Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall
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Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall is an indoor sporting arena in Székesfehérvár
, Hungary
. The capacity of the arena is 3,500 people and it opened in 1991. It is home to the Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
ice hockey
team. The hall's name is taken from Alba Volán's legendary player, Gábor Ocskay
, who died in 2009.
Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. The capacity of the arena is 3,500 people and it opened in 1991. It is home to the Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
SAPA AV19 Székesfehérvár is a Hungarian ice hockey team that currently plays in OB I bajnokság, in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and in MOL Liga...
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...
team. The hall's name is taken from Alba Volán's legendary player, Gábor Ocskay
Gábor Ocskay
Gábor Ocskay, Jr. was a Hungarian ice hockey player. As the center of the first line, he played a huge part in his national team's promotion to the 2009 World Championship...
, who died in 2009.