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Pro hockey players — and many others who spend their lives on blades — can’t get into padlocked rinks these days.

So the ice sheet must find its way to them, which is why Can-Ice has suddenly found itself very busy during the COVID-19 shutdown with its claim as the best available synthetic surface.

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Company founder/former NHLer Danny Gare and GTA-area entrepreneur Steven J. Wong already had clients such as Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews and Joe Pavelski, as well as Vincent Lecavalier and Nik Antropov who sought the product for their hockey-playing sons.

Can-Ice has an exclusive endorsement deal with Hockey Canada, as well. But no one could have foreseen pros and amateurs at all levels now without the means to practise.

Many have looked into Can-Ice, whether it’s for their smallest manufactured surface of 1.2 x 1.5 metres — just enough to shoot a puck while wearing shoes — or larger panels in a basement to skate a few strides, all the way up to a backyard rink.