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Hi everybody. My name's Michael and I'm from the East Coast of the United States.  
 
Having been no further west than Pittsburgh nor further north than Montreal, I have no idea what the whole outdoor rink experience is all about.  
 
How does it work? Is it just an all-day hockeyfest on Saturday and Sunday every week? Do kids, teenagers and adults all flock out to the sheet to play games?  
 
How many public rinks do you have up there? How many people will show at say the most popular one for a given day of pucks? How big are some of these rinks? Do they usually have multiple games running the length and width of the surface?  
 
How deeply ingrained is this whole rink experience into the culture and lives of people from your area?  
 
What's Brandon like in general? What are people generally like as opposed to neighboring parts of Canada and the U.S.?  
 
Sorry for all my questions, but I'm just curious.  
 
Hope you folks can help me out. Thanks!