Ice time is at a premium in Edmonton between hockey, figure skating, ringette and other ice sports and the shortage is causing problems.
Edmonton has 21 city-operated arenas and 31 rinks, but even with those numbers, there isn’t enough space for all the groups that want to use them.
“We put in our request for the ice, just like every other user group, and we’re even cautious on what we request, because we know we’re not going to get that full request,” said Jeremy Haluschak, the executive director of Hockey Edmonton.
The program currently has more than 8,000 participants and are competing with other hockey organizations, on top of other sports.
“How the city operates is they provide ice to a number of user groups,” Haluschak said. “Hockey as a whole is going to get …