Bergeron Presser And Thoughts

[NWLB]

Closed and covered, I've seen, but just out of curiosity how are they secured? I've never noticed any kind of locks but maybe I'm just not getting close enough to see them.

Locking nuts with a hex key

Aw man, this is hockey dude, don't say Hex.

[MACMAN]

tons of rinks around the world have them, and there are no issues.

[BGDrew]

Assuming they are installed with the locking hex nuts there's no reason at least one couldn't be installed in the northwest corner where the teams enter the ice. That area is off-limits to non-essential personnel (EMTs, Police, arena staff) during play and all you would need is to install another rope to block access to that area while play is going on.

jscrawf AT bgsu.edu is the Ice Arena Director Jeff Crawford's e-mail address if you're so inclined to suggest allowing Todd to move forward with this project/donation.