Local costs for ice time/pickup games/skate sharpening

[LarryO]

In Montreal, I know a couple of city arenas that have free open hockey, compliments of the tax payer. Sharpening is typically $5 but where I get them sharpened they sell a card for 10 sharpenings for $35.

 

[Vip]

Salt Lake City, Utah:

Drop-in 2 hours: $6

Skate sharpening: $10

 

[JoeyB]

Philadelphia:

Pick-up: $8 weekdays, $10 weekends
League: $200-$300 depending
Skate sharpening: $7
Skate baking: $45 for some reason

 

[Danglous]

NE Philly/Philly suburbs

$12 for open hockey (2 hrs)
$8 for sharpening

 

[leftwinger37]

Metro Detroit, MI

Drop-in: $7-$10
"Private" Drop-in: $10-$15
Stick & Puck: $5
Skate Sharpening: $4-$7
Skate Baking: $20

Since the economic down-turn a few years back, there has been a lot of budget slashing at the local level. This has translated to municipal rinks limiting available time, raising prices, and in one case in my area, closing up shop completely. However, there is always ice available somewhere within a reasonable distance.

 

[wondeROY]

Holy crap some of these prices are insane!

Missoula, Montana here..

$5 sharpening
$6 for stick n pucks
$7 for drop in (shiney)
$4 for public skate
$280 per person for mens league

Then again, our wages in Montana are considerably lower then places like NY/NJ etc.

 

[opivy]

I make 2x in Montana compared to what I made in Ohio

 

[salty justice]

LA, CA

2 hours of stick time or pickup $15 or 12 sessions for $150.
1 hour clinic $20 or 12 sessions for $200.
1 league game $30 or 20 game season for $500.
Sharpening $6 or 5x pass for $25.

 

[Frankie Spankie]

In Boston I get 10 sharpenings at the local shop for $40 with one of those punch cards. They usually range between $4-8 around here.

League games, I'm usually paying in the range of $17-20 a game, although it obviously varies from league to league. The league that is $17/game only has 1 ref and no time keeper. The $20/game league has 2 refs and a time keeper (that's at least 90% of the time). Very rarely do we only have 2 refs or 1 ref with a time keeper. I don't think I've ever seen just 1 ref to do it all.

 

[wondeROY]

I make 2x in Montana compared to what I made in Ohio

Are you hiring? lol

 

[MattB43]

Someone should put all this info into a spreadsheet, or even a map format

Here in Des Moines, IA it's $5 for an hour stick & puck, $10 for 2 hours of drop-in or $90 for a 10-play punch card. Sharpenings are $5 at the hockey shop, and I think $8 at the rink.

 

[ChiTownHawks]

Chicago proper (not the burbs)
$15-$20 for drop in/rat
$20-$25 for clinics
$10 for stick and puck
$400 for winter season 21 games + playoffs
$350 for spring season 19 games + playoffs
$7 sharpenings

 

[esidebill]

Columbus OH. Keep in mind there is ONE company that runs the rinks in town (The Chiller), so they have a monopoly on it. One company, 8 sheets of ice. You can skate at Ohio State for some things like Public Skate, but there are no public leagues or Drop In's there:

Drop In (1.5 - 2 hours): $10, goalies are free
Stick & Puck (no games allowed, 1 hour): $15
Skate Sharpening: $5
League Play: Depends on how many players, but it averages out to about $20 a game

Considered moving around Columbus and noticed they have a good hockey scene

 

[kr580]

Santa Rosa, CA (North Bay)

Free baking and punching
$8 sharpening
$15 for 75 minute pickup or skills class
$10 for 60 minute stick time
$250-$300 for league depending on team size: 12 regular season games and possibly 1-3 playoff games

No frequent flyer discounts of any kind.

 

[SCritical]

NSW, Australia
Drop in - $15
2hr stick and puck session - $15
clinic - $15-$25, depending on skill level
private lessons - $20 for a half hour
Skate sharpening - $8
Summer comp - 12 games for $285
Travel/rep hockey - 15 games for $540
Ice hockey NSW registration - $235

Prices are higher in bigger cities, eg Melbourne. Some inner city rinks will also charge you for a skate fitting, eff that.

 

[KidRobot]

NJ

$10-15 for open.
$6 for sharpening
$15 for baking I believe...I dunno it was free with my skates
Between $250-$350 for mens league depending if you're joining as a single or as a team

 

[TieClark]

GTA:

Sharpening - ~$6
League - ~$400
Open - ~$5-10

 

[JoeCool16]

Greater Vancouver, BC
$5 sharpening
$6-10 for stick n puck
$10 for Pick Up
$5-10 for public skate
$12-20xAmount of Games for league season

 

[robmneilson]

When I was in NYC it was:

$15 for a sharpening (from West Side Skate)
$600 to rent the ice for an hour and 20 min.
$25-$35 for open hockey (between City Ice and Chelsea)
$15 for stick and puck

Now in Houston TX
$7 for a sharpening
no clue for rental ice
$12 open hockey fee (theres actually little open hockey here, but I got into a weekly scrimmage where my cost is usually $12 per skate).
$15 for stick and puck

 

[Wease]

When I was in NYC it was:

$15 for a sharpening (from West Side Skate)
$600 to rent the ice for an hour and 20 min.
$25-$35 for open hockey (between City Ice and Chelsea)
$15 for stick and puck

Wow do you NYC guys get f'd over...

 

[marc0polo]

NSW, Australia
Drop in - $15
2hr stick and puck session - $15
clinic - $15-$25, depending on skill level
private lessons - $20 for a half hour
Skate sharpening - $8
Summer comp - 12 games for $285
Travel/rep hockey - 15 games for $540
Ice hockey NSW registration - $235

Prices are higher in bigger cities, eg Melbourne. Some inner city rinks will also charge you for a skate fitting, eff that.

Where do they do stick and puck?

 

[robmneilson]

Wow do you NYC guys get f'd over...

Oh yeah....the cheap sharpenings are $12 and they are done by a bored teenager. At least Wside does great sharpening...if extremely overpriced.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Oshawa, Ontario.

Best Sharpening you will ever get - Pro teams drive distances for this guy.
And comparing to what others pay $7 bucks is good. Plus he takes your name and you get a free sharpening every 4-5 times you go.
http://www.pro-cut.ca/

Shinny is $6 for 2 hrs
Stick n puck is $6 for 1hr
Winter league is $420 for 25+ games
Summer is $200

 

[pelts35.com]

I would highly recommend looking into No Icing Sports in New Hampshire for sharpenings.

http://www.noicingsports.com/

You mail them your steel and they mail it back. Sharpenings are $6 plus shipping. Makes sense to have 2 sets of blades and rotate them.

Even if you don't use them, visit their site, there is a ton of knowledge out there.

 

[Sony Eriksson*]

DFW prices on avg.:

Sharpening - $5
Pickup - $10 for 1 1/2 hrs
League dues - $550 for 30 games