Today's public skate, freestyle, stick & puck and open hockey at 33 rinks in Detroit.
Public skate, freestyle, stick & puck and drop-in hockey at metro Detroit rinks, from Suburban Ice in Macomb and Rochester to Novi, Canton, Dearborn and Jackson's Optimist Ice Arena.
Birmingham Ice Sports Arena · Birmingham, MI · Next public skate: Mon 9:30–10:50 AM Birmingham's 1973 city arena in Kenning Park, renovated and expanded in 2021, home of the Unified Kings.
Southgate Arena · Southgate, MI · Next public skate: Wed 12:00–1:20 PM Two indoor sheets in the 1976 Southgate Civic Center, home of the Southgate Figure Skating Club.
Trenton Kennedy Recreation Center · Trenton, MI · Next public skate: Tue 12:30–2:30 PM Trenton's three-sheet city rink on West Road, home to four Downriver high school hockey teams.
Hartland Ice House · Hartland, MI · Next public skate: Mon 1:00–2:20 PM Two NHL-size rinks open since 2005, home of the state-champion Hartland Eagles and the Hartland Hockey Club.
Garden City Civic Arena · Garden City, MI · Next public skate: Tue 12:00–1:20 PM A city-run arena with one NHL-size sheet, iced September through May and a summer camp once it comes out
Plymouth Cultural Center Ice Arena · Plymouth, MI · Next public skate: Mon 12:00–1:20 PM Plymouth's 1972 city ice arena, the first in Michigan to run on a geothermal system.
Farmington Hills Ice Arena · Farmington Hills, MI · Next public skate: Mon 11:30 AM–1:00 PM The city's 70,000-square-foot twin-sheet arena on 8 Mile: a $3 Mid-Day Open Skate Monday through Thursday, 11:30 AM to 1 PM, with $3 rentals.
Dearborn Ice Skating Center · Dearborn, MI · Next public skate: Tue 11:00 AM–12:50 PM Dearborn's 1971 Ford Woods Ice Arena, renamed for Mike Adray and doubled in 1996 with Kilpatrick Arena.
Optimist Ice Arena · Jackson, MI · Next public skate: Mon 3:00–4:20 PM Jackson's rink, donated to the Optimist Club's charity in 1985 and doubled by its Twice the Ice project.
Detroit Skating Club (Bloomfield Hills) · Bloomfield Hills, MI · Next public skate: Sat 4:15–5:45 PM A club-owned rink in Bloomfield Hills whose history runs from 1910s Detroit to Olympic champions.
Taylor Sportsplex · Taylor, MI · Next public skate: Sun 9:00–9:50 PM Taylor's city-run complex of four arenas, including Belle Tire Arena and home ice for Divine Child hockey.
Mount Clemens Ice Arena · Mount Clemens, MI · Next public skate: Fri 7:00–8:50 PM Black Bear Sports Group arena that the Metro Jets junior team and a 70-member figure skating club call home
Hazel Park Ice Arena · Hazel Park, MI · Next public skate: Mon 1:00–2:30 PM Hazel Park's two-sheet rink, opened by the city in 1999 as Viking Ice Arena and sold to Black Bear in 2023.
BIGGBY COFFEE Ice Cube - Brighton · Brighton, MI · Next public skate: Mon 10:30–11:50 AM Brighton's three-sheet rink, formerly Kensington Valley Ice House, run by Black Bear Sports Group since 2024.
Eddie Edgar Ice Arena · Livonia, MI · Next public skate: Tue 1:30–2:50 PM Livonia's nonprofit-leased civic arena, expanded to two rinks in 2001 and home to three high school teams.
Lakeland Arena · Waterford, MI · Next public skate: Tue 12:30–2:00 PM Waterford Township's three-sheet rink, founded in 1972, where Dylan Larkin started his own hockey school.
Novi Ice Arena · Novi, MI · Next public skate: Mon 12:00–1:50 PM Novi's two-sheet city arena, opened in 1998 to meet a regional ice shortage and run by Suburban Sports Group.
Suburban Ice Macomb · Macomb, MI · Next public skate: Mon 10:30–11:20 AM A 70,000-square-foot twin-rink arena in Macomb that hosted USA Hockey Nationals in 2017 and 2022
Suburban Ice Rochester · Rochester, MI · Next public skate: Mon 10:00–11:20 AM Three sheets of ice, opened as the Onyx in 1999 and part of the Suburban family of rinks since 2016
St. Clair Shores Civic Arena · St. Clair Shores, MI · Next public skate: Mon 1:30–3:00 PM Two full-sized rinks; the St. Clair Shores Hockey Association has run here for more than 50 years
Buffalo Wild Wings Arena · Troy, MI · Next public skate: Mon 12:00–2:00 PM Troy's four-sheet hockey arena, built by the Bostick family on their old Big Beaver Road land
Arctic Edge Ice Arena (Canton) · Canton, MI · No public skate posted for the next 7 days Canton's two-sheet arena, home ice for Olympic ice-dance medalists, with open skating on the same sheets.
Crystal Fieldhouse · Burton, MI · Next public skate: Mon 3:30–4:50 PM Burton's former Ice Mountain Arena, closed in 2012 and reopened as a two-sheet Crystal Fieldhouse in 2014
Big Boy Arena · Fraser, MI · No public skate posted for the next 7 days Fraser's five-rink, 200,000-square-foot complex with a 3,400-seat stadium arena, once Fraser Hockeyland
Suburban Ice Farmington Hills · Farmington Hills, MI · No public skate posted for the next 7 days Built as a tennis club in the 1970s, now two NHL sheets and the home of HB Hockey Club Detroit.
John Lindell Ice Arena · Royal Oak, MI · Next public skate: Mon 10:45 AM–12:05 PM Royal Oak's two-rink arena, opened in 1971 with one outdoor sheet that was enclosed in 1995.
Yack Arena · Wyandotte, MI · No public skate posted for the next 7 days A 3,000-seat downtown Wyandotte arena, named in 1969 for the city’s first recreation director
Mike Modano Ice Arena · Westland, MI · Next public skate: Fri 8:00–9:20 PM Westland's one-sheet city rink, renamed in 2003 for NHL star Mike Modano
Jack Adams Ice Arena · Detroit, MI · Next public skate: Thu 1:00–3:30 PM Detroit Parks & Recreation's rink, named for the only man to win the Cup as player, coach and GM
Dodge Park Ice Rink · Sterling Heights, MI A refrigerated rink under the Dodge Park pavilion, run by Sterling Heights since 2018
The Rink at Royal Oak · Royal Oak, MI A 60 by 90 foot outdoor rink in Centennial Commons, back for its fifth winter in 2026-27
The Rink at Stine Community Park · Troy, MI A refrigerated skating ribbon beside a timber pavilion, built as Troy's four-season gathering place