Disaster averted about 2 am! As I casually walked my recycling to the curb last night, I heard a cracking and popping sound coming from my low corner. Upon further investigation, I noticed that in our haste to fill, we had neglected to drive 4 support stakes in the low corner. So, at 2AM last night ...

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/399960_2994331988107_1556421094_32948579_282684451_n.jpg This is where I had my problem. Fortunately, all has worked out. I still have to put in my 5" panels boards above the ice and then I will trim out the excess liner. If I was really amb...

There is another option, it involves a lot of work... You could pull you liner back in that area and remove some material - grass, dirt ect... Its a pain in the A$$ getting through frozen ground, but it does work. I had to do this in my high corner this year. A couple of days later, my surface was c...

Finally, cooler night time temps are now headed to Minnesota. Although we have been in the 40's here too, the night time temps have allowed the sheet to repair itself each night. The only problem I'm seeing is evaporation. Without cool enough temps to flood I haven't been able to add anything for ov...

The weather man didn't lie! I got the rink repaired the night before last with a fresh 1" flooding and last night after work/school the work paid off, me and my 8 year old spent about two hours skating, passing and shooting. Extended forecasts look like we will get a solid week or two of beauti...

This tournament is held annually in Carlton, Mn. It features teams made up of Police, Fire, Emergency and Military personnel. This years dates are February 17th and 18th at the Carleton Four Season Sports Complex. I will be participating with the Minnesota Warriors Disabled Veteran Hockey team and a...

Sometimes our bodies act like old cars. Our brains shift into neutral and the mouth rattles on..........

Thanks for the swag Joe, love it!

Ha, sounds the same as everywhere else! I too have had a hell of a time keeping the rink together this winter (or early spring as I now call it). I was shoveling off the last dumping of wet snow last night and will try to recover it again tonight. The 15 day forecast for Minnesota is pretty good. If...