The white entrance tower of OhioHealth Chiller Easton with the Chiller Ice Rinks sign and the 3600 street numberPhoto: Greater Columbus Sports Commission · SourceThe empty ice being resurfaced, seen through the glass from behind the boards, with New Albany Hockey banners on the far wall.Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The Chill's second rink, rebuilt flat
Chiller Easton opened in 1997 as the second Chiller, and with it the Columbus Chill joined the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as one of only two franchises at any level to own and operate two rink facilities.
The building once held Central Ohio's only international-size sheet. Over time, construction mistakes and groundwater issues damaged the subfloor heating header and created an enormous permafrost problem beneath the ice. When the floor was rebuilt, infill along the perimeter slab turned the Olympic-size rink into an NHL-standard 85-by-200-foot sheet with larger player boxes, and the new concrete won the American Concrete Institute's Golden Trowel Award as the flattest floor of its kind.
Today Easton has two NHL-size rinks, ten locker rooms, two multipurpose rooms and the Ice Box concession stand. It is home to the Easton Youth Hockey Association, the Gahanna and Pickerington/Reynoldsburg high school teams and Central Ohio's first and only short track speedskating club.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Admission
Public-skate admission is set by session, not by location: Noon Skate $8 for ages 6 and up and $4 for ages 5 and under; Public Sk8 and Adult Sk8 $10 and $4; Cheap Skate $6, free with skate rental included for ages 5 and under; Friday Night Meltdown a flat $18 for all ages with rental included. A Family of Four ticket is $50 including rentals and excludes Noon Skate and Friday Night Meltdown. Freestyle ice is $16.00 per hour, bought online in advance. Stick & Puck sessions (adult and all youth age groups) are $16 per person including goalies; youth sessions add $8 per accompanying parent.
Skate rental is $5 at Noon Skate, Public Sk8/Adult Sk8 and Cheap Skate, and included at Friday Night Meltdown, in the Family of Four ticket, in free Cheap Skate admission for ages 5 and under, and in the quarterly Noon Skate pass.
Children 5 and under pay $4 at Noon Skate and Public Sk8/Adult Sk8 and skate free, rental included, at Cheap Skate. The $50 Family of Four ticket covers admission and skate rental for four; it excludes Noon Skate and Friday Night Meltdown, and the 5-and-under price does not apply to it.
