Patrícia Ice Arena 37 is an arena in Piešťany, Slovakia. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of ŠHK 37 Piešťany. It also hosted matches for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships and is a perennial host of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. Built in 1986, it was simply named Zimný Štadión Piešťany (Piešťany ice rink) until it was renamed in 2009.[1] It has a capacity of 5,000.
On January 4, 1987, a bench-clearing brawl occurred at this arena. Canada and the then-Soviet Union (now Russia) 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. You can see a video of the brawl below.
YouTube Video of the Piestany Punch-Up