The Dauphinee Centre is Saint Mary’s University’s on-campus arena that opened in fall 2019.
The centre is named in honour of the late Bob Dauphinee, a Saint Mary’s alumnus and community champion, who donated $2 million for an arena through his estate.
The Dauphinee Centre is the home of both the women’s and men’s hockey teams. The arena features an NHL-sized ice surface, 875 seats and can accommodate more than 1200 fans. The Dauphinee Centre is fully accessible with an elevator and six accessible changing rooms for visiting teams, community-based recreational sports groups, summer camps and SMU intramurals and clubs. More than half of the centre’s time is dedicated to community use.
On the upper level is a heated gathering centre with an attached room for spectators overlooking the ice surface. This community-oriented space is named the Barbara Holmes Gathering Centre. The Pseudio Link, a pedway connecting the Homburg Centre for Health & Wellness to the new arena, is another new addition. The Huskies also have a great new area to prepare for games in the Holmes Family Varsity Suite.
These enhancements and the varsity suite were made possible by a generous gift of $2 million from local entrepreneurs Glen and Nancy Holmes, parents of two current Saint Mary’s students. Glen and Nancy Holmes are the owners of Pseudio, Samuel & Co and Envy.
