The Marquette hockey team used an indoor facility called the 'Arena Ice Gardens' for the first two years of its existence.

Due to warm weather, the team could only use the rink sparingly in the mid-20's but cold winters came in the latter part of the decade.

During their second championship run, the team was able to attract several thousand spectators to their games and was a source of pride for the university.

[2] Shortly after the Great Depression began, the region experienced several consecutive years of warm winters.

Because the rink was an outdoor venue, it was completely at the mercy of the weather and the team had precious little ice to practice on, let alone play a game.