As COVID Shutters Minnesota Ice Arenas, Backyard Hockey Rinks Gain Popularity

CBS Minnesota

December 21, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota is often referred to as the “State of Hockey” — and that’s being proven once again during the pandemic.

With rinks temporarily shut down, more people than ever before are building their own rinks.

If you build it, they will come. That phrase may come from the baseball movie “Field of Dreams,” but this year it applies to a winter pastime. It’s what happens when you put up a hockey rink in your backyard, like the Dalbecs did in Buffalo.

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