best and worst arena

ref/scout · Post by **ref/scout** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:05 pm

What is the best and the worst arenas that you have played at in the metro area?

sweethands · Post by **sweethands** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:37 pm

carlton is the worst place to go I played for Duluth last year and used that hole for practice and games what a DUMP.............

franchise130 · Post by **franchise130** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:41 pm

oscar johnson and all those other arenas towards downtown

holdin the stick · Post by **holdin the stick** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:11 pm

Biff Adams as well as Northfield are terrible

I liked playing in Mariucci and IGH has a good facility

ilblade06 · Post by **ilblade06** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:20 pm

i believe we just had a topic similar to this.

wait that was in the high school forum

JGAALUM1 · Post by **JGAALUM1** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:31 pm

Blaine Superrink is by far the best there is...Plymouth Ice Center is very nice also, id say those are the 2 best. Maybe eagan, fogarty, idk

WBJG-4-life · Post by **WBJG-4-life** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:54 pm

White Bear Sports Center = Good
White Bear County = fast ice, poopy visitor locker rooms

Other than that Plymoth is very nice, Minnetonka (high school), MARS in Duluth, Aldrich, most any place with good lighting and locker rooms.

wayalltheway · Post by **wayalltheway** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:13 am

Plymouth is amazing only if you play on either the A or C rinks though... A is the olympic size which is fun to play on more open ice and faster games

bvillejgold4life · Post by **bvillejgold4life** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:46 am

burnsville rink 1 is also nice, big locker rooms and the ice and tall glass is nice

franchise130 · Post by **franchise130** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:37 am

Minnesota made arena has the worst ice ever and it is freezing cold in the locker rooms and on the ice

puckhead77 · Post by **puckhead77** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:19 pm

The best rink by far is Osseo West. The ice is soooo hard and nice.

puckhead77 · Post by **puckhead77** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:21 pm

The absoute worst rink is VMIA......Shady

iceprofet07 · Post by **iceprofet07** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:32 pm

Best ice:
MARS Lakeview-Duluth
New Warroad Ice (Name slipped my mind)
BIG #?-Bloomington (The big sheet-I think its BIG 3)
St. Cloud MAC (I bit warm sometimes though)

Worst Ice:
Elk River-One of the sheets there was always a pool because the heat was always turned all the way up
Old Warroad Ice- Plywood boards, no glass, bad lighting.
Carlton-Lighting makes it look like the froze urine instead of water-murder lights everywhere.

osgood2006 · Post by **osgood2006** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:00 pm

by far the worst arena is proctors. hands down.

iceprofet07 · Post by **iceprofet07** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:56 am

In my opinion Proctor's arena isn't great, but the ice isn't too bad

DAbears25 · Post by **DAbears25** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:14 pm

iceprofet07 wrote:In my opinion Proctor's arena isn't great, but the ice isn't too bad

hmm yah the ice is good except for the fact its not even flat....on the far end if you pay attention you can feel it go up and then down

iceprofet07 · Post by **iceprofet07** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:36 pm

I'm not saying the ice is the greatest, but I've played on on far worse is all. Guess I've never noticed the variations in the ice though.

edit: typo

chuck-a-puck · Post by **chuck-a-puck** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:12 pm

The IGH arena is the top of the line. the ice is perfect and has decent locker rooms.

The worst ive played in was a rink in stillwater. i had a game there and im pretty sure that it was in a barn. it was terrible

DAbears25 · Post by **DAbears25** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:27 pm

chuck-a-puck wrote:The IGH arena is the top of the line. the ice is perfect and has decent locker rooms.

The worst ive played in was a rink in stillwater. i had a game there and im pretty sure that it was in a barn. it was terrible

what are you talking about? stillwaters two rinks are the farthest thing from barns and the varsity one is actually pretty nice

ilblade06 · Post by **ilblade06** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:14 pm

DAbears25 wrote:
chuck-a-puck wrote:The IGH arena is the top of the line. the ice is perfect and has decent locker rooms.

The worst ive played in was a rink in stillwater. i had a game there and im pretty sure that it was in a barn. it was terrible

what are you talking about? stillwaters two rinks are the farthest thing from barns and the varsity one is actually pretty nice

what is the rink connected to the one where the mighty ducks was filmed. that was by far the worst one i ever played at. but even that rink too, i wasnt too impressed by it.

DAbears25 · Post by **DAbears25** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:30 pm

i think your thinking about columbia in fridley....

chuck-a-puck · Post by **chuck-a-puck** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:33 pm

well it must be a different area then cause it wasnt nice at all. i could be thinking of the wrong city too

NORTHERNBEAVER · Post by **NORTHERNBEAVER** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:55 pm

ur talkin about parade south
north is the nice one i think

sweethands · Post by **sweethands** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:23 pm

Your my man, iceprofet07. Carlton is by far the worst rink. We used that rink last for Duluth JGA practice and it was nothing to write home too. And if you want to meet some of the most homegrown hicks stop by and grab a seat and watch. I will say the outdoor rink isnt too bad, maybe the should sell that ice instead of so-called ice they have in that tin shed. Watch out for the bathrooms if you call them bathrooms...

bvillejgold4life · Post by **bvillejgold4life** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:53 pm

any rink that doesnt have a shower is bad... end of story

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