Canonsburg, PA – Printscape Arena at Southpointe unveiled two new additions for the 2023-2024 season at a ribbon-cutting ceremony today including a new state-of-the-art center for Sports Performance Training by UPMC Sports Medicine and the addition of a second ice sheet.
“UPMC Sports Medicine is excited to work with the many athletes and families who call Printscape Arena at Southpointe home,” said Brian Hagen, Vice President of Operations for UPMC Sports Medicine and UPMC Rehabilitation Institute. “We’re confident that our sports performance services will make a significant impact on athletes’ training, helping them avoid injuries while focusing on achieving optimal performance in their sport.”
“We are thrilled to be able to extend our unwavering commitment to growing participation in ice hockey and figure skating with the expansion of the second ice rink at Printscape Arena,” said Black Bear Sports Group Founder and CEO, Murry N. Gunty. “The addition of Sports Performance Training by UPMC Sports Medicine is certain to take the total athlete development experience to a new level.”
About UPMC: UPMC is a world-renowned, nonprofit health care provider and insurer committed to delivering exceptional, people-centered care and community services. Headquartered in Pittsburgh and affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC is shaping the future of health through clinical and technological innovation, research, and education. Dedicated to advancing the well-being of our diverse communities, we provide more than $1 billion every year in community benefits, more than any other health system in
Pennsylvania. Our 95,000 employees — including more than 5,000 physicians — care for patients across 40 hospitals and 800 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland, as well as overseas. UPMC Insurance Services covers 4.5 million members with a focus on providing the highest-quality care at the most affordable price. To learn more, visit UPMC.com.
About Sports Performance at UPMC Sports Medicine: Sports Performance at UPMC Sports Medicine has the expertise to provide individuals with the tools and techniques to achieve peak performance in sports and in all of life’s physical activities. Our team looks at the entire person to help you achieve overall wellness. Our philosophy is that everyone is an athlete. We strive for efficiency of human movement through the enhancement of functional movement, practice of integrated movement training, and correction of imbalances in sports – and in life.
About Printscape Arena at Southpointe: Printscape Arena is owned by Black Bear Sports Group, Inc. is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Canonsburg, PA. Opened in 1995, the 125,000 square-foot arena is one of the South Hills most heavily visited venues with over one million in foot traffic annually. The arena includes two NHL-sized ice rinks that also provide for dry floor programming such as sporting events, expos, trade shows, shows and concerts in April through July as well as many on site businesses including Printscape Imaging and Graphics, Bubba’s Gourmet Burghers and Beer, Rinkside Café, Shane Clifford Goalie School, Whitehall Health Centre and Laser Spa, House O’ Hockey Retail Store, and Sports Performance Training by UPMC Sports Medicine. Printscape Arena at Southpointe provides for a variety of corporate and community functions, groups, field trips, programs, drop in programs as well as leagues and is the home ice for South Pittsburgh Rebellion Hockey Club, Canon McMillian Hockey, Peters Twp Hockey, and Trinity Hockey.
About Black Bear Sports Group: Black Bear Sports Group, Inc. is a privately held company formed by Murry Gunty and Blackstreet Capital Holdings, LLC in 2015 that seeks investments in sports and entertainment facilities, teams, and youth sports events. Black Bear arenas are clean, professionally managed, and offer world-class recreational programs. Black Bear focuses on ice arenas in metropolitan areas with compelling demographics, markets with a National Hockey League club presence, and arenas with existing youth hockey clubs. Black Bear not only features the ability to acquire healthy and stable arenas but also the expertise required to turn around mismanaged or underperforming facilities. The largest owner/operator of ice arenas in the U.S., Black Bear’s footprint totals 36 facilities across the United States with 68 sheets of indoor ice, four indoor turf fields, 34 youth hockey clubs, four hockey leagues (Atlantic Hockey Federation, Atlantic Girls Hockey Federation, Tier 1 Hockey Federation, National Girls Hockey League), a tournament business (Defender Hockey Tournaments), seven Junior “A” hockey franchises with membership in the United States Hockey League, North American Hockey League, USPHL NCDC, USPHL Premier and Elite, and the Eastern Hockey League, and Foundry Adult Hockey, the largest adult hockey organization in the USA.
