People around the country are building private rinks — some with as little as a garden hose and patience. Jeff Senatore plays ice hockey in his backyard in Lebanon, Tenn. “The nostalgia and the draw ...

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 can ...

For ice-happy northerners, the hottest trend in hockey is the coolest part of winter. Here’s how to get your own backyard hockey rink. For the hoi polloi, the day after Thanksgiving is all about Black ...

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 ...

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 ...

Growing up in Monroeville, Matt Sargo fell in love with ice hockey after his neighbor, a Buffalo, N.Y. transplant on a mission to spread the sport’s good word, built a small rink in his backyard. “He ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SHREWSBURY ― Will O'Connor, 5, hits the ice before school, after school and even right before bedtime. David Turnblom gets his son ...

Christine Ruff’s husband, Justin Ruff, built a backyard ice rink in Arnold that their three daughters have been skating on this week. According to Christine, “He has a construction background, and ...