St Pats day skate may need to be St Pats day swim this year. +15C today in Waterloo Region.

For all you RWers who are also baseball fans (and can’t wait for NHL playoffs to start), here’s an article on MLB #OpeningDay2024 about a Canadian baseball team that isn’t in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum 🇨🇦⚾️ but should be

Mike Richter was asked at today’s event at @laurier, which NHLer of his day would he least like to face in a penalty shot. Can you guess his answer? 1st to post reply with correct answer wins some free RinkWatch swag.

Wonderful article about NHL legend (and @laurier honorary doctorate recipient) Mike Richter and his life after hockey in The Athletic. nytimes.com/athletic/56841…

There’s a little magic in the RinkWatch stick tape we give to loyal participants. Goalie Alex M posted a shutout in last night’s old timers game in Kitchener.

Boards up. Happy Backyard Hockey season #ODR

The decline of the Canadian winter…? cbc.ca/news/science/l…

Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky. RinkWatch Backyard Ice Rinks Community Kitchener Outdoor Rinks

Rinkwatch project is now in its 13th winter tracking ODR conditions. Weather forecast for January 2025 looking more promising than previous 2 Januarys… cbc.ca/amp/1.7419517

Weekend Update. The weather is still co-operating! Looks like there won't likely be any Rinks open today. But many are In Progress! Here's our list. These are likely to be open in the upcoming days: Belmont, Bridgeport, Conway Park, Glendale, Guelph Park, Forest Heights, ...

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Hopefully those rinks in Stratford PEI open this week cbc.ca/amp/1.7422837

Dug has a handle on things. Kitchener Outdoor Rinks Backyard Ice Rinks Community RinkWatch

Great to see @laurier QB Taylor Elgersma getting profiled in The Athletic

Welcome, February. RinkWatch Backyard Ice Rinks Community Kitchener Outdoor Rinks

Shorts weather. RinkWatch Backyard Ice Rinks Community Kitchener Outdoor Rinks

Rink is closed. But the pool is almost ready… RinkWatch Backyard Ice Rinks Community Kitchener Outdoor Rinks

Is there anything more Canadian than this? nytimes.com/2025/04/16/wor…

New #NHLgreen article by RinkWatch’s Robert McLeman about how this past winter ODR season compared with previous winters, with great photos from #rinkwatch participants & others. nhl.com/news/topic/nhl…

Hey RWers and ODR makers. Hope your spring is going well. If you haven’t already seen it on the Facebook ODR groups, there’s an ODR maker doing an online survey about insulating ODRs to reduce damage from short term thaws. You might find it interesting… facebook.com/share/19R3csiX…