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The Addison Ice Arena is a multi-purpose facility located in Addison, Illinois and is privately owned by Leon Lekai. This facility is home of the Chicago Bruins Hockey Club, Hornets Sled Hockey, and the Elite Edge Skating Academy. There is a family friendly bar over looking the NHL Rink called The Blueline Bar and Grill which is privately owned by George Othan. The Addison Ice Rink also has a hockey Pro Shop inside the lobby called B&R Sports. There is an upstairs hallway over looking the Olympic Rink that leads to a ballet room that is used for Zumba classes on Tuesdays and Saturdays ran by Lisa D. This facility also offers an Adult League for anyone eighteen and over.

Facility

The Addison Ice Arena has to sheets of ice opened to the public. The left side is the Olympic Rink, which is 98.4 ft × 197 ft. (30 m × 60 m) In the basement there are 3 shooting rooms for the hockey players as well as a workout facility that each Bruins team has access to one night a week with a personal trainer.

Chicago Bruins Hockey Club

The Chicago Bruins Hockey Club is a nonprofit organization to allow children to enjoy and be educated in youth ice hockey. The goal of the Chicago Bruins is to teach the fundamentals of hockey and have fun playing the game. The Bruins offer a Spring and Fall league for all hockey players aging from 4 years old to age 19. There are 12 teams for the Spring 2016 league and over 20 teams for the Fall league.

Hornets Sled Hockey

Hornets Sled Hockey team is a nonprofit organization put together to allow children with physical disabilities, ranging from 5 years old to 20 years old, play ice hockey. For all players it is free to skate. It is funded 100% by generous donations and all of the money collected is put directly towards the equipment needed for the children and ice time. This organization started in 2006 by J.J. O'Connor. He was a former hockey player that suffered a severe injury in a hockey game, therefore he started this program to give children with disabilities the opportunity to play hockey.

Elite Edge Skating Academy

Elite Edge Skating Academy is a goal oriented program ran by Tiffany Sfikas Groc. She is a two time British pairs champion, national medalist and former Team USA member, two time Scottish pairs champion, three time Great Britain, European, and World Team Member, and former member of the British Olympian training squad. This program is USFS training facility that encourages skaters to achieve their individual goals. Through this program there is a Learn to Skate program offered to children who wish to learn how to skate. Also there is a Pre-Hockey program for children who wish to learn how to play hockey and move up to a competitive team in the future.

Addison Adult Hockey League (AAHL)

This Addison Adult Hockey League is for people 18 and older that is hosted at the Addison Ice Rink. It is a no checking league and follows the USA Hockey Rules. At the end of each session/season of AAHL, there are playoff held for each division. The winning team gets a discounted price on the next session/season of AAHL.

There are four divisions in AAHL: D2, D3, D4-1, and D4-2.

This league is organized and put together by the director Larry Gilliam.

Special Events

At the Addison Ice Arena there are several events offered to the public throughout the month.

Rat Hockey : Rat hockey is open ice to all ages that would like to play a scrimmage game against one another that is unstructured. All equipment is required to play but you do not need hockey experience to play. Each player is treated with equal respect between one another and given an equal amount of playing time.

Stick N Puck : Stick N Puck is open ice for those who want to practice shooting and stick handling. Full gear is required for children under sixteen years old and those over sixteen must wear a helmet and gloves. There is no age limit but children under the age of twelve must be accompanied by an adult.

Public Skate : Public Skate is open ice for anyone to enjoy skating regardless the level of skating. There are skates to rent at the facility as well as walkers to assist beginner skaters.