ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — When temperatures plummet, the hottest outdoor amenity for Northeast Ohio backyards is an ice rink.

During the winter, one of the most idyllic activities is skating at an ice rink, whether it’s indoors or out. An ice rink you the chance to take a break from hibernating and get into a wintry workout, ...

When the sun goes down in the winter, Sarah Maguire sends her husband Ryan outside to their Milton backyard skating rink to perform what she calls “ice maintenance.” With their yellow lab, Sully, by ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Jeremy Barrick has what so many hockey parents contemplating a backyard ice rink want: advice from the pros who have to make outdoor ice every year. Barrick, who works at the Minneapolis ...