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14 / SEPTEMBER.OCTOBER.2017 USICERINKS.COM Industry News Updates from around the rink New Arena Warehouse Partnership Expands Offices to Western U.S. , Arena Warehouse, LLC, based in Alexandria, Minn., has announced its partnership with Steve Carlson of Broomfield, Colo. Carlson brings more than 10 years experience of his own to the partner- ship, and Arena Warehouse is excited to work with him on a wide variety of proj- ects. Carlson specializes in synthetic turf, rubber flooring, arena accessories, and all aspects of used equipment. Arena Warehouse owner Jeff Horstman said, "I have known Steve for a long time as a friend and colleague. The two of us are eager to work together and continue developing the best projects our clients have come to expect." Arena Warehouse specializes in quality used equipment. Pairing this used equip- ment with the best new equipment, Arena Warehouse is able to work with their cli- ents to make sure their dreams and visions are realized all while staying on budget. Whether you are looking to replace your dasher boards, install new rubber flooring, have equipment you would like to sell, or simply order ice paint, nets, or goal frames, we can assist. RINK RANGERS by Mike Curti YOU KNOW BOSS, YOUR PICK FOR "TRYOUT STRESS RELIEF FOR PARENTS" HAS BEEN A HUGE HIT! YEP. IT WAS THE CHOICE BETWEEN A BOUNCE HOUSE OR THIS. BUT, WITH HOW REASONABLE HER RATES WERE, HIRING A PSYCHIATRIST WAS A "NO BRAINER!!!" Up Your Marketing Game Off the Ice , iStyxX Network, LLC provides a proprietary, wireless, location-based, direct-response and targeted advertising and marketing platform that serves both businesses and consumers. Simply, businesses capitalize through the monetization of their existing Wi-Fi network utilizing the hardware and software solutions supplied by iStyxX and consumers benefit by gaining free Wi-Fi access and internet connectivity by participating in free permission-based iStyxX advertising and marketing campaigns. YouthHockey.com Takes the Headache Out of Scheduling , When Craig Barnett took the job as commissioner of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League last season, one concern he had was that he would be responsible for scheduling. PIHL skated 155 teams in 40 different rinks. By chance, Barnett met Marc Friedfertig, the founder of YouthHockey.com, who convinced him that YouthHockey.com would make this job manageable. Barnett put YouthHockey.com to the test. He set up his teams, added his rinks, and uploaded his ice slots. Next, he broke the teams into divisions and ran matchups before using YouthHockey.com's schedule builder to apply the matchups to the ice slots. Barnett found that the schedule builder reduced what use to take hours, to mere minutes. Barnett also liked the Youthhockey.com's drag and drop feature, which allowed him to manually move a game from one slot to another. Barnett was able to schedule 1,225 games for 155 teams in 40 rinks in just a couple of days—without a hitch. "It's amazing what technology can do," Barnett said. "I wouldn't want to do this without YouthHockey.com." YouthHockey.com's readily available customer service helped ensure things ran smoothly at all times. "Anytime I needed help or was unsure of how a feature works, YouthHockey.com's customer support team was available and able to provide a solution," Barnett said. YouthHockey.com works great for both travel and house leagues, and is a very useful solution for schedulers at any level. It is currently available FREE to RINK Magazine readers. J

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