Global Synthetic Ice is the proud sponsor of the International Goaltending Competition, held in eight cities, with the finals in Orlando, Florida. For the first time ever, the best goalies in each region will compete head to head to find out whom is the best goaltender. Global Synthetic Ice will have two warm-up rinks available at each location allowing the players to get ready for their turn in the competition. There is no doubt we will see some of these competitors on an NHL team in the future.

Visit the International Goaltending Competition Website

Global Synthetic Ice has been awarded the U.S. Patent (No. 8,129,005) for its invention of Synthetic Ice and methods of assembly. The Patent includes the interlocking assembly method developed by Global Synthetic Ice for building Full-Size Hockey Rinks. This assembly system is also used in other commercial facilities as well as home rinks. Super-Glide Facilities have been leading the way in the synthetic ice industry since 2000 and utilize the most advanced systems available to date.

We shipped an order of Super-Glide Ultra panels to a gentleman by the name of Jared Polin last month. Jared is an accomplished photographer, videographer and all around nice guy. He runs a blog called Fro Knows Photo (did we mention that he wears his hair in a big ol' afro?), which hosts a great community of photographers, and he regularly posts instructional videos on YouTube on photography techniques.

Jared's latest video is all about how to shoot great hockey action photos, and features him skating around on his Global Synthetic Ice rink! It's a great instructional video if you want to learn about action photography. If you're no so interested in that, skip to the 22-minute mark where he tells you what he thinks of his rink.

The Super-Glide Canada team has been busy putting on public events such as this one in Montreal. Watch these figure skaters as they perform on Super-Glide Ultra synthetic ice panels for the first time.