Cold Rinks

[epstud74 24]

Discuss

[dumbpolak9 1]

warnako in NJ. 1/2 out door rink. and we had a game in the dead of January i believe it was about 15 degrees. frose my tush off with underarmor warm gear on

[sickwilly 37]

Presque Isle Forum, Presque Isle, Maine. Sometimes you have to wear thermals under your gear if it's really, really cold out (-10 or worse, happens pretty often). Sometimes makes you want to pack it in early during shinny. I don't think the rink has much insulation. I generally hate it when locker rooms are really warm, but not there... helps to thaw out afterward.

[Aussie Joe 0]

Our rink is generally about 4.C and the changerooms between 5.C and 10.C. Depending on which room you are in etc.

Not cold by North American standards but watching a full IIHF reg/stop time game does get the bones shivering.

[tonguesOUT4life 17]

Outdoor rink Toronto -20 out my lungs were hurting man.

[shooter27 116]

The Hill School rink in Pottstown, PA, only has a roof, no walls or ends so it becomes a windtunnel. I played a game there in mites on a Friday night in January, it was -5F and the windchill was about -25F. This was before the days of UnderArmour so all we had were old school longjohns. It was so cold that food was coming out of the oven at the concession stand freezing before people could eat and the coffee/hot chocolate was cold as soon as you poured it. That was the most miserable game of my life, far and away.

[Hockeyman11385 1]

My home rink through high school in Stowe, VT had half walls, a roof, and chicken wire with a "wind blocker" in between. In high school we practiced at 5:30 AM. We would practice all the time in -5 to -20 weather. Theoretically the cutoff was -15 to cancel practice but my coach had a thermometer that seemed to read warm quite a bit. I still skate in that rink for beer league but now that we're older and smarter we won't play if it's less than 10 in there. The other team won't show up.

[maxamillion 3]

Red Bank Armory in Red Bank, NJ. place stays nice and chilly inside even in those hot and humid jersey summers.

[epstud74 24]

Here in the Twin Cities, there are a few "cold" rinks. I'm sure there are a few up north that are much colder.

Drake Arena (St. Paul Academy) is an icebox. You' think a private school that is also the host for a DIII college would have actual dressing rooms

[twister18 1]

Rock ice in dunellen, nj. There's no way there's even a heating unit anywhere in that place, other than the snack stand or pro shop

[n3ss 0]

only played at one... Carolina Ice Palace in Charleston, SC. Rinks are kept in the 40s or 50s but the locker rooms are a damn oven.

[coryroth24 15]

warnako in NJ. 1/2 out door rink. and we had a game in the dead of January i believe it was about 15 degrees. frose my tush off with underarmor warm gear on

Lightweight... LOL!

I think we need to split this thread up to the coldest indoor rinks and/or coldest outdoor rinks because any outdoor or 1/2 outdoor rink at 5:30am will win this discussion hands down!

[chk hrd 164]

warnako in NJ. 1/2 out door rink. and we had a game in the dead of January i believe it was about 15 degrees. frose my tush off with underarmor warm gear on

Lightweight... LOL!

I think we need to split this thread up to the coldest indoor rinks and/or coldest outdoor rinks because any outdoor or 1/2 outdoor rink at 5:30am will win this discussion hands down!

Believe it or not the coldest rink I've been in is Ice Town in Riverside , CA. The place is an ice box. It is way colder than any rink we've been in including Alaska, Colorado and Michigan.

[Neal 41]

My home town rink in St. Claude Manitoba was uninsulated when I was growing up. I can remember skating in -25 celsius temperatures.

We frequently wore toques under our helmets and thin gloves inside our hockey gloves.

A heavy hit at those temperatures hurts so bad. The only thing worse is a shot to the toes.

[fieldofdreams 0]

Winding River, in Toms River, NJ. The old outdoor rink. Quite a home ice advantage when the teams came in in January.

[forbs02 20]

Here in the Twin Cities, there are a few "cold" rinks. I'm sure there are a few up north that are much colder.

Drake Arena (St. Paul Academy) is an icebox. You' think a private school that is also the host for a DIII college would have actual dressing rooms

+1

I hate changing in the plywood box that passes for a locker room there. It's freezing!

[chippa13 1844]

Refereed at the Ice Hut in Dracut. It is the only place I've ever worn gloves while reffing.

[biff44 0]

Just about any rink in the north that has aluminum bleacher style seats! What knucklehead designed THOSE things?

Aluminum = conducts heat = bad

wood = no conduct heat = good

In case that designer needs a lesson in thermodynamics!

[DarkStar50 679]

The old Smith Rink at West Point was pretty chilly. I played there in the 70s/80s before the new Tate Rink. Smith Rink was 200'+ in length, also. Army always outskated the visitors. Also, the boards were so high, I always had to use the bench door to get on and off the ice.

I remember stopping in Canton, NY at the town rink there one night in January, late 80s. The air temp outside was -15*F. It had to be -25*F in the rink. Guys were playing but I went to the St. Lawrence Bar and ran into a pretty sloshed Pierre McGuire! True story.

Rink 4 in Ice House in Hackensack, NJ. Just kidding...........

[AHF 1]

Back in the day, I played in many games where there was frost on the glass...

-40 out and not much warmer inside! :lol:

[Gongshow11 1]

in montreal, bonaventure and montreal west.

in michigan, battle creek

in ma, every prep school i ever played against lol

[Neal 41]

Back in the day, I played in many games where there was frost on the glass...

-40 out and not much warmer inside! :lol:

That actually came up as an argument against moving from chicken wire to glass in my old rink. "People won't be able to see the game once the frost forms!"

[AHF 1]

That actually came up as an argument against moving from chicken wire to glass in my old rink. "People won't be able to see the game once the frost forms!"

Bah. Bring your windshield scraper to the rink and you're good to go. :P

[Neal 41]

When I was 6 or 7, we had a brutal cold snap and staying warm was just about impossible in the rink. My mom, always inventive, sewed a set of ear muffs our of that fake fur stuff into my helmet after I froze my ears at my previous game.

I was never mocked so mercilessly as the warmup (hah!) skate of that game.

But by the 3rd period I had opponents asking me where I bought them during faceoffs and parents were asking my mom where to get them.

[haiko17 0]

in montreal, bonaventure and montreal west.

in michigan, battle creek

in ma, every prep school i ever played against lol

I can confirm about Bonaventure in Montreal, definitely the coldest i've played at. You see your own breath and your lungs hurt, it's that cold and it's indoors too. Once I forgot my under-garments and was using one of those perforated practice jerseys. Wow I frickin froze until my body adjusted to it.

On the other hand the ice is very quick and the puck never gets bouncy.