
Woodcroft received his introduction to Vermont hockey and Gutterson Fieldhouse in the late eighties, coming to Burlington to watch his brother Craig, who played for Colgate, face the Catamounts. “Seeing my older brother battle here is something I will never forget,” says Woodcroft. During his time as a professional scout with the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, and Washington Capitals, he would return to Gutterson to watch college free agents and teams’ respective draft picks. The co