The final steel beam of UConn’s new hockey arena went into place during a topping-off ceremony at the construction site on Friday. The occasion marked another milestone in the progress of the new rink just over six months since the groundbreaking in May.
“When you start seeing the steel go up, it feels official,” UConn men’s hockey head coach Mike Cavanaugh told The UConn Blog. “It was great at the groundbreaking but still, it’s just an empty space. Then watching every day driving into work, I drive by and I’m just amazed at how fast everything’s going here.