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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-24

Chris Yoko — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:59:00 +0000

Brendan Shanahan is the Gordie Howe hat trick leader in recent history, with 17 recorded efforts. #

Prince William Ice Center selects GC for Ice Rink Rebuild

Chris Yoko — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:47:59 +0000

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – October 13, 2010 – Prince William Ice Center owners Bill and Pat Hutzler are pleased to announce that they will be rebuilding their facility in Woodbridge, Virginia. Leading this effort will be local general contractor, R.W. Murray Co. of Manassas.

Originally built in 1996, the facility housed the only year-round ice skating rinks in Prince William County. Prince William Ice Center collapsed on February 6, 2010 due to the weight of the heavy snow the area experienced during that month. The collapse was devastating to the community and the owners are excited to be rebuilding a new full-service facility and bring the area’s skating community back ‘home’.

The new and improved 70,000 square foot facility will feature NHL and Olympic rinks, a full-service pro shop, a café featuring new menu items, private party rooms and free WiFi in public spaces. The new rink will also use the latest in energy efficient technologies including waste heat reclamation and new electric Olympia ice resurfacers. The owners are extremely excited to offer several new programs for all ages, including Skating for Life as well as returning programs in hockey, figure skating and speed skating.

“We know that the loss of our facility has been a huge hardship for our skating community and we are thrilled to finally be moving forward with our goal of rebuilding PWIC. We are very excited about the new facility, the programs that we have planned, and how much we will be able to better serve our customers,” said Pat Hutzler.
Steve Daves, president of R.W. Murray Co. adds: “Prince William County is our home community and we are extremely excited about the opportunity to join the owners of the rink in their efforts to rebuild this important community landmark.”

Local design firms Morgan Gick McBeath & Associates and Rinker Design Associates, PC bring their expert design services to the team for the project.

A groundbreaking ceremony will take place in November on the site in Woodbridge with an anticipated completion in the summer of 2011. More info at www.pwice.com.

If you have questions about the rebuild timeline, contact Jenifer Morin at jmorin@rwmurray.com

In the meantime…

Chris Yoko — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:29:22 +0000

While we’re opening the site up in what we’ll go ahead and call beta, everything that’s online is totally functioning. And to start things off we’re holding a photo contest. Send pictures of local players at local rinks to suckerpuck@gmail.com to replace the current header image (the one flipped backwards at the top of this page.) The winner gets a free SP T-Shirt, and of course a photo credit with their picture.

Please include – the photo itself (preferably at least 900 pixels wide) as well as the name of the photographer, the players and their numbers, their teams (and the game’s outcome if you’d like) and the rink the photo was taken at. We hope to announce the winner in 6 weeks on the weekend of July 16th.

Let your hockey playing friends (and photographers) know!

Give it a go

Chris Yoko — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:56:48 +0000

Ok, well I certainly don’t have the amount of time I’d like to put into the site, but hopefully as it stands it will be a useful tool for local hockey players. A few things to note:
- We have a forum, that works! Feel free to post about events, swap gear, recruit players, etc.
- We have a goalie list (with no one on it yet!) If you’re a goalie and are looking for sub games, please hop over to the goalies page and put your name down. (We never share your information with anyone, it’s all confidential.)
- We have pickup and stick and shoot info. We’re working on keeping it current but it takes a lot of work. (If you’d like to help us with this, please contact us.)

But, all in all we have a lot of info about the local rinks – from maps, ratings and events to info on pickup, stick and shoot, etc. I certainly hope it helps everyone, and please continue to send us your ideas and suggestions. While it sometimes takes a while, we’ll get back to you, and we’re working to incorporate as much feedback as possible.

Brendan, look for a Hockey Starter page soon.

Roboot Part Duex

Chris Yoko — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:04:39 +0000

Just an update, still adding some new features, uploading info and more. Lots of changes on the database and internal structure of the site. If you run into an error PLEASE let us know. In the meantime, we seem to be making progress. Fingers crossed.

If you want to help us test a few things, head over to the forum and play around with it.