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| Former names | Twin Rinks Ice Center |
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| Address | 200 Merrick Ave |
| Location | East Meadow, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°43′37.0″N73°34′35.1″W / 40.726944°N 73.576417°W /40.726944; -73.576417 |
| Owner | New York Islanders |
| Operator | New York Islanders |
| Surface | (two) 200x85 feet (ice hockey) |
| Opened | 2014 |
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| New York Islanders LIU Sharks men's ice hockey LIU Sharks women's ice hockey P.A.L. Jr. Islanders | |
Northwell Health Ice Center is a multipurposeice hockey facility atEisenhower Park inEast Meadow, New York, United States. It contains two regulation-sizedNHL rinks and one outdoor recreational rink. It is owned and operated by theNew York Islanders – an NHL team – and is used primarily by the local community for a variety of reasons, including 'learning to skate', house leagues, and summer camps.
The venue opened as Twin Rinks Ice Center in 2014, which was a partnership betweenNassau County and investors Joel Friedman,Chris Ferraro andPeter Ferraro. The owners subsequently filed for bankruptcy in June 2015 and the ice center was taken over by former Islanders ownerCharles Wang, who turned it into the team's practice facility beginning in 2016.[1][2][3]
After founding awomen's ice hockey team that began play in the 2019–2020 season,Long Island University reached an agreement to use both the Northwell Health Ice Center andIslanders Iceworks as its home rinks.[4] The university added amen's ice hockey team that began play in the 2020–2021 season and used the Northwell Health Ice Center as its practice facility.[5] The men's team began playing its home games at the rink in October 2021.[6]
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