Played in a mall ? NHL size rink

[seanmccann 3]

I public skated a while ago on West Edmonton Mall's ice and it was very soft. I heard that due to the sky light above the ice, it is extremely hard to see the puck.

[Jason Allison 0]

I've played at a rink in a mall in San Diego, the La Jolla ice chalet or something. The rink was actually more or less built into the food court and the smell of the whole place was a mix between panda express and hockey gear.

[devilsrule711 0]

i've never played a game in a mall but practiced a couple times

if anyones been to the Palisades Center in West Nyack, NY they know how crappy the ice is

i hate it!!! it is soo friggin hot in the mall that the ice is so soft.

I have played there, too. There is a huge post on the bench that you can't get around!

DC, I saw you on the ice last week vs NV!

yeah it's annoying but thank god we play at the house and at sporto cause the ice is just too damn soft its casue its on the top floor

cool we won that game 3-2 it was pretty fun cause NVD sucks! lol

i went into the shop on fri. before our game against Fair lawn but you weren't in there

[Jim A 4]

yeah..i played at Palisades for years never great ice, even worse at 1015pm...now I'm skating in TX at some malls (Grapevine, Arlington even stonebriar a couple times..) outside of some dude dropping his half-caf decaf double doppio soy grande on the rink its been alright..still better than Addison

[Shorthanded67 0]

The St. Louis Blues practice facility is in a shopping mall. The St. Louis Mills. Not sure of exact dimensions but I'd guess that it's 3/4 size of a full rink.

[Steveo 0]

This weekend I played in a tourney in the middle of a Mall in Cambridge Ontario ? Really cool actually , NHL size , decient ice , huge score board.

Kinda wierd having people watch while they ate in the food court ? Only downfall was as the mall got busier the temp on ice got hotter.

Anyone else played in a mall ?

I play there all the time, they have good pick-up times, most noteably their Friday from 3:30-5:30. I am a member there so it only costs me $4.50 for the 2 hours, which is great value.

It is a great rink, except it can get rather warm and sometimes it takes a good few minutes for the ice to freeze after the zamboni gets off the ice.

[CardinalHcky19 0]

theres a mall out in st louis where my grandparents live and they have a huge mall and in it they have a full size hockey rink. and its actually really nice

[freq019 0]

the new capitals practice rink is being built on top of a mall parking garage in northern virginia.

here's an artist rendition

http://www.arlingtonva.us/NewsReleases/Cap...lston121404.jpg

It's supposed to have two sheets of ice and house all the capitals offices.

With my luck I'll probably move before its done

[DLIGHTNING 0]

This weekend I played in a tourney in the middle of a Mall in Cambridge Ontario ? Really cool actually , NHL size , decient ice , huge score board.

Kinda wierd having people watch while they ate in the food court ? Only downfall was as the mall got busier the temp on ice got hotter.

Anyone else played in a mall ?

I play there all the time, they have good pick-up times, most noteably their Friday from 3:30-5:30. I am a member there so it only costs me $4.50 for the 2 hours, which is great value.

It is a great rink, except it can get rather warm and sometimes it takes a good few minutes for the ice to freeze after the zamboni gets off the ice.

Yeah it did take a bit to freeze the water but it was frozen before the start of the game.

Only downfall was the glare from the small windows above the food court, they killed my scratched to bitts visor

Were you there this weekend at all ?

I played twice on Sat and once on sunday ?

[Jason Harris 31]

I've played at a rink in a mall in San Diego, the La Jolla ice chalet or something. The rink was actually more or less built into the food court and the smell of the whole place was a mix between panda express and hockey gear.

I proposed to my wife at the La Jolla UTC in an extremely romantic fashion while we were waiting for friends to join us for public skate.

We ordered the ring for her at a downtown jeweler, and The Big D worked downtown at that time. I met her at the food court above the skating rink and we were holding hands for a few minutes before it dawned on me, "Oh, you picked up your ring! So, you wanna get married??"

Now, is that romantic or is that romantic? :D

[Roach 0]

Very romantic indeed, Salming!

All the rinks here in the Philippines are in malls. I've also played in the Hong Kong Dragon center which is in the Dragon center mall complete with a roller coaster above the rink. It's hilarious when slapshots are deflected upward and "PING!" off the roller coaster.

[technophile 0]

the new capitals practice rink is being built on top of a mall parking garage in northern virginia.

here's an artist rendition

http://www.arlingtonva.us/NewsReleases/Cap...lston121404.jpg

It's supposed to have two sheets of ice and house all the capitals offices.

With my luck I'll probably move before its done

That's actually pretty cool. :)

[DigDug 5]

It truly is amazing how different things are up there in Canada.

The chance of having a rink in a Mall down here in the NJ/NY is less than being struck by lightning on a full moon.

[DLIGHTNING 0]

It truly is amazing how different things are up there in Canada.

The chance of having a rink in a Mall down here in the NJ/NY is less than being struck by lightning on a full moon.

Very true , It is amazing the difference between rinks all over the world !

[Edge 0]

I believe I played in one in colorado or california, no idea what city...the ice didn't seem below average or anything, just part of the viewing area was upstairs in the food court.

[LetsGoWings13 0]

I've played at a rink in a mall in San Diego, the La Jolla ice chalet or something. The rink was actually more or less built into the food court and the smell of the whole place was a mix between panda express and hockey gear.

When i visited my uncle who lives in san diego i went for an open skate at that rink. That was at least 4 years ago.

[devilsrule711 0]

It truly is amazing how different things are up there in Canada.

The chance of having a rink in a Mall down here in the NJ/NY is less than being struck by lightning on a full moon.

there is one in west nyack but thats the only one but there is one so i guess its a full moon and you just got struck by lightning

[Nelly 0]

the new capitals practice rink is being built on top of a mall parking garage in northern virginia.

here's an artist rendition

http://www.arlingtonva.us/NewsReleases/Cap...lston121404.jpg

It's supposed to have two sheets of ice and house all the capitals offices.

With my luck I'll probably move before its done

That is awesome!

I have played at the one at the St. Louis Mills. Nice rink. I have also skated in a mall in Colorado Springs, but it was a decently warm day, so I couldn't tell if the ice was soft because of the weather or just due to a bad facility.

[DLIGHTNING 0]

I think we all should put togeather a "ALL MALL TEAM" and do a tour of all the malls playing the local teams !

We could use the MSH name but we would be Mall Squad Hockey

[devilsrule711 0]

when cant in the summer...im uhhh.... going to Estonia for some hockey camps

jk but uhh good luck with that

[biff44 0]

played in a mall! Does that mean orange julius's all around at break time?

[kosydar 0]

I used to play in one up in Portland. It was in a shitty mall and it had no dressing rooms, so everyone in the food court could look down and see kids changing. In fact, I think it was the rink Tonya Harding trained at.

[Steveo 0]

Only downfall was the glare from the small windows above the food court, they killed my scratched to bitts visor

Were you there this weekend at all ?

I played twice on Sat and once on sunday ?

I was there on Friday but that was it, and yeah that glare can get pretty annoying

[denverbronco86 0]

now I'm skating in TX at some malls (Grapevine, Arlington even stonebriar a couple times..) outside of some dude dropping his half-caf decaf double doppio soy grande on the rink its been alright..still better than Addison

I definitely agree with with you there, "The Rink in Addison" (Or whatever it's called now, if it's even still open) was one of the worst rinks I ever played in, especially when some of the locker rooms were just hanging tarps.

I did like the smaller rink (about 1/3 regulation size) they had when I played in a 3 on 3 league a while back, that was fun, mainly because of the ice time and the high scoring.

I would consider DPSC-Grapevine (Polar Ice, as I knew it) to be a little bit better than the average mall rink, because it's significantly detached from the rest of the Grapvine Mills Mall, resulting in better climate control.

I also played a few games at the Stonebriar Mall in Frisco, Texas, and I can remember being surprised by how little the ice quality or the temperature bothered me, I didn't really mind it all, all the random people on upper levels and around the rink was a bit disorienting though.

There's an ice rink in Colorado Springs at the Chapel Hills Mall that I've been too, but I haven't skated on it. I do remember thinking that the ice was probably pretty poor as they had huge solarium windows on one side of the rink that probably let an awful lot of heat in.

[technophile 0]

I also played a few games at the Stonebriar Mall in Frisco, Texas, and I can remember being surprised by how little the ice quality or the temperature bothered me, I didn't really mind it all, all the random people on upper levels and around the rink was a bit disorienting though.

The biggest thing about mall climate control that bothers me is that when it's too warm, I get sweat streaming down my face, into my eyes, etc. I was in a non-mall rink (probably 20 degrees colder) last night and I didn't even need the towel I usually bring to keep my face dry; it was a night and day sort of difference