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Sunday, October 21, 2001
48 Hot weather hockey
There are still 90-degree days between October and April, when hockey is played. When the Corpus Christi IceRays aren't using the ice inside Memorial Coliseum, the public is allowed onto the ice for $3.
Public skating sessions held last October-April: 140
Average crowd per session: 125
Sessions per week: 4-5.
Length of sessions: 90 minutes
Average crowd per session 1999-2000: 80
Average per session 1998-99: 70
Average in 1997-98: Zero. There was no ice skating in Corpus Christi before the 1998-99 hockey season.
Youth hockey league participants: 70 (ages 5-17)
Adult league participants: 60 (ages 18-up).
Hottest day, 2000-01 season: 91 degrees, April 14