FREEZING RINK

[All Torhs Team 0]

I have this rink i play at often...and they are running very low on cash....I dont know what the problem is...but its freezing in there...they cant afford a heater...its so bad.........that our fingers turn like white...and we cant move them...needless to say that we cant shoot or stickhandle...but some of my friends where mittens under their gloves....i tried that...but i just loose my stickhandling "feel" if you know what i mean. Any suggestions....i mean.....its so cold that...when we leave our gear in the locker room for an hour break between games....we'll come back with frost on our elbow pads and shins. :(

My main consern is the fingers being numb...any suggestions?

please dont tell me that i have to toughen up because all of my teammates are having this same problem.....and for the upcoming season....i want my practice time to actually be valuable....

[whbd18 0]

My rink doesnt have heat in the rink section.Locker rooms/Lobby ,yes. I find it hard to believe it is that cold in your rink,maybe your compressor is broken or the setting is too low.

[All Torhs Team 0]

:( I dont know any of that stuff....all i know...is that the rink is desperate for money and is barely alive because of the little practice we use there....but the rumor is they cant have a heater or somthin and its really cold...any suggestions?

[Jason Harris 31]

Maybe batting gloves underneath for another layer? Or some type of heating cream/gel?

[rausch27 1]

:(  I dont know any of that stuff....all i know...is that the rink is desperate for money and is barely alive because of the little practice we use there....but the rumor is they cant have a heater or somthin and its really cold...any suggestions?

where is this rink ?

because this rink i play at in atlanta is absolutely freezing, they call it " the cooler"

but when we have early games at my rink and its freezing, my coach opens the bathroom doors and turns on all the showers and it warms up the locker room a little bit

[All Torhs Team 0]

ya...ive heard of the cooler rink...but this is not in atlanta...this is central illinios....bout hour and half away from chicago....i liked the batting glove idea because it has that grippy foam stuff on the palms so my stick wont slide like regular mittens.

Ya....my teammates and I have done the shower thing...thats a good idea ...but....i metioned this rink is low on money....it dont have showers...plus...just me...but i hate wasting water..........

but ill look at some prices for batting gloves..dont wanna get something too expensive if i dont know if itll work...

[tokes 0]

If I'm playing outdoors or in a cold arena I use my nike diamond elite 5's under my gloves. Stickhandling feel is taken away a bit, but it's better than nothing. Warmer than those little cloth stretchy gloves and better feel too. You can find the diamond elite 4's on ebay for about 20 bucks, you don't really need the more expensive ones just to wear under hockey gloves once in a while.

[biff44 0]

If the only problem is your fingers freezing, I use hand warmers when I am stuck up in a tree stand hunting all day long in winter. They easily will last for a hockey game.

Reusables:

http://www.hotsnapz.com/

Single use:

http://www.dynamic-living.com/hand-warmers.htm

[Chadd 916]

Keep a tube of "icy hot" in your bag.

[Geeno_56 1]

What I do when im playing outside on a rink is I breath in my gloves a few times and the glove is nice and toasty. But You have to do it a few times. do you have any idea what the temperature is in there?

[All Torhs Team 0]

next time i go there is Saturday morning ..also..at five in the morning...that doesnt help...and its also tryouts..that doesnt help...but im pretty sure that this topic will be dead by saturday morning....but ill try to find out.

[Crazy Otto 0]

Solutions I've heard of: hand/foot warmers (any hunting/camping supply store and most sporting goods stores will have); batting gloves (I've worn 'em under my hockey gloves at an outdoor rink); and Chadd's suggestion about Icy Hot is good too.

Also try a hair dryer; plug it in in the locker room and warm up your gloves and skates with it before you put 'em on.

[All Torhs Team 0]

thanks...ill have to try all this hunting warmers and baseball mits...but the blowdryer...im thinkin that the other guys will question my manhood.... :P

[Hockeyman9621 0]

thanks...ill have to try all this hunting warmers and baseball mits...but the blowdryer...im thinkin that the other guys will question my manhood.... :P

Everyone will want to use it. A blow dryer would work awesome.

[CaptainZbubble 0]

Keep a tube of "icy hot" in your bag.

Now thats a great idea till someone decides to pull the icy hot in the jock prank B)

CaptainZbubble

[Irbe1 0]

What I do when playing outdoors on a really cold day, when my fingers start getting numb I go into the washroom and run hot water on my hands for about 30 seconds. Then I am good to go for the rest of the night, for some reason or other after I run the water on them they don't go numb again. If your dressing room doesn't lead right to your bench and you can't get to the washroom during your skate you could try running the hot water on hands before you go out, see if that works.

[Chadd 916]

Keep a tube of "icy hot" in your bag.

Now thats a great idea till someone decides to pull the icy hot in the jock prank B)

CaptainZbubble

I'll be removing it now so crazy otto doesn't pull that trick.