The Cianci Educational Foundation was the only interested party, offering $75,000 below the asking price to rename the rink after Providence’s late mayor, Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci. That bid was ...

PROVIDENCE – The Providence ice rink's search for a new name will continue, despite a rejected bid to rename the venue after a polarizing figure – the late Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci.

Vincent’s first pregame skate of the week ... The fact is, you go to any rink, in a senior beer league, and the guys make mistakes all the time. There is that possibility (of injury).