THE ICE REPORT (From 1-10 with 10 being the best ice ever): 10!!! The ice was amazing tonight! Kudos to the ORDA staff for resurfacing the ice beautifully. No rough spots or other issues that I could find. Best of all, the weather cooperated. THE BENCH REPORT (from 1-5 with 5 being a semi-tropical paradise): […]
THE ICE REPORT (from 1-10 with 10 being the best ice ever): 9 am – 11 am – 8 Smooth, fast ice. A few rough spots still but not too many. 4 pm – 5 pm – 8.5 Even faster ice despite a few areas that were not fully zambonied. Overall one of the […]
ICE RATING (from 1-10 with 10 being the best): 9 am – 11 am – 8.5 Much better than it has been – the rough spots have been mostly smoothed out. 4 pm – 5 pm – 9 The ice was even smoother and faster this evening. Thanks, ORDA crew for working hard to improve the […]
Happy New Year’s Eve!!! Let’s hope 2021 is better. ICE RATING (from 1-10 with 10 being the smoothest, fastest ice Lake Placid has ever seen): 9 am – 11 am – 6 The ice was better than it was yesterday afternoon – there were still some rough spots and bumps especially on the turns. It […]
Wow, I missed a day yesterday. Sorry about that. The ice was about a “7” yesterday all things considered. THE ICE REPORT (from 1-10 with 10 being the fastest ice ever): 9 am – 11 am: 7.5 From Dave, providing a guest ice report – The ice was good, not quite flooded enough (meaning there were […]
ICE RATING (from 1-10 with 10 being faster than a speeding bullet): Overall today: 8.5 I was not there for the 9-11 session, but the reports I received stated that the ice was wonderful! The afternoon session had slightly slower conditions due to the light snow cover but the was still smooth. THE BENCH REPORT (from […]
ICE RATING (from 1-10 with 10 being the fastest ice on earth): 9 am – 11 am: 7.5 It was incredible how great the ice was considering that about two days ago there wasn’t any ice at all. There were a few bumpy spots and it was slow in places due to the snow, but […]
We have been informed by Olympic Oval staff that skating will resume tomorrow with the 9 am – 11 am speed skating session. The crew has been working on making the ice today and hopefully, all will continue as planned with the 9 am – 11 am and 4 pm 5 pm speed skating sessions […]
Due to the unseasonably warm weather, the oval is closed due to unsafe ice conditions for now. Work will begin to restore ice soon once temperatures drop.
ICE RATING (from 1-10, with 10 being “Even the Grinch wants to skate today”): 9 am – 11 am – 8 The ice is getting better! Smooth and relatively fast considering the humidity and above-freezing temperatures. Thank you to the ORDA crew for your hard work on the ice. The Bench Report (from 1-5 with […]