Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lincoln Keating, age 7, balances a ball on the end of his hockey stick as he skates around his family's backyard ice rink. His ...

During the winter, one of the most idyllic activities is skating at an ice rink, whether it’s indoors or out. An ice rink you the chance to take a break from hibernating and get into a wintry workout, ...

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 Park and ...

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 ...

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio -- When temperatures plummet, the hottest outdoor amenity for Northeast Ohio backyards is an ice rink. Whether for hockey or figure skating or burning energy with friends, the ice ...

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 ...