Public Skating Opens This Weekend At Healthy Planet Arena

The City of Peterborough will be offering registered public skating at Healthy Planet Arena beginning Sunday.

Photo courtesy of City of Peterborough.

To ensure compliance with current provincial COVID-19 regulations, users must register in advance for all public skating programs.

Registration will be capped according to facility capacity limits of 60 preregistered skaters on the ice. All patrons are required to complete a self-assessment health screening and show their COVID-19 Vaccination QR code and government issued I.D. prior to entering the building.

Skaters must provide their own skates and CSA helmets are recommended.

The following sessions are available:

Public skating at Healthy Planet Arena:  

Sundays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the Leon’s Pad. 

  • Open to all ages 

  • Approved skating assistant items are permitted 

  • No hockey sticks, nets or shoes are allowed on the ice 

  • The cost for each session is $4.50 per person  

50+ Skate at Healthy Planet Arena:  

Mondays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the Leon’s Pad. 

  • Open to skaters over the age of 50 

  • No hockey sticks, nets or shoes are allowed on the ice 

  • The cost for each session is $3.50 per person 

Pay-as-you-play hockey at Healthy Planet Arena: 

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and Fridays 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. on the Freedom Mobile Pad 

  • Open to adult skaters over the age of 18 

  • Two hockey nets provided  

  • Hockey equipment is required 

  • Non-instructional session 

  • The cost for each session is $7.50 per person 

Participants can register by phone at 705-742-0050, online at peterborough.ca/skate, or in person at the Wellness Centre, 775 Brealey Drive, Peterborough.

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