Boston is losing a major landmark that has stood for 115 years.
Matthews Arena opened two years before Fenway Park and 18 years before the old Boston Garden.
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"Every time you step on this ice, walk in this building, it's a privilege," said Vinny Borgesi, captain of the men's hockey team at Northeastern University. "There's so much history behind it."
Originally the Boston Arena, the building opened in 1910, quickly becoming the spot for high school and college hockey.
"I've been in and out of that building for 60 years or so, and that's what made it special on Monday," said Joe Bertagna, the former Hockey East commissioner who grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts.
He and others college legends took part in a final

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