Piney Orchard Ice Arena

This ice rink is okay I guess, but only cause like no one comes there during the week and I get the ice to myself. On weekends it’s crowded and the workers skating around in the ice are annoying and incompetent. Seems like they don’t even work there. They just skate around with their friends not paying attention to anyone else. Specifically, they don’t help kids up if they fall or crash into each other. At my ice rink in San Diego, the employees skating on the ice would make sure there were no accidents and if there was they were on top of it.
I would give this place less stars if it wasn’t for the free ice during the week. Without that I’d probably give this rink 1 star. #sorrynotsorry
Also their public skating is expensive!

Hockey is a sports with loyal fans but is a small minority when compared to football, basketball or baseball. Let’s face it, all you need is an opened field and not a whole lot of equipment to play those popular sports, but with hockey, you need a bunch of expensive equipment and an ice rink. Glad to see this place with an all year ice rink. Opened to the public for ice skating, but also set up for ice skating practice and yes, ice hockey games and practices. I use to practice and play hockey games in here. Brings up some memories. For those of you new to the area, this also use to be the practice home of the Washington Capitals until Leonsis bought the team and felt that Maryland was beneath him and moved the training facilities to Virginia. I miss seeing the free practices and even talking to a Capital every once in a while.

This is just about Ice Skating Lessons: totally useless. I enrolled my 4 and 6 year old in group ice skating lessons. Again, totally useless. They used «older» girls to teach my kids — not an instructor. In my girls’ case the «older girl» was probably 7 or 8. Sweet kid but totally screwed up my kids. After 7 lessons they could barely stand on skates. I told the managment about it and got greeted with a yawn. I finally pulled the plug. My 6 year old I taught in two lessons to skate. My four year old was so turned off by the lessons with the 8 year old (wet, cold, sitting on ice) she refuses to go near the ice.
Their sister operation in Bowie is a lot better organized.
Don’t waste your money on «ice skating lessons» at Piney Orchard. Total waste of money.

Ok this rink is more of the local community hockey rink found in the heart of Odenton. It’s smaller than Laurel/​The Gardens, but it’s got what you need. They offer figure skating, hockey, lessons, public sessions etc. They also have a pro shop that was quiet helpful with my new hockey skates. (Their prices are better than Laurel).
The place is much smaller and so are their ammenities, but works for me. Pick up hockey in the morning (Thursday) was kinda quiet and bunch of arrogant high schoolers, I think I may find an adult league that is more for recreation.
But good, good rink, quaint and helpful.