Buffalo's single-pad Riverside Park rink, run since 2004 by the youth hockey program Dominik Hasek founded.
Riverside Ice Rink, formally the Reuben 'Bud' Bakewell Ice Rink, is a single-pad city rink on the Niagara Street side of Riverside Park in northwest Buffalo, facing the river.
In December 2004 Hasek's Heroes took over operation of the city-owned rink. The organization grew out of the youth hockey league Dominik Hasek founded in 2001 with a donation of more than $1 million to help underprivileged children play, and since taking over it has invested several hundred thousand dollars in the building.
The rink has four locker rooms with showers and a heated upstairs viewing area with seating. It is home to Hasek's Heroes, SABAH and City Honors-Cardinal O'Hara hockey, and other teams and leagues, including Canisius, use it regularly.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Public skate admission is $3. City of Buffalo residents pay a discounted rate - $1 for youth 17 and under and seniors 65 and over, $2 for adults - by mentioning residency to the rink attendant collecting admission.
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Skate rental is $5 on top of admission, available first come, first served.
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