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Ice rinks in the United States, frozen bodies of water and/or hardened chemicals where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows.
Interior of the Glaciarium in 1876. Early attempts in the construction of artificial ice rinks were first made in the 'rink mania' of 1841–44. The technology for the maintenance of natural ice did not exist, therefore these early rinks used a substitute consisting of a mixture of hog's lard and various salts.
In 2006, the Ice Bears defeated the Florida Seals to take their first President's Cup. The Ice Bears won back to back President's Cup Championships in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons. On April 18, 2015, the Ice Bears defeated the Mississippi RiverKings 4–2 to sweep the 2015 SPHL Finals and win their 4th President's Cup.
Glacier Ice Rink; Location: 1101 South Ave West Missoula, Montana United States: Owner: Missoula Area Youth Hockey Association: Operator: Missoula Area Youth Hockey Association: Capacity: 1,000: Surface: Ice Rink: Opened: November 27, 1997; 27 years ago () Tenants; Missoula Maulers (NPHL/AWHL/WSHL) (2007–2016) Missoula Jr. Bruins (2016–2021)
Samuel Noble Wible, owner of the Wible Ice and Cold Storage company, was granted a permit to build an ice hockey rink on his industrial park in January 1932. By year's end, the region's first artificial ice hockey rink opened. The Wible rink was smaller than a standard rink of the day, with most surfaces being 200' by 90' or thereabouts.
Originally known as the Polar Cap Ice Rink, it was built to serve the growing demand for ice sports, including hockey and figure skating, in the early 1980s. Over the decades, the rink underwent several changes in ownership and management, eventually being rebranded as the Ice House Skating Rink in the 1990s.
The original Frontier Airlines operated Boeing 737-200s during the 1970s with a routing of Kalispell–Missoula–Bozeman–Salt Lake City–Denver–St. Louis. By the 1980s, Frontier was continuing to operate Boeing 737-200s with Kalispell–Billings–Denver flights.
"Kalispell" is a Salish word meaning "flat land above the lake". [7] The townsite was quickly platted, and lots began selling by the spring of 1891. Kalispell was officially incorporated as a city in 1892, [11] and Conrad built a large mansion there in 1895. [12] Since that time, the city has continued to grow in population, reaching 19,927 in ...