Skating and Shinny

The Town of Huntsville is committed to the health and well-being of all employees and participants in sports and recreation programming.

The Ministries of Education, Health and Long Term Care and Tourism, Culture and Sport are working together to increase awareness of head injury prevention.

The Town of Huntsville concussion policy is to provide concussion awareness to all individuals in Town of Huntsville recreation programming, in addition to those participating in an activity being hosted by another group/organization in a Town of Huntsville facility. The Town of Huntsville will inform customer groups that a concussion policy has been implemented and resources will be available for their information to distribute to their members.

The Town of Huntsville, all participants, coaches, community services and recreation & leisure staff, trainers and safety personnel, fitness trainers, parents, etc. have a role to play to ensure the safety of those participating in physical activity. This includes encouraging and motivating participants to assume responsibility for their own safety and the safety of others. The Town of Huntsville will have concussion resource information available within town facilities to assure that safety is priority. 

• Please ask customer service for a concussion awareness brochure if you are interested in learning more
• Read the concussion policy

• Family Stick and Puck provides an upbeat environment for families to improve skating, stick handling, puck control, passing and other related hockey skills
• Stick and Puck is a informal session with no goalies and zero contact
• Children must be accompanied by a guardian who is 18 years or older on the ice
• Please share the ice fairly, no slap shots
• Sticks and pucks are encouraged in this program
• Please note spaces are limited to ensure participant safety - pre-registration is available
• Ensure children wear the required equipment
• CSA-approved hockey helmet with face shield (or cage) and hockey gloves
• CSA-approved hockey helmet is strongly recommended for adults

• Children must be accompanied by a guardian who is 18 years or older on the ice
• Children must wear a CSA-approved helmet
• Strollers are not permitted on the ice nor are they to be carried while on the ice surface
• Skate aids are provided for the sole purpose of assist children learning to skate
• No person shall be permitted on the ice surface without skates
• No person shall be permitted to bring a hockey stick/ puck on the surface during Parent and Tot Skate

• Youth 12 years and younger MUST wear a CSA- approved helmet
• Strollers are not permitted on the ice nor are parents allowed to carry youth while on the ice surface
• Wheelchairs are welcome on the ice at public skates permitted they have clean wheels and patron is wearing a helmet. Wheelchair attendants must be wearing skates
• Youth 7 and younger must be accompanied by an adult
• Skate aids are provided for the sole purpose of assisting youth to skate
• No person shall be permitted on the ice surface without skates
• No person shall be permitted to bring a hockey stick on the ice surface during public skate
• No food or drinks allowed on the ice surface, players bench or penalty boxes
• Tag, chase or reckless behaviour is not permitted

Shinny rules

• Players must be 16 years of age or older to play adult shinny
• Full equipment must be worn for all shinny activities
• Players must refrain from any rough play that could put themselves or other participants at risk for physical injury
• Players will rotate shifts to allow fair ice time and will work with other players to ensure teams are equal playing ability

Looking for ways to get your business or group engaged in the community? Give back to the community of Huntsville by sponsoring a public skate! The Canada Summit Centre hosts Public Skates from September to April. Your business or organization can gain optimal exposure to a large crowd by choosing to sponsor a public skate for the general public and reap the benefits! Your support will assist in providing recreation and enjoyment for our community! You will be helping to keep our community active!

For More Information, please contact Recreation & Leisure Coordinator at recreation@huntsville.ca or 705-789-6421 ext 3032.