Your last sentence "maintaining a rink requires a lot of energy" made me think.

Wouldn't it be ironic if the non-traditional hockey market sun states with year round 365 sun used solar for their rinks and came out of this mess better than the cold dark traditional Northern rinks?

#1 hockey is expensive.
#2 all politicians are in it for themselves. If you think either side cares about you or the country, you are sadly mistaken.