Making Ice at the U of I ice rink for the 08-09 season

[bluehominid123]

In the old days of the '70s and '80s it was only open from Oct to Mar and the ice was clear and not painted. It only got white from lots of skaters scratching the ice up and took a few weeks to get thick so figure skaters could not use their picks or risked hitting the concrete floor. Used to have huge crowds skate on weekends as it was very popular and inexpensive to skate. Glad to see it still running and doing well!

[hegberg]

BILL ZEMAN!!!

[bendutta2008]

Thats a lot of work, but thats just one of the things that makes Hockey great.

[Vaughnkicker]

i love dat arena

[sages54]

5th biggest ice surface in the nation

[tommaletic]

I played here a few times, it's a great rink!