Say Goodbye to Ice Paint
These re-usable liners aren’t just super easy installs: they are time savers, environment savers and don’t require ice paint and stencils. Are you ready to say goodbye to ice paint?
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Challenges to Encourage Use of Your Walking Track
Do you have a walking track at your arena? Walking challenges are a great way to inspire your community to walk more, be healthier and achieve goals while having fun.
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An Easy LED Alternative to a Metal Halide Retrofit
If a metal halide retrofit is still on your “to-do” list, you might consider this fast and easy, one-for-one LED bulb replacement solution from Philips.
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Blanket Your Ice with Energy Savings
Does your ice surface have long blocks of idle time? You might want to consider a foil blanket like the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, WA did, to reduce energy costs and run time.
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Running in Circles for 22 Years
Are you in the market for a used ice resurfacer? You might want to consider this 22-year-old Olympia who’s worked out of the Dominion Arena for the past 22 years. 5,936 hours and is still looking good…
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This De-Icer Eliminates Repetitive Motion Injuries from Scraping the Ice
The de-icer takes the place of scraping the ice by hand to remove the ice from the boards, reducing injury due to repetitive motions. It’s an invention by the City of Shawinigan, Quebec for its arena workers, but other municipalities wanted it too… Here’s how La Touche Finale was born.
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The Lenticular Print at Centre Mario-Tremblay
One of my favourite community centres is the Centre Mario-Tremblay in the city of Alma, Quebec. To...
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Frost Heaves and Ice Rinks
Happy New Year, everyone. I’m thrilled to start out 2018 in a brand new way, with a guest post on Frost Heaves by none other than Art Sutherland of Accent Refrigeration. Remediating frost heaves below the refrigerated slab of an ice rink can be the most expensive repair an arena owner may ever face…
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Removing “That’s the way we’ve always done it” from your vocabulary and other Les Quinton-isms for making your arena energy efficient
‘That’s the way we’ve always done it’ – If you want to turn your barn into an energy efficient arena, Les Quinton says you need to toss that phrase from your vocabulary — and four other arena-changing tips…
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The Temporarily Permanent Twin Pads in Veterans Park’s Parking Lot
With USA Hockey player registration rates increasing nationally by 21% over the past ten years...
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Harvesting Rainwater to Build and Maintain Ice
We can all do a better job with conserving water, and arenas can have a tremendous impact on water supply demands. The Abbotsford Centre has done that by harvesting rainwater for its ice with a retrofit that was easy — and only cost $27K…
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Speed Up Your Event-to-Hockey Conversions with this Homemade Skid
Eric Brindza found Jason Paquin’s plans of how to build a paint cart and modified them. Now...
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