We've come to the Oilers Center two years in a row for hockey tournaments. It's just one sheet of ice with generally large locker rooms and fairly clean bathrooms. There aren't a lot of bleachers for parents in the rink but you can watch from a lobby window or in an upstairs skinny hall area. Generally the rink is colder than other rinks I've been to. Limited concessions but decent food options nearby. Parking is also fairly limited. read more

This place is awesome! It gets busy but it's not that hard to skate with a lot of people. Most people pay attention! This place is my favorite! read more

So no policy follow up at all. Very dangerous free for all. Hockey kids playing tag going opposite way cutting very young kids off and older folks as well. Spoke to staff and had a yeah it's a problem. No ability to do anything. I just paid for a membership but will be cancelling straight away. How about talking to the parents who are too busy watching the phones they have and let them know they will be asked to leave if the can't follow through with abiding by the r up Les. Seems to me that these parents must have money and they can't afford to upset them but it's ok to have others get injured and yes my child got injured when cut off and then pushed into the ice. Terrible way to ruin a fun time. read more

For several years now I didn't know about this place. I always used to skate at that place in the middle of town. I think it was on Sheridan or Yale maybe? Anyway, that place closed down ages ago, so there was never really anywhere else. I definitely miss the cafe it used to have. I was disappointed when I went to the Winter Fest thing last year and could barely move a couple feet on the ice without feeling like I was going to fall because the ice was marked up so bad from all the small kids. This Oilers Ice Center isn't that bad. What I can say is that the ice is maintained pretty well, just as long as you're ok with the hockey people and the figure skaters showing off and scuffing it up a little during free skate. But that's always going to happen, so it doesn't bother me all that much. What does bother me is the rental skates. The skates here are terrible. And when I say terrible, I don't just mean, they don't get sharpened. What I mean is, they hurt so bad you can barely stand to skate in them. The last time I went, I was with a group. And unanimously, across the board, there were complaints about how painful the skates were. Some decided to just turn them in after a single round on the ice because they just couldn't stand it, and the rest of us got the consequences. We all came home with bruises and blisters on our feet that lasted over a week in some cases. My ankles hurt so bad that it was difficult to walk all the next day. The pain of the pressure on my ankles didn't completely go away for about 2 weeks. Crazy. So I strongly, strongly advise anyone who's planning to skate more than once in their lifetime... just invest in your own skates. You're feet will thank you. I will say, though, even with the terrible skates, I had a blast. read more

I've been to the Oiler's Ice Center many times for all different reasons: public skate, private parties, figure skating lessons. The people who run it only cater to the long-term students. If you are a casual skater coming here for public skating or if you just started lessons, you're going to have a bad time. I've been told several times from the workers there that they never sharpen their rental skates. How are you supposed to learn properly or have a good time on worn out skates? Unless you invest in your own pair that you bring with you from the beginning, good luck with their cracked shells, rock hard insoles, frayed laces, and blades dull as rocks. If I'm paying for my kid to learn how to skate and I don't want to throw another $70-$120 for a personal pair, they're not going to learn properly on the dullest blades on the planet. Or if I book a party I don't want my guests to leave disappointed because of the inferior equipment that I had to pay for. The facility is not well maintained either. Torn mats, tripping hazards at the entrance to the rink, dirty all around. The Zamboni leaves the ice more bumpy than it started with. The only way this place has managed to stay in business is because there are no other options. If you have to go here, be warned. read more

Went here last night with the BF for a fun date night. He found a Groupon and took me after hearing my comment on how I miss ice skating (I am from NY). The only things this place has going for it is that it is the only ice skating rink in town and the events it holds. Last night, October 28th, turned out to be Halloween skate night. Kids were in costumes and when we were leaving, 15 minutes after arriving, they had a costume contest. Half of the lights were off and several fog machines were going, other than that there was a lack of decorations and anything else Halloween oriented. The girl who took our Groupon was nice enough, the boy handling skate rentals definitely did not want to be there. Speaking of rentals, don't. Just don't. I had to try on three different skates before I found one remotely comfortable. The skates have no cushioning, are tight in all the wrong places, and will leave your feet and ankles hurting after putting them on. The blades were extremely dull. I ran my thumb over them, you can't cut butter with these things. Which means you are out of luck on the ice. The ice was all torn up an hour into them being open, which definitely did not help the dull blades. So, as one other reviewer suggested, if you are going to skate often, invest in your own ice skates. You will not have a good time with the rentals. I gave my own pair away when I moved here and I regret it. read more