The old Ralph Engelstad Arena is now gone, but the memories live on.
The old coffee-brown steel barn, which served as the home of North Dakota Fighting Sioux Hockey from 1972 to 2001, met its demise in July and August to make way for a new UND indoor practice facility.
Former Sioux players have talked about the building and what it meant to them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ZVay9qSi8
I never made it to the old Ralph myself, but it seemed like a neat place. The gateway to five NCAA titles and 11 combined WCHA regular-season and tournament crowns, it was more representative of a simpler time in college hockey than the palatial new Ralph Engelstad Arena on the UND campus that replaced it 12 years ago.
Remember When, indeed.
