O'Brien Ice Rink

Woburn, MA · Public skating times & prices

City-owned rink beside Joyce Middle School, home of the Woburn Tanners and Woburn High hockey

Public skating at O'Brien Ice Rink: the next 7 days

Monday, October 12

  • · Public Skate · $5

Sunday, October 18

  • · Public Skate · $5

Admission and skate rental

Admission
$4–$5 · Official source
Skate rental
$5 · Official source
Address
55 Locust Street, Woburn, MA 01801
Phone
781-938-1620
Website
woburnyouthhockey.org
Building exterior with the black wall-mounted sign reading "NED O'BRIEN ICE RINK, Home of Woburn Youth Hockey" on the tan cinder-block facade below the rink's corrugated-metal roofline. — O'Brien Ice Rink
Building exterior with the black wall-mounted sign reading "NED O'BRIEN ICE RINK, Home of Woburn Youth Hockey" on the tan cinder-block facade below the rink's corrugated-metal roofline. Photo: Woburn Youth Hockey · Source
Two teams lined up on the blue lines of a wide sheet before a game, a red-circle faceoff dot at centre and an orange end wall with a flag behind. — O'Brien Ice Rink
Two teams lined up on the blue lines of a wide sheet before a game, a red-circle faceoff dot at centre and an orange end wall with a flag behind. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Named for Seaman Ned O'Brien of Woburn

O'Brien Ice Rink is a city-owned arena in Woburn named for Seaman Edward S. (Ned) O'Brien, a Woburn native who died serving in the Vietnam War. The City of Woburn still owns the building, and it has held a rededication ceremony at the rink in his honour.

The rink is a one-story structure built next to the Joyce Middle School; a 2016 report put it at 73,200 square feet. It is the home of the Woburn Tanners and the Mass Bay Warriors, and Woburn High School's boys and girls hockey teams also play here. Public skating is offered in partnership with the Woburn Recreation Department. Woburn High's girls team got its first Division 2 state tournament win on this ice in 2025.

The city has gone to outside bidders for the rink more than once. A December 2016 request for proposals covered a capital project timed for the brief off-season lull; at that point the rink was in almost constant use by user groups from September to March, closing between May and June and making ice again in late July for a traditional post-Labor Day opening. In February 2018 the city sought a ten-year lease operator for the rink, and it offered the building for lease again in December 2022.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

Advance tickets for Public Skate sessions are $5.00 per skater online through the Recreation Department website, or you can pay cash at the rink for $4.00 per skater.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rentals are also available for $5.00 per pair.

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Booking & check-in

For public skating tickets bought online, your receipt is your ticket.

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Skating with children

During public skating, children under 6 and beginner skaters must have an adult with them on the ice at all times (2023-2024 public skating flyer).

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Parking & arrival

There is a parking lot on the west side of the rink, next to the walkways in front of the lobby.

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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.