Minto Skating Club

Cold beer, bar food is good, service friendly and helpful, place is clean and tidy. Speaking only of Blades Bar and Grill. Definitely will be going again. Washrooms well used.

The rink is old and needs upgrades but the bar upstairs is great and friendly. The Minto men's league is also run well and has the best ice times in the city.

A bit dated facility, but two pads, restaurant, and lounge are nice, and the third mini ice pad is something I would like to see more of elsewhere - goalie clinics;CanSkate; public skate; and 3 on 3 sled hockey would be great in this pad.... Nice place.

Decent complex for hockey and figure skating with conditioning program for hockey. Plenty of parking available but the locker rooms being on the lower floor is a hassle for hockey players with all their gear. They should really install a ramp or an elevator to fascilate movement. Otherwise, rooms are a decent size but the bathrooms are always disgusting. The ones on the main floor are better but not by much.

It's an important rink in the city, offering one international sized rink, one NHL sized rink, and one mini rink that's used for drills and goalie practices. However, the facility is very old and suffers from humidity issues in the summer, with foggy air, condensation running down the glass, and soft ice. It also doesn't have an elevator to get to the change rooms downstairs. The facility does boast a pub, but no concession stand. It's well past due for an upgrade.

This arena is really outdated. There are huge potholes in the parking lot. It's quite a hike from the parking lot with a goalie bag up the hill to the arena. I don't think it was designed for hockey at all. Doors are not accessible (no handicapped button) so 3 doors to go through, and then 15 stars down to the dressing rooms. It's pure hell getting up these stairs with a goalie bag. The rooms are a decent size but are never cleaned and in poor condition. Toilet stalls reek of urine and are seriously gross. The flooring mats are saturated in filth. The showers are mouldy and nasty gross. The leagues are fun and well run, and the bar is good. Food choices are limited. Staff is friendly. The facility itself needs an extreme overhaul.

This is an ageing facility that needs some love.The parking lot needs repaving and a viable lower level entrance at the rear, since parking is far from the doors.The dressing rooms were recently refreshed but not the adjoining washrooms, which are in rough shape.The ice maintenance is poor - it is often over watered and poorly cleared, especially by the zamboni doors.

This arena is privately owned. The dressing rooms are large, however they haven't aged that well over the years. The rooms could use some solid cleaning and it would be nice if the showers were updated. The facility also has a bar inside which is great for meeting with your team before and/or after the game!

My daughter is learning so much in her skating lessons and everyone is fantastic!

The location is amazing, right near home near the Science and Tech museum, two nice ice rinks, great atmosphere, and bar and wifi are excellent - and the pub takes cash and cards. It's cozy and large and has several large wall-mounted TVs for watching games, while looking over both of the rinks. Beer on tap is good and cold. Great coaches and programs. The figure skating programs has the most male skaters I've seen compared to other clubs. Drawback is that the figure skating club doesn't also have convenient methods of payment available (have to pay with checks) and it's very hard to reach the office for registration and questions. However, the change rooms in the basement absolutely reek! I have to hold my breath going down there. If that were fixed, I'd give 10/5.