Backyard Ice Rinks

"My dad got it set up over Christmas. Looks great!! Kids loves it and are out there every day. If not skating, then stick handling and shooting. Here are a couple of pictures."
~ Anton Strålman
Professional NHL Hockey Player - #6 of the Tampa Bay Lightning
(Tampa, Florida USA)

"Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive...."
~ Stephen Leacock

"I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world."
~ Dorothy Hamill
American professional figure skater, 1976 Olympic champion
(Chicago, Illinois USA)

"The biggest thing for me is the passion that I've always had for hockey. I remember growing up, no matter what I did in life, my parents always told me to try to do my best at it and be my best. I can say going through different things that that passion is the most important part. It's not skills or talent or any of that stuff."
~ Sydney Crosby
(Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia Canada)

"I think I am officially a backyard rink rat... I can tell you, NOTHING beats an outdoor hockey pick-up game under the lights with the snow falling, this is what dreams are made of...!"
~ Ed Kunzelman
(Dublin, OH USA)
Outdoor Hockey Dreams