"Skateable" Ice...

This is the longest year in recent history.
These photos were taken yesterday as I was at the hall in the afternoon. Two young guys brought down there own shovels (ours are put away), and were in the middle of clearing off some snow to expose the ice.

I was a bit late in informing them that they should clear off the SOUTHWEST end of the ice, for it is much harder than the East end. Still good enough for these two to shoot the pucks around.

March 17, 2018 the ice is still hard enough to play hockey.

Cheers
Kurt

Years Past... Trivia!

March 17th Last Year.

Years Past - Closed...
2010 - March 05
2011 - March 13
2012 - March 02
2013 - March 10
2014 - March 06
2015 - March 02
2016 - February 20
2017 - March 17

That's A Wrap... Up!

 Left to right: Craig, Jeff, Ian, Kris, Williem, Bill, Mark (the new iceguy), Kurt below.

Another Great Season and Job Well!


Well, we gave it a try last night. But, after assessing the state of the ice and looking at the forecast temperature, we concluded that it would not be a good idea to flood. We scraped and cleaned up.

Last year's "Last Day" was March 17th. We still have "skateable" tonight for shinny, but it's on the melt this week.
Big thanks to the rest of the team not here in photo; Claire, Grant, Adrian, John, Austin, Andrew P., Glenn, Andy, Ryan, Keith, Jamie, Buddy, Jim R..

We plan to have a Wrap-up gathering at the Riverstone Pub next week. Hope all can be there!


Keeping the hose on the ice, and hanging it up for the season,

Kurt

"In Like a Lion"....

March is coming in like a lion!

Cold enough last night to have a flood fest all night, but we settled for two coats on each.
Total
39 Upper
47 Lower

Thanks to Ian, Kris, Craig, William(Bill) and Kurt.

It looks like Kurt, Craig, Ian and Kris are busy Thursday... so if the rest are able to scrape and flood please do. You can communicate with me if you like and I can send out an invite...Let me know who's in on Thursday.

Looking GREAT!...

Thanks to Austin, Craig, Claire, Kris, Bill, and Will who were able to put down 3 coats on lower and two on the upper.

Total Coats
45 Upper
37 Lower


Way to go team.

Keeping the hose on the ice,
Kurt

Our BBQ...

Great turn out last night with all that could make it.
We were able to lay down 3 coats on the lower and 2 on the upper.
Total to date:
42 lower
35 upper.

Nice to see the families and the future iceguys helping out with the flooding.

It's a go Monday night at 8 PM.

Keeping the hose on the ice,
Kurt

 John's way of keeping the grippers on!!!

A short Video , click on to make work.

Cold is Great!

Weathering the cold last night was Jeff, Ian, Craig, Kris, Bill and Kurt. We cleared, scraped, and flooded two coats last night.

Last Thursday two coats were also laid down for a total of:
39 lower
33 upper

We need some more help this Thursday night at 8:00 pm hope to see you then. Shinny is great thanks to all your help.

We are planning a BBQ this Friday Feb 23 at 6 pm. Bring your skates!

Keeping the hose on the ice,
Kurt

Well... It Was A Snow Day Alright!!!

BIG thanks to the Awesome team team tonight.
Claire (on skates), Kris, Ian, Bill and Kurt

Kris and Bill were done earlier this afternoon blowing and clear for hours which really gave us the advantage tonight. We all just focused on clearing the snow for the weekend. Ice is in great shape after Monday's flood.

We have such a great group of volunteers and your help has been noticed throughout the community and beyond. Our ice has become a destination spot for skater and its all because of your efforts. Big thanks to the whole team.

Before the ice melts I would like to propose an IceGuys team family skate party. A Friday or Saturday around 5 pm. I still have spolumbos sausages. Bring your kids and skates. We do a BBQ and have some cheers. Not sure if this Saturday or Sunday is too soon! But I would like your feedback.

Here are some shots from the more than 12" of snow we cleared on both rinks tonight. Kris in the one blowing the snow

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

More White Stuff Over the Weekend...

Almost a foot (12") fell over the weekend and left the rinks covered. William is back from Nova Scotia for a few months and came down Sunday afternoon with his shovel to clear some of the ice for skaters. Thanks Bill!!

I met Bill again this morning while I was blowing off the White Stuff. He helped to clean up the edges after the blower.

Looks like we have a good group again tonight to help flood. It's been a week since we put down any H2O.

3 coats on the lower, 2 on the upper
35 lower
29 upper

Big thanks to the crew, from left, Andrew P., Austin, Claire, Kris, Bill, Ryan and Kurt behind camera.

We are planning to go again Thursday night at 8 pm.

Keeping the hose on the ice,
Kurt

Great Help Tonight...

Big thank to Kris, JR(Jim Rogers), Andrew P., Austin, Ian, Adrian, Craig and Kurt

2 coats on each tonight.

Total Coats
32 lower
27 upper

Look like the Shinny tomorrow is going to be great.
Lets shoot for Thursday night at 8 pm.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

Good Work Tonight...

This was taken by Kurt on Saturday Jan. 13th, around 12 noon.

 Good Crew Tonight...
Thanks to Andy, Ian, Jeff, Andrew P., Adrian and Kurt. A couple that where skating grabbed a shovel and helped us scrape. Thanks!

Kurt was receiving the hose or "hand off" from Andrew in order to lay down a finishing coat on the lower rink. As Kurt turn he gave Andrew a BIG shower from the nozzle. OOOPS!

We put down 2 coats on each.
Total Coats:
30 Lower Ice
25 Upper Ice.

Thanks everyone!

Keeping the hose on the ICE.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words...

 Hose Nozzle after 2 hours

 Jeff, John, Kris, Andrew, Willem, Ian, Austin, Jamie, Andy, Craig and Kurt

Pallet waiting for Adrian...

Tonight's work:
4 coats on the lower
3 coats on the upper

Total coats:
28 Coats lower
23 Coats upper

Sub temperatures couldn't keep us away for doing multiple coats tonight. (-25ºC).
Ian, Kris, Craig, Willem, Andrew P., Andy, Jeff, Austin, Jamie, Dave C., Jeff. John and Kurt.

Great to see so many of us at once. It has been a long time and we had a chance to catch up after the holidays. Adrian couldn't make it down tonight and he was almost a sorry as we where, for we wanted him to attempt another human cannonball threw this burning pallet.

The rinks are in great shape going into a milder weekend. Well done everyone.

Keeping the hose on the ice,
Kurt

Brrrrrrrrr...

At temperatures consistently around -26ºC (no factor of windchill), it makes it challenging for a flood tonight. Big crew turning up later tonight and are up for the challenge. I took these photos this afternoon while I was down dropping off more firewood to stay warm tonight.

See you all around 7:30-8 PM.

3:45 pm Thursday afternoon,
Kurt