Our buddies at the Big Apple Pond Hockey Classic at Bryant Park in New York City sent this beauty over to us last week. Typically, we share media like this through our social networks, but this video was so well…
Much of what we backyard rinkmasters do is hidden from the limelight. The 10pm floods, the Saturday afternoon sessions with the snowblower, the constant manicuring of ice pocked with branches and leaves and bumps — all hidden from view when…
We don’t talk much about the NHL here at backyard-hockey.com, and for good reason: there are probably thousands of blogs and websites out there that already cover it from every conceivable angle. That said, we’re still fans, and based on…
Already in its fourth year, the New England Pond Hockey Classic has quickly gone from interesting sideshow to regional must-see. I recall vividly the first year – hotels wary of housing dozens of hockey players, restaurants hoping for a few…
We got about three inches of nuisance snow last night, and as I breezed through the rink clean-up today, I thought I’d let you all in on a little backyard rink secret: I cleaned my 40×56 rink in about 20…
