A history of the Huskies’ first home: A partially-covered outdoor rink located where Freitas Ice Forum now stands.
When Toscano Family Ice Forum opens this weekend, UConn hockey will have a proper, state-of-the-art home for the first time in its history. The new arena will replace Freitas Ice Forum, a budget project built in 1998 that has long since become outdated.
Freitas itself represented a significant upgrade at the time, though.
Before it, the Huskies used to play outdoors at the UConn Ice Arena, a sheet of ice covered by a giant wooden roof with no walls, opening it up to all the elements.