Olympic size rink vs NHL size rink

[fat pat 0]

the rink at the university of illinois is 195x115...its like playing on a soccer field, its absolutely gigantic, and it used to be wider

[JR97 2]

Or SLC...LOL

All of the rinks in SLC are Oly sized. Even a few built after 2002. As an old fart I prefer the smaller rink. We were up at a tourny in a small town in Wyoming a few months ago and as a D-man, I liked the smaller rink because it lessened the space between my lazy forwards and the D-zone. :) But the main thing was that the smaller rink enabled my partner and I to take turns being aggressive on the pinches because there was less ice to cover for the stay at home guy.

The rink I grew up on was even smaller than NHL. Smaller neutral zone like the old Chicago Stadium. Making the jump from that to full size oly size was quite the adjustment.

[Aussie Joe 0]

We are currently in the process of having x2 Olympic sized rinks built in my city. Our rink is tiny in Melbourne atm. I cannot wait to skate on Olympic size ice again. Its going to completely change hockey in my state and allot of the bigger/fatter guys are going to have to bust hard to stop me from getting past them. :D

[HattrickSwayze 3]

There's an Olympic sized rink here in Washington. I like playing on it because when I lose the puck on a failed deke sometimes I have time to get it back.

[Scoobersti 0]

There's an Olympic sized rink here in Washington. I like playing on it because when I lose the puck on a failed deke sometimes I have time to get it back.

That was my home rink growing up and I liked playing there, I always thought that it gave us a small home ice advantage because we were used to it.

[epstud74 24]

I play at the Bloomington Ice Garden here in MN quite a bit. It is a triple rink and one of them is Olympic. I like skating on that sheet.

http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/main_top/2...ig_facility.htm

[Ahriman 1]

yeah just dont get rink 2 ever.

[dsjunior1388 81]

any rinks in detroit/lansing/ann arbor area that are olympic size?

[JR Boucicaut 3759]

any rinks in detroit/lansing/ann arbor area that are olympic size?

Detroit Skating Club in West Bloomfield has an Oly sheet

[tamtamg 12]

any rinks in detroit/lansing/ann arbor area that are olympic size?

ann arbor ice cube has one. never actually played on it though, we only practiced on nhl sized rinks in high school.

[Wolfpack_1986 146]

This season we've mainly been on the Olympic rink - I think we only played a couple on the Pro.

Much quicker game on the Pro - everyone seems to be sluggish on the Olympic ice as there's so much more ice to cover.

Wow, I didn't even know there were Olympic size rinks in US (besides Lake Placid). Sounds like you are in a multi-rink facility. Why do they have an Olympic rink there? Just for the hell of it? Or perhaps for figure skating?

Or SLC...LOL

Yeah, we have two sheets at RDV Sportsplex in Orlando - one Olympic, one NHL-spec.

Even Raleigh, North Carolina has an olympic sized sheet. I hate that place, the boards are too tall for me, i have to jump.

[epstud74 24]

Are you under 5-9 or something?

[epstud74 24]

A lot of the multi-sheet rinks here have at least one olympic ice sheet. Here are some I can name off the top of my head

Bloomington Ice Gardens

Plymouth

Minneapolis (Mariucci)

Blaine (4 olympic sized sheets at Schwans Ice Center)

Blaine (Centennial)

Orono

Lakeville (Ames)

Ice Forum (Champlin)

Eagan

[Wolfpack_1986 146]

Are you under 5-9 or something?

something like that. LOL

[youngblack 0]

I've only played on one olympic rink before, and I was alot younger and the i didnt even notice the difference at all.

[epstud74 24]

Thats probably because you were "a lot younger"