Daniel Boone rink, right? Went there once or twice a year growing up. I recall it was a hole.
Calling the Daniel Boone rink a hole is being too kind. It was more like a warped outhouse floor that was frozen, but it was the only indoor ice rink around. The building is still there with a broken down vehicle parked up under the shed roof and some left over building material leaning up against the building. It even housed a low end flea market for a short time. Mercifully, the world has moved on without it.
I got in trouble for decking some @hole kid (I was still a kid myself) who was intentionally kicking holes in the ice with the toes of his rental figure skates. He was there with some group (church, scouts, whatever) and their group leader started to come at me for punching the jerk. Luckily, the rink manager saw what I did and why I did it. He was on his way to throw the kid out, but I beat him to it, in not so kind a way. Duke & UNC hockey clubs were getting ready to play as soon as the rink cleared and were sitting on the bleachers waiting their turn. The Duke guys also saw what was happening and why I decked that kid's punk @$$. Cooler heads prevailed or some of the Duke hockey club was going to jump the group leader coming after me.
We had a puck clear the glass and take out one of the windows near the roof peak there one evening. I heard it showered glass on a couple who was outside smoking beside some parked cars. I never heard if either of them was hurt, or what they were smoking for that matter. It was definitely a different time and place.
I was in one game there where a guy on the opposing team was whistled for his third penalty in the first period (we scored on 2 of them) and when he came out of the box, he was swinging his stick over his head like a helicopter, headhunting for the ref. Both sides all jumped him, the ref went and hid, and the police gave Mr. Stick swinger a ride to jail. It wasn't so funny at the time, but the look of fear in the ref's eyes was spectacular. The stick swinger got banned from the rink and the league for life.
We used to have to drive to Greensboro to watch the Generals play to catch any half-way skilled, competitive hockey in that day. Greensboro coliseum only had one level back then too.
There used to be Skate Town roller rink on the south side of Highway 70 just west of Duraleigh Road. It had maple floors and no boards. Playing hockey there was absolutely forbidden. I think there's a storage place there now or something.
Jim
