After a decade building “natural backyard rinks,” Greco said this year was his first making it with a chiller system, easing some of the pressure that comes with the weather-dependent pass-time.

After a decade building “natural backyard rinks,” Greco said this year was his first making it with a chiller system, easing some of the pressure that comes with the weather-dependent pass-time.

An Easy-to-Assemble Kit. Four winters ago, when her sons were playing ice hockey, Jenn Rogers and her family built an ice-skating rink in the backyard of their home in Braintree, just outside Boston.

With the chiller cranked up, ice on the rink will last well into April, and so will his job. But by then other backyard rinks that rely on cold weather will be little more than puddles.

With an 85-foot backyard ice rink, this Iowa family hones their hockey skills. ... Nature still freezes the rink, mainly because a chiller unit with coils would be cost-prohibitive.

A view of the boards that outline the ice skating rink in the backyard of Paul Fahey's home, seen here on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Colonie, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) ...

SHREWSBURY ― Will O'Connor, 5, hits the ice before school, after school and even right before bedtime. David Turnblom gets his son Patrick bundled up for backyard skating on a cold night in ...

A backyard skating rink instantly brings back the magic of outdoor ice skating-and it's a great way to get the kids out of the house. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

NATICK, Mass. -- What a way to start a day: a backyard skate. Taking a pass while accelerating toward the goal and issuing a few head fakes against an imaginary defenseman, then snapping the puck ...

After a decade building “natural backyard rinks,” Greco said this year was his first making it with a chiller system, easing some of the pressure that comes with the weather-dependent pass-time.

An easy-to-assemble kit . Four winters ago, when her sons were playing ice hockey, Jenn Rogers and her family built an ice-skating rink in the backyard of their home in Braintree, just outside Boston.