Heavy Metal Place

Spruce Grove, AB · Public skating times & prices

Spruce Grove's two-sheet Heavy Metal Place, home of the BCHL's Spruce Grove Saints since May 2025.

Public skating at Heavy Metal Place: the next 7 days

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Seniors Skate & Coffee (Ages 60+) · free

Saturday, October 17

  • · Public Skate · free
Address
50 Westwind Drive, Spruce Grove, AB
Phone
(780) 962-7587
Website
sprucegrove.org
Heavy Metal Place under a clear sky: the long grey arena block and glass entrance, its name in a black tile on the corner. — Heavy Metal Place
Heavy Metal Place under a clear sky: the long grey arena block and glass entrance, its name in a black tile on the corner. Photo: City of Spruce Grove · Source
An empty Heavy Metal Place sheet from the upper corner, ringed by blue seats under a white steel roof. — Heavy Metal Place
An empty Heavy Metal Place sheet from the upper corner, ringed by blue seats under a white steel roof. Photo: City of Spruce Grove · Source

Spruce Grove's twin-arena hub, opened in 2025

Heavy Metal Place held its grand opening on Saturday, May 10, 2025, the day the Spruce Grove Saints opened the Thompson Family Arena as their new home. The building pairs two NHL-size ice surfaces with a theatre, a full branch of the Spruce Grove Public Library and a walking track on the Thompson Family Arena concourse.

The Saints, a junior A club in the British Columbia Hockey League, play their home games on the Thompson Family Arena ice, and more than 50 former Saints have reached the NHL, among them Mark Messier and Stu Barnes. The second sheet, the Cst. Brett Ryan Community Arena, honours a Spruce Grove resident and Edmonton Police Service constable who was killed in the line of duty on March 16, 2023.

Most of the City's drop-in skating runs on the Brett Ryan sheet, and the Wednesday seniors' skate ends with complimentary coffee in the atrium.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Public skating is free with no registration needed.

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Skates & rentals

Bring your own skates and helmet.

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Booking & check-in

Stick & puck and shinny spots open one month at a time, on the first day of the preceding month.

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Skating with children

Children under 8 must be actively supervised on the ice by someone 13 or older.

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Accessibility

An elevator reaches the arena concourse.

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