Comments for Backyard-Hockey.com http://www.backyard-hockey.com Grabbing hockey by its roots Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:57:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Michigan Pond Hockey Tournament Listing by Terry Darling http://www.backyard-hockey.com/michigan-pond-hockey-tournament-listing/comment-page-1/#comment-16006 Terry Darling Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:57:12 +0000 http://www.backyard-hockey.com/?page_id=1207#comment-16006 Once again we have decided to reschedule Battle on the Bay 2012 pond hockey, due to our uncooperative weather. The new dates are Saturday February 19th and Sunday February 19th. $200 per team early registration is extended to February 15th provided openings remain, $250 there after. Call Terry Darling @ 248-245-0012 to reserve a spot. All seven divisions have openings although several are near full. Don't miss out! Looks to be a great tourmament. Checkout our website at battleonthebayhockey.com for rules & regs., and team rosters. Once again we have decided to reschedule Battle on the Bay 2012 pond hockey, due to our uncooperative weather. The new dates are Saturday February 19th and Sunday February 19th. $200 per team early registration is extended to February 15th provided openings remain, $250 there after. Call Terry Darling @ 248-245-0012 to reserve a spot. All seven divisions have openings although several are near full. Don’t miss out! Looks to be a great tourmament. Checkout our website at battleonthebayhockey.com for rules & regs., and team rosters.

]]> Comment on New England (MA, NH, VT, ME) Pond Hockey Tournament Listing by Chris Mader http://www.backyard-hockey.com/new-england-ma-nh-vt-me-pond-hockey-tournament-listing/comment-page-1/#comment-15924 Chris Mader Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:43:45 +0000 http://www.backyard-hockey.com/?page_id=1206#comment-15924 Hi there, I am the President of a community ice rink called the Pelham Ice Garden, located in Pelham, NH. We have been up & running for 4 seasons now and have a 30+ Pond Hockey league also in its 4th season. Thanks for listing us and I love your site. -CM Hi there,
I am the President of a community ice rink called the Pelham Ice Garden, located in Pelham, NH. We have been up & running for 4 seasons now and have a 30+ Pond Hockey league also in its 4th season.

Thanks for listing us and I love your site.
-CM

]]> Comment on Michigan Pond Hockey Tournament Listing by Todd McCreedy http://www.backyard-hockey.com/michigan-pond-hockey-tournament-listing/comment-page-1/#comment-15911 Todd McCreedy Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:11:44 +0000 http://www.backyard-hockey.com/?page_id=1207#comment-15911 Hello, just wanted to inform you of our new dates for the Lapeer Optimist Pond Hockey Tournament. February 11-12. Thank you and wishing for cold weather for all hockey players and fans Hello, just wanted to inform you of our new dates for the Lapeer Optimist Pond Hockey Tournament. February 11-12. Thank you and wishing for cold weather for all hockey players and fans

]]> Comment on The Backyard Rinkbuilder’s Commandments – Your Contribution Requested by Jason http://www.backyard-hockey.com/2011/11/10/the-backyard-rinkbuilders-commandments-your-contribution-requested/comment-page-1/#comment-15710 Jason Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:08:19 +0000 http://www.backyard-hockey.com/?p=1311#comment-15710 33) Your wife will ask you to shovel the driveway before you shovel the rink. Always clean the ice off first. The rink will love the attention and look great. Your wife will look good in the spring and need attention from all the working out she has done all winter, while you were outside. 33) Your wife will ask you to shovel the driveway before you shovel the rink. Always clean the ice off first. The rink will love the attention and look great. Your wife will look good in the spring and need attention from all the working out she has done all winter, while you were outside.

]]> Comment on The Backyard Rinkbuilder’s Commandments – Your Contribution Requested by Nickm http://www.backyard-hockey.com/2011/11/10/the-backyard-rinkbuilders-commandments-your-contribution-requested/comment-page-1/#comment-15579 Nickm Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:08:35 +0000 http://www.backyard-hockey.com/?p=1311#comment-15579 totally agree with my yard is pretty flat. I built my first rink this year and learned my yard is not as level as i thought....Its okay to build a rink when your 30 and have no kids right? totally agree with my yard is pretty flat. I built my first rink this year and learned my yard is not as level as i thought….Its okay to build a rink when your 30 and have no kids right?

]]> Comment on New York Pond Hockey Tournament Listing by dorothy clark http://www.backyard-hockey.com/new-york-pond-hockey-tournament-listing/comment-page-1/#comment-15545 dorothy clark Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:25:29 +0000 http://www.backyard-hockey.com/?page_id=1208#comment-15545 where will the syracuse event be held? Which area of the lake and what are the times? where will the syracuse event be held? Which area of the lake and what are the times?

]]> Comment on How to build a Homeboni (aka Rink Rake, Home Zamboni) by A Dub http://www.backyard-hockey.com/2010/01/18/how-to-build-a-homeboni-aka-rink-rake/comment-page-1/#comment-15497 A Dub Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:47:49 +0000 http://www.backyard-hockey.com/?p=360#comment-15497 I built this thing in 15 minutes yesterday and I will tell you its works perfectly. PVC is light enough to carry back and forth to the house so I recomend going that route. Copper is expensive and really, your using the thing for like 20-30 minutes a day, pvc is fine. For the towel behind, I used a commercial winter floor mat that I found at Home Depot for $11 right you walk right in the store. I cut abour 6 inches off and popped some holes in it to drag behind. I used 2 old shoelaces to loop over the PVC and a rubber band to keep them in place. The floor mat doesn't absorb that much water so its a perfect for this job. I built this thing in 15 minutes yesterday and I will tell you its works perfectly. PVC is light enough to carry back and forth to the house so I recomend going that route. Copper is expensive and really, your using the thing for like 20-30 minutes a day, pvc is fine. For the towel behind, I used a commercial winter floor mat that I found at Home Depot for $11 right you walk right in the store. I cut abour 6 inches off and popped some holes in it to drag behind. I used 2 old shoelaces to loop over the PVC and a rubber band to keep them in place. The floor mat doesn’t absorb that much water so its a perfect for this job.

]]> Comment on Warm Weather Making Life Difficult For Outdoor Puck Participants by Ron http://www.backyard-hockey.com/2012/01/11/warm-weather-making-life-difficult-for-outdoor-puck-participants/comment-page-1/#comment-15440 Ron Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:09:47 +0000 http://www.backyard-hockey.com/?p=1351#comment-15440 My Frontyard rink has had boards for a while. Still no liner. Couple more weeks of this and the boards will be coming down. Here in Northwest Ohio, winter has not shown up. My only natural ice hockey this winter looks like Plaster Rock!! Thank God for Canada! I should have been born in a town named Rocky Mountain House! My Frontyard rink has had boards for a while. Still no liner. Couple more weeks of this and the boards will be coming down.
Here in Northwest Ohio, winter has not shown up.
My only natural ice hockey this winter looks like Plaster Rock!! Thank God for Canada! I should have been born in a town named Rocky Mountain House!

]]> Comment on The Backyard Rinkbuilder’s Commandments – Your Contribution Requested by JCY http://www.backyard-hockey.com/2011/11/10/the-backyard-rinkbuilders-commandments-your-contribution-requested/comment-page-1/#comment-15405 JCY Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:40:10 +0000 http://www.backyard-hockey.com/?p=1311#comment-15405 31) If there is thin area on the ice and you warn your 8 year old to avoid that section; as soon as you go in the house he will skate over to the thin spot and chip at it, until he declares "There's hole here all the way down to the tarp!" 32) On the coldest nights when it is too cold to snow and you have flooded the rink, you shall look over your perfect ice surface and think "Life is good". (You will even forgive your 8 year old.) 31) If there is thin area on the ice and you warn your 8 year old to avoid that section; as soon as you go in the house he will skate over to the thin spot and chip at it, until he declares “There’s hole here all the way down to the tarp!”

32) On the coldest nights when it is too cold to snow and you have flooded the rink, you shall look over your perfect ice surface and think “Life is good”. (You will even forgive your 8 year old.)

]]> Comment on The Backyard Rinkbuilder’s Commandments – Your Contribution Requested by kvo http://www.backyard-hockey.com/2011/11/10/the-backyard-rinkbuilders-commandments-your-contribution-requested/comment-page-1/#comment-15391 kvo Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:50:29 +0000 http://www.backyard-hockey.com/?p=1311#comment-15391 After three years of shoveling, make an investment in a snow blower. After three years of shoveling, make an investment in a snow blower.

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