Congratulations to every contestant for sharing with us their backyard rink. Every entry was outstanding and choosing the winners was not an easy task. As you will see, each was unique and special in it's own way. Click on the thumbnails below to see a full size picture.

Once again, our sincere thanks to you all.

Jim Stoller, President NiceRink

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This beautiful rink is 60'X120'.

Mr. and Mrs. Barker wrote:

Dear Mr. Stoller,
Thanks for arranging prompt delivery of the NiceRink liner before Christmas. I was able to install the liner the same day it arrived and immediately began flooding the rink. By the time my holiday visitors arrived, we were skating!

This season's ice is the culmination of six years of developing this rink. As I look back on the evolution of our backyard rink, I marvel at how the lights, clubhouse, boards, and even the tractor mounted resurfacer were relatively simple to build compared to the actual sheet of ice. In the past, we've cleared ponds, "layered" water on makeshift sheets of plastic, flooded water over snowpack. For each of those systems I'd have to choose between longevity and quality. At least twice, we lost the ice in early February due to short, unseasonably mild periods.

We had such a period just last week: rain in the upper peninsula of Michigan in January! I am very pleased that we still have a perfect sheet of ice  because the water was contained by the NiceRink liner. Two days after the rain, we were skating again. We have every expectation of playing ice hockey well through the month of March.