Regulation Size Hockey and Figure Skating Rink
Main Ice Rink
Boch Ice Center boasts a regulation size hockey rink per NHL ice hockey
standards.
So what are the dimensions of a Regulation Hockey Rink?
The Boch ice rink measures 200 feet (60.96 m) long by 85 feet (25.91 m)
wide and also follows regulatory rounded corners and surrounded by a wall or the "boards".
These boards that surround the rink with each corner rounded out with a 28 foot radius.
The boards have to be at least 40 inches high but can't be beyond 48" high. In the earliest rinks,
there was no fencing that surrounded the boards to keep pucks from flying out. Later, chicken wire
fencing was attached to the boards to keep the puck in the rink until plexi-glass was developed.
The rink has a half sheet of ice (half ice practices) that is perfect for 3 on 3 play and practice
rink.
What about the hockey zone lines?
Because this is a regulation rink there are lines painted on the ice to represent
the different zones of the playing surface. As with professional hockey rinks are three zones,
the neutral, attacking and defending zones, each set off by a blue line.
Each blue line is 60 feet from the goal lines, which are 13 feet from the end boards.
The center of the neutral zone is divided in half by the center line. This line is painted red
with a 12 inch blue dot in the middle, which indicates the center of the hockey rink.
This rink also doubles as a figure skating rink.
Our rink is used by many hockey teams in the Greater Boston area
in the Greater Boston area. We also offer a number of instructional programs for hockey and figure skating.Photos of Our New Ice Surface
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