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- The Opening of the Winnipeg Arena
- A black and white photograph of the opening game at the Winnipeg Arena. The arena was built in 1955 and was opened with the first regular season game between the Winnipeg Warriors and the Calgary Stampeders. The occasion marked the return of professional hockey to the city of Winnipeg after a 27 year absence. The arena sat 9,500 when it opened, and 15,565 after an expansion in 1979. The MTS Centre replaced the Winnipeg Arena when it opened in 2004. The Winnipeg Arena was demolished on March 26, 2006.
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Professional Hockey in Winnipeg
The Professional Hockey in Winnipeg exhibit is a celebration of the history of professional hockey in Winnipeg. Featured are images of players, fans, coaches, management, and community figures that supported or were connected to Winnipeg's professional hockey heritage. Most notable among these are images taken during the era of the Winnipeg Jets, the city's professional hockey team from 1972 to 1996. Photographs from early days of the former Winnipeg Arena inspire nostalgia for a not-so-distant past, and hockey greats such as Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe can be spotted along with various Jets players from the 1970s. This exhibit is composed of content selected from the much larger Winnipeg Tribune Fonds and Henry Kalen Fonds held at the University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections.