ICE OASIS CLOSED?

By Richard Cranium

Recent email from Redwood City Ice Oasis:

TO ALL MEMBERS:
Due to the extreme weather we are having flooding issues and leak issues. We are unfortunately forced to cancel all games for this evening. All games will be rescheduled, a date has yet to be determined. Tomorrow Wednesday 14th, will go as scheduled for the time being. We are hoping the rain will let up enough to be able work on the issues. Thank you everyone,and sorry
about the situation.

Say it isn’t so Joe! The beloved Redwood City Ice Oasis is gone?

The recent rain storm, the leaky upstairs shower, the running downstairs toilet, the tired pipes and the exploding compressor have put the kibosh on the rink.

“I came to work on Tuesday and couldn’t believe what I saw in the parking lot,” said ice jockey Tirso. “There were flooded cars!”


Recently, the new owners, Nazareth Management Company had been upgrading the facilities inside and out. The parking lot was recently paved but the company doing the job filled in the storm drains.

“I really don’t think that was an issue,” said Tony the rink manager. “Even the streets were flooded and the neighbors had a tough time getting around.”


Tony went on to say that the problem is more inside than outside. “We have a leaky ceiling so we had to put buckets on the ice to catch the water. It sort of looks like a cone drill out there.”

An inspection team went into the basement of the facility to check out the piping.


“It doesn’t look good under there,” said Santa Clara volunteer firefighter and “sometimes shows up hockey player” Mike Ralston. “If it was my place, I would raze it to the ground, start over and build a senior citizen retirement home.”

Adult hockey director Chris Knight is keeping his fingers crossed that everything will work out. “I should be sending out an email today giving an update on tonight’s schedule,” voiced the ever optimistic “I can turn lemons into lemonade” Knight. “If it doesn’t work out I have a plan for underwater hockey!”