Talk:William Allman Memorial Arena

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Section removed from article, appears to be copied verbatim from another source. The William Allman Arena has been home for many years to the Stratford Jr. B Cullitons as well as a wealth of budding young hockey superstars. To this date, nearly 7.95 million hockey players who have called the William Allman home, have gone on to be professional hockey players in the NHL or Europe leagues. Which, the Cullitons will tell you, is the reason why so many of todays young hockey stars are willing to go to such lengths to come and play in the little hamlet called Stratford. And while they make no promises that playing for the Cullitons will result in a professional career, they do like to think that the numbers speak for themselves. The Allman, known as the Asulym or Old Barn, has a rich and interesting history attached to the arena. It got its name the Asulym in the early 1980's when the Stratford Cullitons, in order to boost ticket sales, would fill the seats with residents of the local Psychiatric Ward. The local hospital also believed that the cold air, coupled with a public (obviously cordened off) atomosphere would aid in the development and recovery of its patients. Now fully recovered, many of those fans still attend games today. The coloqiualism the Old Barn comes from a long running history of rat problems. Despite many renovations over the years and numerous 'have at its' by pest control specialists, the rat problem has persisted. While generally accepted by those in attendance today the vermin have often drawn the wrath of many a hockey stick prior to games - giving length to the legend among the Cullitons faithful that spotting a rat before a game will lead to a Cullitons win. Many opposing teams over the years have refused to play because of the sometimes squalar conditions and it led Mikey McGraw of the 1967 Cullitons to say one year that, "If it weren't for those damn rats we'd never win a game." The Cullitons would go on to win the Sutherland Cup that season - awarded to the best team in all of Ontario. The Allman still stands today - proud and true. Above section needs to be worked over and added to article. Flibirigit 02:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)