From a goalie's perspective, the first 30 min is fun, but being 3 on 3, after all those 2 on 1's,…read morebreakaways, it does get a bit frustrating lol. For great players, this would probably wreck your timing and won't improve your endurance. For bad skaters, then this will help, you won't need to skate very far from offence to defensive lol. Obviously, it's meant for pond hockey, and frankly, when I first played in this rink as a call up a few times earlier in the year, the novelty was there, but now, I won't make a special trip out here unless I'm visiting my hospitality clients lol. It's not just off Hwy #10 but you gotta zig zag past some office complexes, and the parking can be atrocious. Great viewing area for spectators ;) And as the name suggest, the ice is pretty darn good, after all, how much damage can 6 players really do to the ice, lol.

I have been going here for 20 years and have seen the many changes! From only have two rinks to now…read more3, to having a small pub to a family restaurant.. Excellent Ice sure has changed (for the better!). Took the kids to train with Trina (Learn to Skate instructor) and she is AMAZING! She's nice, fun, and totally is kid-friendly! Love her classes!! Can't wait for the kids to try Darin's hockey classes!

My daughter was in the Learn to Skate - Parent and Child class. The coach communicated clearly, set…read moreexpectations, taught well, the only thing he could have improved on was introducing himself during the first class. My daughter proceeded to take the Learn to Skate 3-6 year old class. The class shared the ice with the 7-12 year old class. Problems began the first few lessons. It appears that Canlan does not use class lists. It's took 1 full session for coaches to organize where each child (aged 3-12, approx. 25-30 kids) would be grouped. Each week coaches would take about 10min of the 25min session to figure out where kids would be grouped. The ratios changed each week. We had multiple sessions with 12 kids to 1 coach. A pair of siblings fought every single class. Pushing each other around on the ice, putting other younger kids at risk of being injured. Refusing to participate, requiring one to one attention from the coach. If recurring issues of this nature are happening the sport centre should set expectations with both the parents and children. The last class we were told that the manager quit and threw away the skating report cards. The children did not receive any skill feedback or review. I actually feel bad for the coaches, it looks like they are figuring it out as they go. 10 min of class setup, 10 min of the coach dealing with uncooperative kids, 5 min of skills. 100% do not recommend.

Lots of great programs here for players new to hockey. My kids have taken the hockey tips for tots…read moreclass and hockey fundamentals class as well as skating lessons. The coaches always did a great job teaching and being positive with the kids.

I am so happy this place is here! I went for the first time last weekend. The place was clean,…read morevibrant and Rockin. The employees were all friendly. It brought me back to my childhood days.

Friendly and helpfully people. Expect for one guy that was giving out the skates. However the…read moreothers were helpful, so I will over look that one guy. Plus the other skaters were friendly and helpfully people to make up for it. My kids had a wonderful time.

This review is specifically for the pool(s). The facilities are really good, although the changing…read moreroom/showers are fairly primitive. The salt water pools are both nice--a good sized lap pool and a warmer leisure for water walking and kid fun, as well as a river for floating and relaxing. There is also a giant water slide. The downside is the management of the pools, or lack thereof. Don't expect rules to be enforced, especially in summer, when the lifeguards are almost exclusively teenagers. Kids play in the lap lanes, which disappear with little regard to the schedule. I saw a child dive into the shallow end of the kids' pool and not one of the three lifeguards said anything or perhaps even noticed. Usually there's only one swim lane during aquafit, even if the class is sparsely attended. If you want equipment--water weights, for instance--you often have to hunt down someone to get them for you from a back room. Most gyms I've been to have that equipment readily available. During aquafit classes, the music is so loud that the people in the water often can't hear the instructor, and the instructors are already miked. The volume is headache-inducing at times. Additionally, the music itself is generally very bad. In the morning, it's the same hits of the 70s on a loop ("American Pie" every morning gets old quickly) and in the evenings it's even worse. Little effort seems to go into matching what people in the aquafit classes might enjoy--it's just typical aerobics music, with no imagination or common sense put into the song choice, given that the majority of the people in the classes are 65-plus. (Pre-1960 music actually had a beat--people jitterbugged to it!) I mention music because it's loud, there's no escaping it, and having contemporary country (for example) blaring in your ear isn't always what you want when you're trying to unwind after a long day.

Everytime I go to this rec centre pool. Someone decides to take a dook in it. They need to get…read morebetter dook control here because people just have loose cracks that want to dook everywhere.

Nice floor, I go here allot. Unfortunately, the owner and the manager are rude so avoid them. Other…read morethan that, is a good place to skate. I like their skate pass deals. Saves money if you skate allot.

We used to enjoy this skating rink but it has gone down hill. Rude staff, terrible food and all…read morethat...which could be somewhat overlooked because it is a nice rink. Today, I feel, was rock bottom and I will not return. The place is unsafe - overcrowded and zero staff on the floor. I picked up trash on the rink floor as well as someone's stopper that had come off. Unfortunately the day ended with me at the ER due to these unsafe conditions. I sacrificed myself to avoid a small child when another person hit me - ultimately smashing my face into the floor and causing about an inch long laceration on my chin. A fellow skaters stopped to help and abother lady went with me to the restroom to help control the bleeding. zero reaction from any staff - pardon the woman bleeding in the floor! I gathered my daughter and her 3 cousins that I had brought along with us, while clutching a blood soaked paper towel to my face. Still zero notice from any staff. The only time anyone working took notice of me was as I was walking out the door - I was approached by a young woman that wanted my personal inform to submit to their insurance. Thanks for nothing Lynden Skateway. I hope your policy doubles. Hopefully nobody slipped in my blood. What a disaster.

Fun place to ice skate and play some hockey although hockey aren't for all the time. There are…read morelessons and some food you can buy there. Usually friendly staffs and a safe area to play.

While I appreciate that the manager of sportsplex took the time to respond here, it doesn't change…read moremy review. Where the players play says a lot. Sportsplex no longer has a division 1 or 2, and the number of teams in the adult roller there has dropped to around 24, a year ago it was double that. Central City Arena has more teams than Sportsplex does now. Langley Hockey House has as many teams and is where the elite level players have gone, because it's a better place to play now. Not to mention both of those rinks charge less as well. It leaves me thinking they just don't care about the roller hockey players, and would rather it died at Sportsplex and they'd convert that rink over to ice (like they did with their second roller rink already).

one of the best rinks to skate on, even considering how old the facility is. reminds me of…read moreBritannia. regular size too but as players will tell u, the benches are not normal. lots of seating for fans. but the showers suck, either too hot at times. and 70s decor, that brown tile. spacious though. and parking lot is limited and dodgy late Nite.

A classic skating rink that brings me back to the times I use to have skating lessons as awhile…read more Its stocked with a good amount of benches for lacing up for the rink , standard amount of bleachers by the rink. The bench area also has TVs , washrooms , change rooms , vending machines and a kids busy board type wall fixtures. Near the front is a concession stand with your standard assortment of hot / cold drinks , popcorn and baked foods. There is another room for getting your skate rentals. They had the cutest inflatables set up for the holiday season! There is ample amount of diagonal parking just in front of the rink and a larger lot further in ( which I think is for school parking during the weekdays but we were here on the weekend) I always forget about public skate days but would be a good weekend outing.

What a deal! We're coming from the states and found this ice skating rink near our hotel. It was…read moreabout $10USD for admission and rentals for 2 adults. We used hockey skates and that was exciting. There were tons of kids but that's expected on a weekend. It was fun to dodge them. Great recreation arena with many other offerings like gym and pool.

If you are looking for really good and professional high tea, I really recommend here…read more We booked a table from one day ago, for two adults. Everything was great. We ordered organic cream of earl grey and organic white peony &jasmine as a tea. Both of them were great! their New York cheesecake is great too.

Came here with some girlfriends about a month ago and was definitely not disappointed. The interior…read moredecor is very cute, and the atmosphere is chic as well. The girls and I ordered the set 3 tier finger sandwiches, and we each go our own separate tea as well. Customer service was very friendly and overall our experience was great however price wise, you really do get what you pay for. We'll definitely be returning for future events