Printscape Arena at Southpointe Adds Sport Performance Training by UPMC Sports Medicine, Second Ice Sheet

Printscape Arena at Southpointe Adds Sport Performance Training by UPMC Sports Medicine, Second Ice Sheet

2023 / By

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.