A Reading Jr Royals Hockey Blog

00 and I were goofing around and thinking about coming up with an award for arenas that are less than what they should be(that suck).

a broken hockey stick and its wooden stick replacement

This was inspired when the team played at Center Ice in Oaks, PA and 00’s composite stick got broken as the result of becoming lodged in the door for Zamboni.  I have heard from another parent that this same thing happened to them a few games back. It does seem like something that should be fixed for safety issues.  Imagine a stick becoming stuck in the door and stabbing a player in the abdomen. Sounds like a serious law suit waiting to happen to me. Perhaps Center Ice is not aware of the issue, but following the writing of this post, I will forward the link to the Center Ice…consider yourselves notified and awarded the Wooden Hockey Stick award. Fixing the door, would hopefully raise the rinks standings to a composite stick award.

At this time, the only other arena that 00 suggested for the “Wooden Hockey Stick Award” was the Wissahickon Ice Arena. For me I might add the Sunbury Arena and the Hill School arena…both of which have some issues that wreak havoc on the kids skates upon entering the ice.

What about you, got any arenas to add to the list? Why?