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Amid each August\u2019s sweltering heat, the coolest spot in Hartford may be Trinity College\u2019s Koeppel Community Sports Center, where Rich Pettit, assistant athletic director and facilities and rink manager, is installing the ice in the Albert Creighton Williams \u201964 Rink. Pettit, who started at Trinity when the Koeppel Center opened in 2006, said the rink is ready for all sorts of ice sports\u2014including ice hockey, short-track speed skating, and figure skating\u2014every year by Labor Day Weekend. The center is the home ice for Trinity\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s ice hockey teams, welcoming up to 3,400 fans cheering on the Bantams. Professional, men\u2019s league, high school, and youth ice hockey practices and contests also take place in the space through early April. In addition, the center has hosted happenings not dependent on ice, with an eclectic mix including P.E. classes and first-year events, a community tag sale, the ordination and consecration of an Episcopal bishop, and COVID-19 testing. Said Pettit, \u201cOne of our missions is being a good neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n