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...
April 16, 2022 - Many curlers have no dedicated ice of their own and sharing skating ice isn't always ideal. Louis Robichaud, Manager of the Woodland Arena in Vermillion Bay, ON sent us a video on getting his REALice ice ready for a curling bonspiel, and...
Roadmap to Net Zero for Indoor Ice ArenasOctober 20, 2021 - REALice is proud to be a part of the Mayor's Megawatt Challenge's Net Zero Ice Rink Pilot. Next month, the MMC will hold a virtual conference over 2-days to review the roadmap they've created, to...
September 13, 2021 - Nathan Kleinschmit, Engineering Manager and Ice Specialist at The Monument in Rapid City, SD, says ice quality wasn’t ever an issue at their facility. After all, Rapid City has a pretty dry environment. And the hockey season is normally over before the...
August 24, 2021 - Water quality is always a concern to ice makers. 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. Steve Wolf, from Castleton University's Spartan Arena...
We're often asked what's the best temperature to be running your ice at? They may ask about brine or glycol or set point too but we know that indoor ice arenas are like living organisms, with temperatures that vary from rink to rink -- and...