4. Eteläpuisto ice rink

In January 1941, the City of Tampere opened a new ice hockey rink in the Southern Park, Eteläpuisto in Finnish. People did not care it was wartime and equipment was hard to come by, the new rink created a hockey boom in Tampere. There were originally no stands for spectators and the rink had low boards, which posed a hazard for players and spectators alike. The wooden stands built later proved to be lacking in capacity, as there was great enthusiasm for ice hockey among the people of Tampere. In the winter of 1971, the Ilves women’s team also started training in the Eteläpuisto ice rink.