See...in no remote way has this...any of these ideas, entered my head! Now that i have read them, Im lit angry I cant see a glow in the dark puck on black ice with black lighting! 😂😂😂 Im like.....why has this not been tried before?! Lol
The Zamboni company doesn't want people to refer to ice resurfacers as Zambonis for fear of losing their trademark, in the same way that "aspirin" and "escalator" did.
the ice maker and zamboni are 2 completely different machines, a zamboni has a grinding device that takes off about a cm of ice and then has a little bit of water that it spread's down to make the ice brand new again. the ice maker just holds water and spays it down.
I work at an ice rink and there some differences. One: after the ice has been painted white with a layer of ice on top, we flood it with the hose; then, as seen in my next point, we place the ads, and do a few more floods. Two: we only paint the circles, creases and team logo. The advertisements and lines are made of a type of fabric that we lay down. Three: for those saying it'd be a pain to do this all the time, it's only at the beginning of the season you do all this. We also put down a special floor over top of the ice, just if we have something else going on that doesn't include skating. I love my job. It pays great, the hours are reasonable and my bosses are absolutely AWESOME.
You get paid well? Shit hire me over there this video was made in 2007 and they're way ahead of our ice rink... we use the mist "wand" but walk it back and forth, when we paint it's all by hand with shitty brushes everything takes ages we do all the convertions as well and get paid minimum wage
It's kinda sad that the entire video is made in Victoriaville, a small town in Quebec where the Victoriaville Tigers play, and that at the end of the video, they show the Bell Center in Montreal.
Man this video was awesome to watch. I've been a hockey fan since I was 9 years old, (24 years) and this is the first time I got to see exactly what goes into creating an ice rink.
This video only shows them making ice. It is the same as when people would put water into ice trays and put in the freezer. They did not show anything of what goes into making an ice rink, only how they sprayed water and painted it. There is a lot more to making an "Ice Rink" then what they shown. It is all in the cement floor and the piping going back to the room where all the compresses are. This video was just a drop in the bucket.
That requires a lot less water than I imagined. I had no idea all of those logos were hand painted every time they redo the rink. I am thoroughly impressed right now haha.
Everytime I see a Zamboni I just can't help but think of Deadpool "tell me where your fucking boss is.. Or your gunna die!!..... In 5 minutes! LMFAO I love that part.
This year at the Arizona Coyotes game during Halloween one of the Zambonie Drivers was dressed as deadpool, i started to make that joke, and when I paused five rows back I heard someone finish it
This answers so many questions I've wondered while watching games. It's very interesting that they have to repaint everything. I always wondered about the stanley cup logo that they put in each playoff team rink.
also when you focus on doing your job i doubt you smile, they really have to focus doing this, one wrong move can ruin pretty much everything they made up to that point
I helped put ice down on a rink years ago. We used a fire hose. Most rinks look white, but on major ice surfaces they use paint called TV Blue. TV cameras get a bad reflection on ice painted white. The guys who painted our ice were true artists. They were testing some new paint before painting the ice surface in Lake Placid before the 1980 Olympics. Our logo was an angry Bear. The guy who painted it did so freehand.
The place I worked at in rural Massachusetts had a rig that was set up so that a crew would just roll it down the length of the rink and the misters would evenly coat the surface layer by layer. We'd roll it back and forth once to get the initial layer, then a few more times with the white mixed in, paint the lines and logos and everything, and then pass over a few more times with clear water to solidify everything. After that it was just a matter of fixing any spots that were missed or over iced. All in all the process took a full day
People I read a lot of you comments, they only show the laying down of water on a cold floor that then turns to ice. This in not how you make a hockey rink. This video is how the get the ice on the floor and paint it, that is all. To make a hockey rink you have to start with the cement floor and all the pipes in it. There are compressors and a chiller and so much more then what they show. Don't get me wrong, it is a nice video , just titled wrong.
@TheWitchOvAgnesi According to an article I read they cover the ice with homasote, 530 four- by eight-foot, one-inch thick insulating boards that are laid over the ice before the basketball floor is put down.
Im going to try this out when we install ice in aug. We just use a hose, it sucks. We have to wrap rope around it so it wont melt into the ice, or have a few people constantly moving it around. Just using the zamboni is a good idea.
They should call this video "How It's Made - Hockey Ice" They didn't show anything about how the rink is made and they rarely ever have to defrost the ice , they have special boards that insulate the ice and you can lay down carpet and convert the arena for concerts and events , We do it all the time at West Ed
There is also another system, for portable rinks. Very similar, minus the concrete pad. They lay a pipe system down for the coolant, and spray layers until the pipes are covered. Then, proceed the same as above.
Wow! I always wondered how they did that. They have to do this for every game, too. What if they have both a matinee B-ball game AND an evening hockey game??
This is the old-fashioned way of doing it. Nowadays, they use large, seamless slabs of wood that have the markings on them. They just bolt the peices into the bare cement and frezze over it. The ice is 1/4 an inch thick.
Yes they cover with rubber mats and floor boards like any other arena. There's plenty of videos on RUclips that show the process too. It takes about 2-3 hours for a good turnover crew.
Look up American Airlines Center Timelapse. They do Dancing With The Stars on Ice (or something), PBR, Mavs game and a concert, 4 events 6 days in 4 mins. Pretty crazy!
You could paint the concrete. You don't have to scrape anything when it's change of season time. You just turn the refrigeration off and let it melt and drain away. At most you would just run a water vac over it to help it dry faster or use squeegees.
For whatever reason, I was just picturing a swimming pool that they froze over. Here I was thinking I was skating on like 3 feet of ice and it was just concrete 😂
@MikeDegen8 actually the whole rink is done by the same compressors and you cant melt sections... all we do is paint the logo on thicker ice then the rest of the paint markings and shave the logo out with the machine when its not needed anymore!!
@Grillinnap This is a good video. But idk how valid this is. Maybe some arenas do this. But i know for a fact Madison Square Garden doesnt. They use tiles of ice that they bring in and just place down for every game. Once the game is over they shovel off the ice and put on the wood for the basketball court. One the tiles the logo and the lines and everything is all painted on already.
This is interesting! I didn't know they painted the ice; I thought it was naturally white. Perhaps this is how Sonja Henie painted it black, without splashing the paint on her when she skated.
@Ozyman73 That is correct. It would be too costly and take too much time to manually melt down the ice. Especially at places like MSG where there could be a concert one day, then a Rangers game the next.
Either they melt the entire rink and redo it or maybe they use the Zamboni to shave the ice down to remove the painted area. Likewise when they want to add a graphic they shave the ice down to the depth desired, paint the graphic and refill the area and level it out.
Actually, every big arena has special insulated pieces that go down over the ice for things like concerts and other special events while the hockey season is still going. Possibilities are endless in big arena's.
During the first month of the season, they have the "Face-Off" signs in the neutral zone. How do they take them off? Do they have to melt the ice all over again? Same thing when they have to add "STanley Cup Playoffs" when it's playoff time.
If there is a fire hydrant in the area and depending on the regulations in the city you live in you may be able to contact the local fire department to use a fire hydrant as a water source. They attach a meter to it determine the amount of water you use then charge you for that and a service fee. People do this when they want to fill a swimming pool.
what was left out of this video is that if the team doesn't have a dedicated place of their own and have to share it (like most teams do), this process may be repeated more than once a week.
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This might sound dumb but I would like to see what black ice and a white puck would look like.🤔😵
Ronnie james DIO I think it’d be hard to see a white puck, mostly if the lights glare on the ice. You’d probably lose track of it a lot more
bruh I'm gonna blow your mind with this thought;
GLOW IN THE DARK PUCK ON BLACK ICE. BRUH
@@ethereous my man! Nailed it
@@ethereous The NHL should use this concept for the All Star Game, then use overhead black (UV) lights to illuminate the markings.
See...in no remote way has this...any of these ideas, entered my head! Now that i have read them, Im lit angry I cant see a glow in the dark puck on black ice with black lighting! 😂😂😂 Im like.....why has this not been tried before?! Lol
"The ice maker"
Zamboni: am i a joke to you?
The Zamboni company doesn't want people to refer to ice resurfacers as Zambonis for fear of losing their trademark, in the same way that "aspirin" and "escalator" did.
the ice maker and zamboni are 2 completely different machines, a zamboni has a grinding device that takes off about a cm of ice and then has a little bit of water that it spread's down to make the ice brand new again. the ice maker just holds water and spays it down.
I am more surprised that this was uploaded 12 years ago... and this is suggested to me only now
You have me beat by two days because I was suggested this video today.
The most interesting information that'll never need to know
I work at an ice rink and there some differences. One: after the ice has been painted white with a layer of ice on top, we flood it with the hose; then, as seen in my next point, we place the ads, and do a few more floods. Two: we only paint the circles, creases and team logo. The advertisements and lines are made of a type of fabric that we lay down. Three: for those saying it'd be a pain to do this all the time, it's only at the beginning of the season you do all this. We also put down a special floor over top of the ice, just if we have something else going on that doesn't include skating.
I love my job. It pays great, the hours are reasonable and my bosses are absolutely AWESOME.
You get paid well? Shit hire me over there this video was made in 2007 and they're way ahead of our ice rink... we use the mist "wand" but walk it back and forth, when we paint it's all by hand with shitty brushes everything takes ages we do all the convertions as well and get paid minimum wage
Critoxyn I work part time at work for the last ten years a lot of hard work goes into painting the ice.
Nate Schaffer ehh i dont think its hard although we use a lot of mesh logos and now even our center line we really only paint the blues and face offs
Michael Franco When we got one rink that has a painted floor. Then our main sheet of ice we use for drylands in the summer so we paint that every year
Ahh, fuck you!! Wanna go!!?!??
Soooo.... you telling me that ice rinks aren't deep pools of ice!!?
diamon3301 right I'm so disappointed
I like it
My friend was telling me that our old school rink was not level and I was so confused. Doesn't water level out? Now I understand.
No it's concrete. Ever look at a timelapse of this before
I know that was a mind blow moment 😂😭
It's kinda sad that the entire video is made in Victoriaville, a small town in Quebec where the Victoriaville Tigers play, and that at the end of the video, they show the Bell Center in Montreal.
Was wondering what rink that was they were doing it in. Gotta love the QMJHL barns
*Centre
Ice time is expensive whether you're shooting top shelf bar downskies or shooting How its made.
Lol to showing 2 different rinks
This is freaking Awesome :) So much effort! There is no way not to love ice hockey.
Amen!
That is a lot of work, fuck.
12 years ago RUclips- nah we don’t need to show his.
2019- We recommend this!
Man this video was awesome to watch. I've been a hockey fan since I was 9 years old, (24 years) and this is the first time I got to see exactly what goes into creating an ice rink.
This video only shows them making ice. It is the same as when people would put water into ice trays and put in the freezer. They did not show anything of what goes into making an ice rink, only how they sprayed water and painted it. There is a lot more to making an "Ice Rink" then what they shown. It is all in the cement floor and the piping going back to the room where all the compresses are. This video was just a drop in the bucket.
Same here. U 29 now?
@@tpfmike1976 39, getting old!
That requires a lot less water than I imagined. I had no idea all of those logos were hand painted every time they redo the rink. I am thoroughly impressed right now haha.
Everytime I see a Zamboni I just can't help but think of Deadpool "tell me where your fucking boss is.. Or your gunna die!!..... In 5 minutes! LMFAO I love that part.
How old are you....
yeah, gotta love the Austin Powers rip off
This year at the Arizona Coyotes game during Halloween one of the Zambonie Drivers was dressed as deadpool, i started to make that joke, and when I paused five rows back I heard someone finish it
This answers so many questions I've wondered while watching games. It's very interesting that they have to repaint everything. I always wondered about the stanley cup logo that they put in each playoff team rink.
The guy driving doesn't look happy about his job...
Yeah, probably can't smile because of the camera's tho...
also when you focus on doing your job i doubt you smile, they really have to focus doing this, one wrong move can ruin pretty much everything they made up to that point
+King Wacky I agree,good point..im sure I had that "game face" ...kinda like being in the zone...
Dunkilo Stonk
Yea I love my job but i sure don't smile every second of it lol
Probably because he's driving a 250,000$ "car" making 20,000$ a year.
Ah, ice hockey. I love going to the Van Andel Arena to watch the Griffins battle it out!
So beautiful!
I love hockey
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I love hockey also I play in a league in anihiem
Im not a hockey fan, but this intrigued me. I wanna actually watch the sport now.
I helped put ice down on a rink years ago. We used a fire hose. Most rinks look white, but on major ice surfaces they use paint called TV Blue. TV cameras get a bad reflection on ice painted white. The guys who painted our ice were true artists. They were testing some new paint before painting the ice surface in Lake Placid before the 1980 Olympics. Our logo was an angry Bear. The guy who painted it did so freehand.
That’s probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen
The place I worked at in rural Massachusetts had a rig that was set up so that a crew would just roll it down the length of the rink and the misters would evenly coat the surface layer by layer.
We'd roll it back and forth once to get the initial layer, then a few more times with the white mixed in, paint the lines and logos and everything, and then pass over a few more times with clear water to solidify everything. After that it was just a matter of fixing any spots that were missed or over iced. All in all the process took a full day
Definitely some good information here.
As a hockey player I approve of this
I really like at the start the little red wings touch, makes it look way better... GO WINGS!
Never knew it was done like that, nice video
Actually David they don't tear it down for basketball. There's a video showing the transition for the Staples Center from hockey to basketball.
You are right. It takes so much time to make the ice that they just put the basketball floor on top of the ice. The basketball floor is in pieces .
There is also one for american airlines center
People I read a lot of you comments, they only show the laying down of water on a cold floor that then turns to ice. This in not how you make a hockey rink. This video is how the get the ice on the floor and paint it, that is all. To make a hockey rink you have to start with the cement floor and all the pipes in it. There are compressors and a chiller and so much more then what they show. Don't get me wrong, it is a nice video , just titled wrong.
I LOVE THIS SHOW
Yo dude, just freeze a pond then build around it 👌🔥😂
Thank you RUclips for recommending me this video 12 years later
Great video, but why did they paint the toilet seats on the ice in the end?
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LeafBucket it's a c for Canada and the h is for Habs
The "C" is for Canadiens. And believe it or not, the "H" doesn't stand for Habs. It stands for hockey. So the logo reads "Canadiens Hockey"
Its the Canadiens logo silly
Hahahaha fuck the habs
Very neat.
very intriguing process -- cool info to know !
It’s great to know this stuff
SO.FREAKING.AWESOME.PERIOD
Ahhhh, 2010. A simpler time
This was far more interesting then I thought it was going to be. Haha.
That's interesting! I always wondered how they did that.
it is very useful for my next semester project (yogyakarta Ice Skating Center)
Is it just me who thinks that the part where they paint was satisfying
Actually quite cool
very cool. Neat video
I was skating on a rink last fall where the ice was about 1/2cm in places. Skates went right down to the cement in places.
Great!
@TheWitchOvAgnesi According to an article I read they cover the ice with homasote, 530 four- by eight-foot, one-inch thick insulating boards that are laid over the ice before the basketball floor is put down.
Im going to try this out when we install ice in aug. We just use a hose, it sucks. We have to wrap rope around it so it wont melt into the ice, or have a few people constantly moving it around. Just using the zamboni is a good idea.
we can see how excited the driver is.
Wow that's so cool
They should call this video "How It's Made - Hockey Ice" They didn't show anything about how the rink is made and they rarely ever have to defrost the ice , they have special boards that insulate the ice and you can lay down carpet and convert the arena for concerts and events , We do it all the time at West Ed
The painting parts take a lot of works and patience
There is also another system, for portable rinks. Very similar, minus the concrete pad. They lay a pipe system down for the coolant, and spray layers until the pipes are covered. Then, proceed the same as above.
were you there when they bought the paint?
im with u
Shoutout to the NHL teams that share their arena and season with an NBA team
Wow! I always wondered how they did that. They have to do this for every game, too.
What if they have both a matinee B-ball game AND an evening hockey game??
They build the floor over the ice. Also, 8 years ago lmao
they just place the floor over the ice
thanks for that..i always wondered ...how they do that..
This is the old-fashioned way of doing it. Nowadays, they use large, seamless slabs of wood that have the markings on them. They just bolt the peices into the bare cement and frezze over it. The ice is 1/4 an inch thick.
@Balinne haha yup, my same thought too!
The rink I work at has the concrete floor painted white, the paint does NOT chip up when we take down the ice.
Yes they cover with rubber mats and floor boards like any other arena. There's plenty of videos on RUclips that show the process too. It takes about 2-3 hours for a good turnover crew.
How you get into this type of work when you change the arena? what is the exact title.
2:02 Looks like he's really enjoying himself. Lol.
For a natural backyard rink, Iron Sleek Backyard ice rinks systems is the best.
the first arena is in victoriaville,qc
home of the Victoriaville Tigres
2nd is the Bell Center in Montreal
Look up American Airlines Center Timelapse. They do Dancing With The Stars on Ice (or something), PBR, Mavs game and a concert, 4 events 6 days in 4 mins. Pretty crazy!
So what do they do for example when changing from a Knicks game to rangers, or lakers to kings?
You could paint the concrete. You don't have to scrape anything when it's change of season time. You just turn the refrigeration off and let it melt and drain away. At most you would just run a water vac over it to help it dry faster or use squeegees.
I'm pretty sure the permanent hockey rink where I go skating has a hardwood floor underneath it. You can see it through the ice.
I wonder how you get a zamboni driver job. Never seen it listed lol
Go to rink and apply. If you show up sober you’ll probably have a shot. It’s not a glamorous job.
that's Canadian Hab's logo!
Sure that's your opinion. But it is the most exciting and combines the best of all sports and therefore tops the charts.
@Ozyman73 i don't understood, do they paint over the white ice??
For whatever reason, I was just picturing a swimming pool that they froze over. Here I was thinking I was skating on like 3 feet of ice and it was just concrete 😂
Sound the hockey horn Alvi.......hhhhhaaaaahhhhhhnnnnnn!!!!!!
what about for stadiums that change between hockey and basketball like staples center?
@MikeDegen8 actually the whole rink is done by the same compressors and you cant melt sections... all we do is paint the logo on thicker ice then the rest of the paint markings and shave the logo out with the machine when its not needed anymore!!
what if they mess up when they're painting the ice? can they wash it off or..
This is Montreal, Bell Center rink :-)
Go Habs, Go for the 2012's Stanley Cup
I'm from the future......you guys didn't win
I'm also 10 years from the future, you might win the cup this year. Currently 3-2 up on Vegas at the moment
@Grillinnap This is a good video. But idk how valid this is. Maybe some arenas do this. But i know for a fact Madison Square Garden doesnt. They use tiles of ice that they bring in and just place down for every game. Once the game is over they shovel off the ice and put on the wood for the basketball court. One the tiles the logo and the lines and everything is all painted on already.
Video looks like it's was recorded with one of those sphere things so that you could move around the camera
This is in Canada!!! I see Tim Hortons!
Every canadian makes one in their backyard
Me: why am I watching this? Also me: because it reminds me when the world was normal
That's crazy
This is interesting! I didn't know they painted the ice; I thought it was naturally white. Perhaps this is how Sonja Henie painted it black, without splashing the paint on her when she skated.
How do they change the markings for playoffs? Do they completely re-do everything?
Whoknowsuknow I think so
@Ozyman73
That is correct.
It would be too costly and take too much time to manually melt down the ice. Especially at places like MSG where there could be a concert one day, then a Rangers game the next.
@JDJAKS No, they just cover the ice up and put the basketball court over it.
at the end they show the canadiens arena. but the actual painting segment doesn't appear to take place at the bell centre.
Either they melt the entire rink and redo it or maybe they use the Zamboni to shave the ice down to remove the painted area. Likewise when they want to add a graphic they shave the ice down to the depth desired, paint the graphic and refill the area and level it out.
Actually, every big arena has special insulated pieces that go down over the ice for things like concerts and other special events while the hockey season is still going. Possibilities are endless in big arena's.
Wow........you learn something new every day! :)
During the first month of the season, they have the "Face-Off" signs in the neutral zone. How do they take them off? Do they have to melt the ice all over again? Same thing when they have to add "STanley Cup Playoffs" when it's playoff time.
Looks different than what I thought the process is
If there is a fire hydrant in the area and depending on the regulations in the city you live in you may be able to contact the local fire department to use a fire hydrant as a water source. They attach a meter to it determine the amount of water you use then charge you for that and a service fee. People do this when they want to fill a swimming pool.
Tighten up Rangers!
Did they do this process for the Rink at 30 Rock?
@iviperific So you can see the puck on TV.
what was left out of this video is that if the team doesn't have a dedicated place of their own and have to share it (like most teams do), this process may be repeated more than once a week.
I always wondered how they did that?
Me too