Upon reopening, Rice Lake Ice Arena employees are well aware of the ever-changing restrictions and guidelines to minimize any virus spreading. Rice Lake Hockey has taken action in creating preventive measures to ensure our kids have an even cleaner place to skate.

We ask everyone to follow these procedures to decrease the risk of spreading the Corona virus or any other viruses as this will surely be a part of everyday life moving forward. As new information comes available, we will update our policies as the information is presented.

If you are sick or have been sick for in the last 24 hours you are not allowed in the rink!

• Groups using the facility will be restricted to a maximum number of participants.
• Please use physical and social distancing; Refrain from shaking hands, giving high-fives, or otherwise touching other people along with no lingering in common areas.
• Arrive no more than 15 minutes before rental time. Hockey Players, and figure skaters will be recommended to show up pre-dressed if possible. If a locker room is needed it will be provided for player/figure skaters. Please space out in rooms as much as possible.  Only Rice Lake High School Players allowed in the High School Locker Room.
• Please avoid unnecessary contact with door handles, glass, boards, and bleacher railings. Rough housing will not be tolerated between kids.
• Entrances to bathrooms, locker rooms, rink, and ice surface boards will be disinfected as often throughout the day. Use paper towels to exit bathrooms, avoiding skin contact with the door handles.
• Benches will be disinfected as often as possible.
• Individual water bottles only – DO NOT share equipment.
• Disinfectant and sanitizer is available for individual use in the lobby area to spray down their area before and after use. 
• Please make sure to properly throw away used tissues in any garbage can. Garbage cans will be strategically placed to make sure this is possible before leaving the rink.
• Please be careful as you leave to keep contact to a minimum, and to have some kind of sanitizer in your vehicle before and after.
• No Food in Rink.
• Only RLHA, Rice Lake High School Players and teams that have signed ice rental agreements are allowed on the ice at any time.

Any violations of these rules can result in you not being allowed to skate in the rink for the rest of the summer!

Our mission while teaching and playing the game of hockey is to provide a safe, fun experience, respect for oneself and others, education, respect various levels of competition, develop a healthy philosophy toward winning, giving ones best efforts while teaching good sportsmanship, develop individual and team skills, knowledge of the game, develop respect for coaches, referees, parents, players and self all while developing friendships that last a lifetime.

We want to keep RLHA Alumni updated on things going on at the rink and within the Association.  Be sure to register on our Alumni Registration so that we can keep a running list of all former players from youth through high school and beyond.

Lots of kids play! Rice Lake is one of more than 90 youth hockey associations statewide. In Rice Lake alone there were more than 100 kids participating in hockey last year.

Girls can play too!  Currently Rice Lake has several girls that play on our youth teams.  Although we do not have a WIAA high school girls team, many move on to play for area girls co-op teams once they age out of the youth program.  Two of our Rice Lake girls even played for the State Champion girls team in 2016!

Hockey is exciting to play and watch! For both the players on the ice and parents in the stands, hockey games are fast and exciting!

Everybody is part of the action! Unlike some youth sports, there aren’t just a few kids in the key positions. In hockey everyone shares in the fun and action.  A youth hockey team generally fields (and needs) twice as many kids as a basketball team, and everybody plays!   That is huge!

Hockey is for all sizes!  You don’t have to be big to play hockey well. Whether you’re big or small, any player can contribute to the success of their team.

Hockey is a lifetime sport!  Men and women of all ages play in recreational hockey leagues for years and decades after leaving youth hockey.

LETS PLAY HOCKEY!