We usually talk about Canadian success stories with reduced energy savings, lower run-time hours, and humidity levels with REALice. But once in a while, we like to feature some news from our US counterparts as well. We don’t like to brag much about the better ice...
"It's unbelievable," writes Tim Morrison, a facility operator at the Uxbridge Arena & Recreation Centre in Uxbridge, ON. I'd just asked him what he thinks about the ice. "Would you believe if I said this was after a Junior hockey game?" That's what Tim texted when...
“We reduced the Town’s annual CO2 emissions by 29 tonnes just by implementing this one small measure. It also impacted our energy spend by $24,000 less this season compared to the season before, with a payback of less than two years.” Kristi Honey, CAO Township...
Here’s the highlight reel from last week's Operator to Operator webinar on Summer Ice. Special thanks for sharing their experience and expertise to : Scott Taylor, Arena Supervisor, Sardis Sports Complex, Chilliwack, BC Wayne Bacon, Lead Hand, Multi Rec Centre, Slave Lake, AB Chet Murch, General Manager, Rinks...
It's been a winning year for Danbury Ice Arena in Danbury, CT. Its professional ice hockey team, the Danbury Hat Tricks, is one of 11 teams that make up the Federal Prospects Hockey League. On Sunday, they edged out the Carolina Thunderbirds on home ice...
We recently visited Scott Fusco and John O’Neill at The Edge Sports Center in Bedford, MA. You may have heard of Scott Fusco: he played on two US-Olympic hockey teams, is a Hobey Baker Award Winner, a Harvard grad, and a successful businessman. John O’Neill is a seasoned...
This year, the Treaty 8 First Nations Cup took place last weekend in Slave Lake, AB. The town of 6,651, three hours north of Edmonton, has five hotels and several restaurants happy to have the business a tournament this big brings, and a twin-pad arena...
Servus Credit Union Place in St. Albert, AB is a true multipurpose community facility with a large variety of leisure and fitness spaces. It In January, the last of three indoor ice rinks within the 320,000 sq. ft facility was converted to the REALice floodwater treatment system. By...
The Lorette Community Complex in the Rural Municipality of Taché started using the REALice water treatment system at the start of this season. Just 30 minutes outside of Winnipeg, MB, the arena's 59-year old ice plant is on its last legs. That’s one reason facility manager Heiko Zinn recommended...
The Town of Drumheller has shut off its reliance on hot water to maintain its NHL-sized ice surface at the Drumheller Memorial Arena. Instead of hot water floods, a mechanical rink de-aerator has been installed, which is letting the operations team flood the ice with...