This place is awesome!! I play hockey here every week! The locker rooms are nice and the stands,…read moreand lobby as well. From my experience the ice is very good.

This is a hidden gem!!! I used to come here as a kid and recently rediscovered it as an adult. I…read morevisited with my girlfriend and a few of our friends this past weekend, and we had a great time! Super cheap and high value experience. It is $10 for public skating and $7 for skate rentals. Skate rentals are in very good condition, my pair was nearly new. They are also all hockey skates, which I love. They do public skating on Saturdays and I also read they do weekly pickup hockey for adults which is neat. The rink itself is spacious and the ice sheet is in amazing condition, it was like gliding on a frozen pond. Absolutely lovely. I will absolutely be coming back here!

Headed there originally to get my skates sharpened and ended up finding a weekly pickup game for…read moreadults that I've since then taken a part of a few times. The rink itself is very well laid out and maintained very well. Nick, one of the people running the place is very friendly and was helpful in helping me network with some of the guys playing so I could eventually join them for a pickup game. All four locker rooms are as clean as they could ever be and are heated as well which isn't always the case. But more importantly the ice sheet is fantastic and makes playing hockey there a very enjoyable experience. This rink sets a high standard for other rinks in the Boston area for sure and I doubt that you'd be able to easily find a better one that this. Hockey aside, they have a ton of stuff happening there so check out their site for various hours. They have pickup games, high school games, stick and pucks, public skates and loads more.

The skating rink is super clean . The vibe is welcoming and friendly. They have a big parking lot…read more so parking is not an issue . They have an online website where you can find all information needed . The cost is about $7.00

Super clean ice arena! Great place to escape the heat. Best part, you walk outside and you're at…read morethe beach. Unfortunately, it's only a seasonal arena so check we website for public session availability. Wish this arena was open year around, ice is so nice.

How many Boston based professional sports teams can you name?…read more Make a list. Give yourself bonus points if the Boston Blades are on your list. Ever hear of them? Well, they're a professional women's ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League, and guess where they play their home games? Right here at the Lawrence Larsen Skating Rink at the Mike Eruzione Center! We went to the rink on Saturday night to see the Blades lose to the Markham (Ontario) Thunder 8-0. Here are my thoughts on the rink. Pros The rink is very easy to find and is within walking distance of quite a few restaurants. Free parking ! General Admission was a super reasonable $15. The lobby that separates you from entering the rink has a snack bar and a souvenir stand. I also loved their mini museum-like display on Winthrop native Mike Eruzione, the captain of Team USA's 1980 ''Miracle on Ice '' Olympic hockey team. The arena sightlines were pretty good. From our seats we were able to see all of the rink, even the four corners. There was a raffle drawing early in the third period for tickets to the New England Aquarium- that was a pretty nice touch. Cons IT WAS COLD INSIDE. Unreasonably cold. So cold you could see your breath. So cold that you really should have had a blanket, hat, and winter gloves. So cold that an hour and a half after the game, my rear end was still COLD from being parked on those frigid metal benches. If I ever go back, I'll know better. During stoppages in play, the sound system would either play music or someone would make announcements. Once we heard both simultaneously which kind of defeats the option of listening to either. I would have liked to have seen some security presence in the arena. There were three or four older kids running through the stands and stomping around the walkways all evening acting in as an obnoxious manner as I have seen in quite a while. They bumped into people and almost mowed down a few. Its a good thing no one whacked the little darlings on top of their noggins with a goalie stick.

First time I have ever been to a hockey stadium. The place is relatively clean and in a good…read morelocation. Well lit and good sound system. However, instead of using under-ice cooling for the rink they just cool off the entire place making it very cold. You definitely need proper winter clothing or a few blankets when watching a game.

I came here with a friend whose son was in a hockey game today. The rinks are first-rate and well…read moremaintained, as is the entire complex. I was surprised, though, that there wasn't as much seating around the rink as I would have expected. But this center serves the area and the local schools very well.

It's an Ice Arena with bleachers, and equipment shop, some vending machines. Lots of ice and…read morescreaming over reacting parents. 2 rinks 1 and 2, it's clean cold and worthy of a good hockey game. Now get me some hot coffee

The best dedicated youth hockey training I have seen anywhere. Matt Deschamps runs the program and…read moredoes most of the teaching. He is excellent with kids. He teaches them the little things they won't get elsewhere, and focuses on skating and balance for youngsters. I also like that he is not afraid to keep the kid on task. My major criticism is pricing. At $32.50/session the value is reasonable when there are 4-5 kids in a class. At 8-10 kids it's over-priced. Still, overall it's a great place for kids to learn to play hockey and I highly recommend it.

Both of my kids started with learn to skate here and have now progressed to the development teams…read more You won't get better instruction. Teams keep the ADM recommended 3-to-1 practice to play ratio and it has really helped my sons develop. Can't recommend this place enough.

"One day you'll wake up In the present day…read moreSkating away On the thin ice of the new day" (Jethro Tull) For much of the year, the Babson Skating Center serves as the home ice arena of the Babson Beavers Varsity hockey team. But besides college sports, there's a lot more happening on the ice -skating lessons, public skating, training sessions, youth hockey, and private rentals. We had the pleasure of taking our grand daughter to her skating lesson on Friday afternoon, and I was very impressed by the facility and the dozen or so instructors I saw all over the ice working with their very young students. There must have been 40 kids on the ice, and it looked like there were six different groups out there of differing skill levels doing different training exercises. My grand daughter is enrolled in a ten-week session, one of the four sessions running between March and May. After we arrived, we went to the office to get her skates, we laced them up as best as we could, and the kids waited for their session to start. We saw her skate forward from one side of the rink to the other, then backwards in the other direction, then glide across by pushing off with one leg, and raising the other. After the directed exercises, they turn the kids loose for "free skate" which our girl really loved. The arena is beautiful, and the metal bleacher seats were better than others I've sat on. PRO TIP It was freezing cold in the arena, so bringing a hat, gloves, and a coat will serve you well.

A nice facility to figure skate in and temperature is cool but not too cold . Enjoyable free…read moreskating for figure, hockey skaters, and coaches ; all levels too on public sessions .

This park is big and dog friendly. The parking is a bit difficult. We found metered street…read moreparking . We brought our dog for a walk .

Rogers Park is great for families with kids and families with furry kids. My dog absolutely loves…read morethis park and she always tries to drag me there when we are out for a walk. This park has two baseball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts and a kid's playground. One of the swings in the playground actually supported my weight and swung easily. This totally brought back memories of me when I would beg my parents to take me to a playground with a swing because my neighbors were hogging the swing that was in my grandpa's backyard. During winter, you can see kids sledding on the small hill. Between 0430 to 0630pm, you can see people bringing their dogs before sunset. It's really fun to see the dogs hop around the snow like bunnies although it's not so fun when you accidentally step on sniper poop that is hiding in the snow patiently waiting to make a squishy impact with your snowboot. During the summer, parents of furry children hang out and drink beers and enjoy the relaxing weekend. All of the pet owners seem to be responsible and they only bring friendly/socialized dogs. Some even bring enough water to share with the other dogs so that no dog is forced to chug nasty mud water that sometimes hang around in the corners of the park. I just love how everyone is friendly, both canine and human. The only drawback is that the park is not completely fenced in so if you have a psychotic dog like mine, get ready to chase after your furry child so that he/she doesn't get hit by a car. Also, I wish that during the summer, they keep the lights on everyday, even if it's just for a few hours. I noticed that they only keep it on when there's a soccer or baseball match.