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...
Highlights: Seasonal NHL-sized rink Colder floodwater, warmer brine temperatures Run time down 30% Hydro consumption fell from 386,000 kWh to 222,000 kWh per season Better able to manage condensation Hard ice at higher temperatures Getting buy-in from staff You'd be forgiven if you thought the ice...
We are proud to be part of the Green Initiatives at the University of Alberta. REALice has been used at the Clare Drake Arena - a 2,600-seat arena with approximately 1,530 square meters of ice surface, since 2018. Ice is typically made using hot water to reduce air...
This week our operator-to-operator call takes us to Uxbridge, Ontario. At a recent skate, lunch and learn, we spoke to facility operator Tim Morrison about his experience making the switch to REALice and learned what some of his user groups had to say. ...