Jill Maser writes:
>2)  Temperature:  For hockey you want to maintain about a 17-20 degree
>range.  Colder than that, the ice fractures as the players dig in to skate,
>turn and stop.  Warmer than that, and the blades get "bogged down" and
>players complain your ice is "slow."
 
Depending on where your thermometer is located in the ice varies in the
temperture.  At the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, our thermometer is
about a half inch under the concrete.  Our average temp is about 12-14
degrees.  the higher the thermometer, the higher the temperature.
                                                -Joel
 
 
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