The
Walpole Express home rink, the Iorio Arena is located on Route
1 and is minutes away from Interstate 95, 93 and 495. It is
also just minutes away from New England Patriots home Gillette
Stadium. With its convenient location the Iorio Arena is only
a two hour drive of 20+ Division 1 colleges and more than
50+ Division 3 colleges.
The facility is the best in Junior Hockey on the East
Coast. With a state of the art private junior team locker-room, coaches changing rooms,
coaches offices and even an Express Logo at center ice makes
it tough to beat.
Since the opening of its doors, the Iorio Arena has been
focused on one objective: helping individuals fulfill a dream.
Originally built as a training facility for
the United States Women's Olympic Hockey team, the arena has
since seen many Olympic Gold Medalists pass through its doors.
Not
only does the arena accommodate aspiring hockey players, but
with two ice sheets - one NHL sized and one Olympic sized
- figure skaters and speed skaters flourish as well.
The Iorio Arena also serves the community, as it plays home
to numerous high school hockey clubs, select programs, summer
camps and competitive tournaments.
A fourteen million dollar arena complex, Iorio boasts a furnished
dormitory, a full service cafe and
a fully stocked Pro Shop - making it one of premier facilities
for athletes in New England.
At the front of the Iorio Arena property is a furnished
dormitory facility that hosts both the Junior A and B
Walpole Express Junior Hockey Club's. In a college dorm
type setting, Express Junior players will see first hand
what it is like to live in a college dorm atmosphere.
The facility boasts a common area with plush leather
couches, laundry room, HD Satellite TV (also used for off-ice instruction), Ping-Pong
table, Pool Table and a basketball hoop. Spread out across the entire third floor
of the facility are spacious dorm rooms, each equipped
with its own private bathroom.
As
a facility built to host and train world-class athletes,
the building is highly
secure. Not only is a key or key code required for
entry into the building, but to further gain access
to the third floor rooms, a key card is needed to
operator the elevator.
To further ensure the safety of our players, twenty-four hour closed-circuit
surveillance cameras monitor every entrance and exit
of the facility.
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