Supporters & Endorsements
A key ingredient of the “original recipe” Bremerton Ice Arena Business Plan was to bring a "national quality" flavor to the facility, programs and events. Uncommon to traditional "community ice rinks", this arena attracted much attention and acclaim from regional and national industry leaders. The following was a partial listing:
• Wayne Gretzky -- Youth Hockey spokesman
• Gary Locke - Governor, State of Washington (now US Secretary of Commerce)
• Jean Beliveau -- Retired Hall of Fame Montreal Canadien
• Apolo Ohno -- All-Time Leading US Winter Olympic medalist (8)
• Rosalynn Sumners -- 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist figure skater
• Elmer Lach - Retired Hall of Fame Montreal Canadien, 1940s era
• Cammi Granato -- 1998 Gold, 2002 Silver Medalist Women's Hockey
• Phil Esposito - Retired NHL Hall of Farner
• Randy Travis -- Country western singer
• Bill Torrey - Former General Manager of NY Islanders; Florida Panthers