[caption id="attachment_21742" align="alignnone" width="1024"] The banners and the ice at Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre (Municipality of Trent Hills, Ontario).[/caption] Peter Burnett (left), the Director of Community Services for the Municipality of Trent Hills, Ontario, admits that it took time. He discovered REALice several years ago,...
Last fall, The Olympic Center in Lake Placid, NY added a REALice system to treat the water for the Luge Track at the two-time Winter Olympic venue. Bryan Berghorn, the Director of Sliding Sports for the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) told us they'd never...
What Do Ice Technicians Want? Ice technicians want clear, dense, durable ice that performs well. They don't want big scars and chip outs. And they certainly don't want to do a patch job during a game. REALice delivers ice that performs. It uses pressure to produce clear,...
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 in an exciting Game...
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, Harvard grad and a successful businessman. John O'Neill is...
It's no secret that tournament ice is typically hard to keep good, especially with so many ice makes in such a short amount of time. Up in Slave Lake, Alberta, the twin pad recently hosted a 3-day tournament with 29 adult teams, resulting in 65...
#JustLookAtThatIce There's more to great ice than freezing floodwater. But the real secret to great ice? That's always the human touch. At the Propst Arena in Huntsville, AL, that human touch includes the snowball test. A good ice technician pays attention to all the details, like conductor of...
Many owners and managers are doing a lot of cringing. Because utility costs must keep on moving higher. It's EXPENSIVE to run a rink. And LESS EXPENSIVE with REALice. You may have read our last article featuring a seasonal single-pad rink. Since switching to the REALice water conditioning system, they've had...
Highlights: Seasonal NHL-sized rink Colder floodwater, warmer brine temperatures Run time down 30% Electric consumption fell 42% - from 386,000 kWh to 222,000 kWh per season Better able to manage condensation Hard ice at higher temperatures On getting buy-in from staff You’d be forgiven if you...
We recently made a stop at the Ayr Farmers Mutual Insurance Company Arena in North Dumfries, Ontario. They've been using REALice since the start of this season and are very happy with the results. While we were there, we decided to do something a little...