EL PASO, Texas – Since 2022 El Paso Rhinos owner Cory\u00a0Herman has helped setup the ice\u00a0for NHL\u00a0games played\u00a0not indoors,\u00a0but outside in the elements.<\/p>\n
It all started in 2021, the year\u00a0El Paso was awarded a pre-season NHL game.<\/p>\n
NHL officials were impressed with how Herman\u00a0was able to maintain an ice rink at the County Coliseum\u00a0Events Center in South\u00a0Central El Paso.<\/p>\n
It’s not an easy task maintaining an ice rink in the desert, but Herman got the job done, and for more than 20 years, he’s helped grow the sport of hockey in El Paso. <\/p>\n
Herman was selected to be part of the NHL outdoor crew, and he’s helped setup the ice for more than 11 NHL games played at outdoor stadiums. <\/p>\n
“To be a part of this is very rewarding, and it’s just an unbelievable experience,” Herman said.<\/p>\n
Herman has\u00a0learned so much in helping during those outdoor games\u00a0games that it’s\u00a0been beneficial for El Paso’s own ice rink.<\/p>\n
“You kind of learn different things on how to to make an ice rink run more efficient and better,” Herman said. “It’s really helped us a lot because all the teams that come to play the Rhinos always compliment us that we have the best ice around.”<\/p>\n
Herman will have a busy schedule come next season.<\/p>\n
NHL outdoor games in the 2026-27 season will be the Heritage Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the Winter Classic in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Stadium Series at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n
“It will be just another great experience, and a great learning experience as well,” Herman said. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas – Since 2022 El Paso Rhinos owner Cory\u00a0Herman has helped setup the ice\u00a0for NHL\u00a0games played\u00a0not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-470122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}