Carlson Ice Arena

Loves Park, IL · Public skating times & prices

The Rockford Park District's Loves Park rink, its main sheet renamed for Icemen coach Tim Mattila in 2024

Public skating at Carlson Ice Arena: the next 7 days

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Address
4150 N Perryville Rd, Loves Park, IL 61111
Hours
Daily, varies by session — see schedule below
Phone
815-969-4069
Website
icerockford.com
The Carlson Ice Arena entrance under its lettered canopy, a white building with rounded corners banded in navy blue, with benches and flagpoles in front — Carlson Ice Arena
The Carlson Ice Arena entrance under its lettered canopy, a white building with rounded corners banded in navy blue, with benches and flagpoles in front Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
Whole sheet taken from the stands at one corner — Carlson Ice Arena
Whole sheet taken from the stands at one corner Photo source: icerockford.com
Empty, freshly flooded ice photographed low from one end — Carlson Ice Arena
Empty, freshly flooded ice photographed low from one end Photo source: icerockford.com

Home of the Coach Mattila Ice Rink

Carlson Ice Arena is the Rockford Park District's rink in Loves Park. It shares the building with Sapora Playworld, a three-level indoor playground, and one of the district's customer service offices. In 2020, when the district planned to close downtown's Riverview Ice House, it intended to consolidate its ice programs here.

The main rink has been the Coach Mattila Ice Rink since November 2024, marked by a sign above the entrance and a plaque with his biography. Tim Mattila took over Rockford's combined high school hockey team in 1991, which became the Rockford Icemen in 1995, and coached the Icemen for all 17 years of their existence, winning 16 state championships, 15 of them in a row.

The district's learn-to-skate group sessions meet here year-round, and its Pre-Hockey lessons prepare players for the Junior IceHogs Fundamental Hockey League. Friday nights bring Frosty Fridays, with a DJ and concession specials. The Rockford IceHogs have used the ice too: in 2011 a preseason game against the Chicago Wolves was moved here, when the building was called Carlson Arctic Ice Arena.

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 $7. The Skate and Play Package, combined admission to public skate (with skate rental) and Sapora Playworld, is $14. Frosty Fridays is $10 and includes skate rental.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rental is $3.25; it is included in Frosty Fridays ($10) and the Skate and Play Package ($14).

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Booking & check-in

Public skate at Carlson is walk-in: skaters pay and can view the online calendar for session times, but no reservation is required. Adult Open Hockey and Hockey Stick & Puck are also pay-and-sign-in at the office, with goalies free but required to sign in.

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Skating with children

Adults are responsible for supervising children in their care during public skate, and skaters may not carry infants or children on the ice. Skaters must move counter-clockwise, and jumping is not allowed. For hockey sessions, helmets are required for everyone on the ice, and anyone under 18 must wear a helmet with a full face mask.

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