Backyard Rinks

“Hockey people crave winter the way surfers crave waves. Hockey people turn basements into dry rinks and laundry baskets into goals, but that’s not good enough, even when real rinks aren’t available. Hockey people see rinks everywhere in the winter - in their backyards, on lakes and ponds, anywhere ice exists or can be created with a garden hose.”Jim Souhan, Star Tribune

Hockey people see rinks everywhere in the winter. With hockey people across the state of Minnesota, we figured there must be backyard rinks to highlight. Our own Darby Hendrickson has a rink right in his backyard which sparked an idea; we asked fans to submit photos of their backyard rinks on foxsportsnorth.com. Darby will pick his favorite submission and pay a visit to the winning rink.

With over 230 submissions received, it will be a hard choice for Darby. Check out our gallery of outdoor rinks: http://tinyurl.com/ycfgjv7

For the complete version of Jim Souhan’s Backyard Rinks video essay: http://tinyurl.com/yeboxjw