WELCOME TO SALMON HOCKEY

What you see above, it doesn’t get any better than this.  The signage stenciled above the bench area of the Salmon Hockey Rink may be a bit unpolished, but the message is sincere.  We have grown from a bit of frozen ground in the park, then a 2/3rds size hockey  rink at the high school and now to a full size, full service hockey facility on four acres that is complimented by a 25,000 square foot recreational skating area complete with bonfire to be used free of charge by all.  The only thing missing is a roof and four walls, and truthfully, we aren’t sure we want that part to change.  All you have to do is get here, want to have fun and bring your skates.  The Salmon Hockey owns the ice and we have plenty of inexpensive ice time.  Our youth house rec hockey program goes from Mites through Midgets/High School plus a U19 Girls team and we are the home of the Idaho Mites Winter Games which happens generally during the month of February.  Our adult program consists of a “strictly for fun” group and a competitive group which hosts an annual tournament.  Our motto is “A kid on ice is a kid out of hot water”.  The Salmon Hockey Association is a volunteer based group committed to bringing the joy of skating to the children in the Salmon area and their families.  We strive to provide a quality ice hockey facility, safe recreational skating and an instructional and competitive hockey program.  Located at the confluence of the Lemhi and Salmon Rivers, Salmon is known as the Gateway to the River of No Return Wilderness and also as the Whitewater Capitol of the World.  Salmon and Lemhi County are important points on the Lewis and Clark Trail.  When you think hockey, we invite you all to consider Salmon Hockey.  We are use to traveling being approximately 140 to 170 miles from the nearest other hockey venues being Sun Valley, ID, Idaho Falls, ID and Missoula, MT and enjoy exploring new ice while making new acquaintances.  All we ask for you to skate our ice too.  Come and enjoy hockey at its grassroots, outdoors in the crisp winter air, we think you’ll be hooked.  It truly doesn’t get any better than this.

Shelley Mattson,  President