Yeah I'm pretty curious on ice times as well.
From what I've been told the older established leagues (All Cal, Rocky, etc) have contracted the premium ice times already. The rest goes to minor hockey.
I played in a new league a few years ago (CAHL), and although it was decent, the prices were high in order to get ice that was at 10PM (I think we paid $11k for the season?)
Played All-cal last year, and although they say the latest time you get is 10:30, 90% of the ice is at 10:30 and the other 10% is Saturday or Sunday morning.
Used to play NCHL, but I got tired of their refs, and 11:45 Chestermere icetimes.
Moral of the story is it's pretty difficult to secure any kind of decent time (pre-10pm) in the city, so I can't see how these guys can do it without paying massive premiums to the arenas.
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