Ice Crew | Seasonal Part-Time | Canada Life Place

Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end-to-end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the company serves a collection of seven world-class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents. 

We are hiring our Ice Crew for a seasonal part-time role. If you have a ‘can-do’ attitude, excellent skating abilities, a devotion to your craft, and a passion for sports, we want to hear from you. Ice Crew members are a diverse group of people who will serve as skaters for all home games and additional events throughout the 2026-2027 season.

This role pays an hourly rate of $17.60-$18.60 CAD

This is a seasonal role from August 18, 2026, and will end on June 1, 2027.

This position will remain open until September 18, 2026.

Ice Crew members are experienced skaters whose duties will include the following:

• Shovel ice during TV timeouts
• Work through a game day checklist
• Move/place hockey nets, drill holes
• Clearing ice of any debris
• Slushing ice
• Change out glass
• Push in retractable seating when required
• Act as an on-ice skate patrol for public skating events
• Engaging in fan activations during intermissions
• Other duties as assigned

• Strong ability to skate; hockey experience and/or knowledge is a plus
• Ability to mobilize quickly and for long durations
• Awareness and understanding of the rules of the OHL Hockey League (resources provided)
• Ability to work independently and as a productive member of a team
• Capable of working a flexible schedule and extended hours, including but not limited to working early mornings, nights, weekends and holidays in addition to traditional during business hours
• Must be able to work in a loud noise environment
• Strong communication skills 
• Proven ability to work well with all levels of management
• Strong work ethic and personal integrity
• Ability to lift heavy objects for short periods
• Basic arena refrigeration certificate and/or experience in ice resurfacer operationswould be considered an asset

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.