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The Earl Armstrong Arena is primarily used as an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

arena and is home to the Gloucester Rangers Jr. A team. It is located in the former Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

suburb of Gloucester, Ontario

Gloucester, Ontario

Gloucester is a suburb of and within the City of Ottawa. Gloucester Township was established in 1792 and originally included lands east of the Rideau River from the Ottawa River south to Manotick. It was incorporated as a township in 1850 and became a city in 1981...

at 2020 Ogilvy Road, adjacent to Gloucester High School

Gloucester High School (Ottawa)

Gloucester High School is a high school in the Beacon Hill, Ottawa, Canada neighborhood of Gloucester, in the city of Ottawa. Their mascot is the Gator, and the school can harbor approximately 2000 students...

. During the annual summer Gloucester Fair, the arena is used as a facility to showcase animals and livestock

Livestock

Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...

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