Patrícia Ice Arena 37 is an arena

Arena

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 in Piešťany

Pieštany

Piešťany is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around 30,000 inhabitants.-History:...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

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. It is primarily used for ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 and is the home arena of ŠHK 37 Piešťany

ŠHK 37 Piešťany

SHK 37 Piestany is an ice hockey team in Piestany, Slovakia. They play in the Slovak 1.Liga, the second level of ice hockey in the country. The club was founded in 1937....

. It also hosted matches for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships

2002 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Piešťany and Trnava, Slovakia. The championships began on April 11, 2002, and finished on April 21, 2002. Games were played at Zimny Stadion in Piešťany and Zimny Stadion in Trnava...

 and is a perennial host of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament

Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament

The Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament is an annual event held each August for national under-18 ice hockey teams from around the world. Unsanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation , the tournament is not granted official status by the sport's governing body...

. Built in 1986, it was simply named Zimný Štadión Piešťany (Piešťany ice rink) until it was renamed in 2009. It has a capacity of 5,000.

On January 4, 1987, a bench-clearing brawl occurred at this arena. Canada

Canada

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 and the then-Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 (now Russia

Russia

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) were the teams and it was a more chippy than usual game. As the fighting got worse, the decision was made to cut the lights. Both teams were disqualified from earning medals. (They would win medals the following year.) In Canada, that particular game was broadcast on the CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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. You can see a video of the brawl below.

YouTube Video of the Piestany Punch-Up