The ice went in last week at the Centennial Arena in Steinbach and Parks staff finished painting the logos on the ice this week.
The T.G. Smith Arena ice will be completed within the next couple of weeks.
While the creation of the ice surfaces is always an exciting time for hockey, ringette and skating enthusiasts, the installation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in each of the arenas is also welcome news. An AED is a portable electronic device that can be attached to someone who is suffering a heart attack. The AED automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation in a patient and, if necessary, will administer a shock to reestablish an effective heart rhythm. Statistics show that when an AED is used immediately together with CPR, chances of survival increase by about 75 percent over just doing CPR alone.
The AEDs were installed in the lobbies of the arenas earlier this week. The City wishes to thank the Steinbach Legion for providing funding for one of the AEDs earlier this year.
