17 Nov No to hot water & yes to REALice twice
Why Scott Fusco said no to hot water flooding and yes to REALice twice...
Success Stories
17 Nov Big Arenas and REALice
Please join us for this operator-to-operator interview with Bryan Hawn, Arena Supervisor at Kal Tire Place in Vernon, BC. This is a big arena and home of the Vernon Vipers of the BCHL - capacity 3,003 and 500 standing. A New Process to Reduce Costs - also in...
15 Nov City of Vernon installs REALice at all indoor arenas
November 15, 2021 – Vancouver BC. The City of Vernon’s Kal Tire Place has said goodbye to its reliance on hot water to maintain its twin ice surfaces. Instead, it has installed a mechanical rink de-aerator to reduce energy costs, lower CO2 emissions -- and its...
11 Nov Scott Seaman Sports Rink on REALice
HIGH RIVER, AB: Foothills County has implemented REALice device installation at Scott Seaman Sports Rink (SSSR) to increase energy efficiency for arena operations. “The installation of REALice at SSSR has eliminated the need for using hot water for ice rink flooding,” said Adeniyi Adeaga, Municipal Energy Manager...
01 Nov From Ice Cleaners to Ice Makers
The way Fred Kilner tells it, running after their ice was getting in the way of being icemakers. Two years into his retirement, we caught up with him as he was heading into the rink to meet up with some of the operations team for...
13 Sep Winning ECHL’s Best Ice Award
Nathan Kleinschmit, Engineering Manager and Ice Specialist at The Monument in Rapid City, SD, says ice quality wasn't ever an issue at their arena. After all, Rapid City has a pretty dry environment, and the hockey season is normally over before the hot weather begins. That...
24 Aug Water Quality and REALice
When Josh Welch from the Township of King in Ontario reached out to us about water quality, we pointed to one of our long-time customers in Castleton, VT. Castleton University's Spartan Arena has been using REALice to build and resurface ice since 2013, with fabulous results...
07 Jun ECHL’S 2021 Best Ice Award
June 7, 2021 – The East Coast Hockey League, a “AA” professional hockey league based in Princeton, NJ, today announced its 2020-21 Best Ice Award has been given to the Rapid City Rush, playing out of The Monument in Rapid City, South Dakota. Nathan Kleinschmit, Ice Specialist for The Monument, received the...
03 May REALice 2021 Energy Champions!
VANCOUVER, May 4, 2021 — REALice Canada is proud to recognize four individuals for leadership to their arena operations team and stakeholders. All of them use REALice to make great ice AND have found innovative ways to reduce cost at their ice rink. The REALice 2021...
31 Mar Site visit at the Servus Community Arena in Bow Island
Site visits are rare these days! That's why we are even more excited to be able to take you along to visit Doug Conquergood at the Servus Community Arena (SCA) in Bow Island, AB. Doug has been in charge of the arena ice maintenance there for the...