Music during Stick & Puck and numbers allowed on ice

[odp 0]

I was polled by my arena manager thought it would be interesting to see what it's like at other rinks.

[Chadd 916]

If you do have music, the tough part is getting the volume level right. If you have parents trying to teach their kids something loud music will make that difficult.

Bear in mind that if you have music there will be a constant stream of:

Can you change the radio station

I don't like this type of music

These lyrics offend me

Can you turn it down

Can you turn it up

Why are you playing music

Go without and see how many people ask for it.

[KC83 2]

i have my ipod during stick and puck if there is no one around...

but our arena dosn't allow music out of the stero system...

[Super Star 0]

The stick & shoot around here is no music and around 15 people (not counting goalies)

[AnthonyJTa 0]

my local rink does not have music during stick & puck time either..oddly enough, they do play gentle, classical music during "Learn To Skate" sessions... maybe to relax the people a little, make them feel graceful? haha.

[thejackal 46]

ive never seen more than 10-15 ppl on the ice for stick and puck, but i guess that'd be a reasonable cap.

[joelnmich 0]

We've got a top limit but rarely reach it. (30)

[Wolfpack_1986 154]

any mroe than 30 is too much... for a drop-in/pick-up/whatever the hell you guys call it, the cap should be 24 or below... preferably 20

[greech 4]

Yeah, we had 50+ people out today, it was a mess. You have the 15 or so squirts who can't get out of people's way, and the 6 junior 'A' kids who go out every other shift; it gets hairy with a lot of people.

[Gongshow11 1]

20 people with 4 goalies...goalies dont pay

this is from a rink whos business depends on shinny

[Super Star 0]

Yeah, we had 50+ people out today, it was a mess. You have the 15 or so squirts who can't get out of people's way, and the 6 junior 'A' kids who go out every other shift; it gets hairy with a lot of people.

Hey, its a great way to learn to skate and stick handle with your head up. :P

[jbyun04 7]

i think the max allowed here is 25 and no music but people go out there with their ipods all the time.

[thejackal 46]

Yeah, we had 50+ people out today, it was a mess. You have the 15 or so squirts who can't get out of people's way, and the 6 junior 'A' kids who go out every other shift; it gets hairy with a lot of people.

Hey, its a great way to learn to skate and stick handle with your head up. :P

id consider that more shinny than stick and puck, where i dont have to do much skating except to retrieve lost pucks ;)

[chk hrd 164]

maybe they could play the hokey pokey like at the public skates, have a dj call for couples only and dim the lites.