High ice rental costs
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Marek is clueless on the topic
There’s no such thing as a synthetic ice rink. You can make a little area in a backyard or shed with tiles to shoot on and skate around somewhat but synthetic ice cannot replace a real practice on a full rink.
Plus synthetic ice mostly sucks, doesn’t replicate ice well at all. Decent tiles are expensive and they have a shelf life
A hypothetical full blown synthetic life rink wouldn’t be cheaper than traditional ice
Hockey is a game for families that have money to burn
There’s no such thing as a synthetic ice rink. You can make a little area in a backyard or shed with tiles to shoot on and skate around somewhat but synthetic ice cannot replace a real practice on a full rink.
Plus synthetic ice mostly sucks, doesn’t replicate ice well at all. Decent tiles are expensive and they have a shelf life
A hypothetical full blown synthetic life rink wouldn’t be cheaper than traditional ice
Hockey is a game for families that have money to burn
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I played in a league on “plastic” ice about 40 years ago in suburban Chicago.
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I've never heard of or seen a full size synthetic ice rink and im pretty involved with the game. Even on Google, nothing really comes up as existing.
I can't imagine how bad the quality of tiles were way back then.
Was it more or less ball hockey and running on ice skates in a little area? Was it a full sized rink or smaller area?
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E: this was the only thing i found, they scrapped it shortly after for issues with the surface after spending $550,000 (in 2011, adjust for inflation today that's a lot of money)
The glide on even the best tiles suck, it's simply not a real solution for legitimate full fledged team practices and games on ice.
It's only useful for training purposes in small areas for shooting/stickhandling and very basic skating work.
We disagree. … is it ice? No, but the hockey was decent. … think of public arena bad ice.
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Sure, we can disagree about quality.
The larger point is the availability and viabiliy of it. I still can't seem to find the existance of a full sized synthetic rink with boards/glass suitable for a real hockey practice. And I've never heard of a team practicing on synthetic ice.
Just doesn't seem like an option really
I bring my daughter to 2 different synthetic ice places on occassion. Decent for training, but wouldnt play games on it. Part of the problem is it REALLY chews up the blades. Pretty much need a sharpening for every 30-60 minutes on synthetic.
