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How hockey families build backyard ice rinks at three different price points

MINNEAPOLIS — Jeremy Barrick has what so many hockey parents contemplating a backyard ice rink want: advice from the pros who have to make outdoor ice every year. Barrick, who works at the Minneapolis ...
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So you want to build an ice rink in your tiny Brooklyn backyard?

Ice-skating at one of the city’s public rinks can be annoying: schlepping your stuff on the subway, sometimes with a child in tow; lines; rental fees; and dodging speed-demon teens or stumbling ...
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For New Englanders, backyard ice skating rinks are like the swimming pools of winter — and often more sought-after

From left, Ryan Maguire and his children Liam, 10, and Mollie, 8, unroll plastic while preparing their backyard rink at the family’s home in Milton on Dec. 9. The Maguires are among a growing number ...
The Boston Globe

For New Englanders, backyard ice skating rinks are like the swimming pools of winter — and often more sought-after

When the sun goes down in the winter, Sarah Maguire sends her husband Ryan outside to their Milton backyard skating rink to perform what she calls “ice maintenance.” With their yellow lab, Sully, by ...