THE Mook Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Friends Busted For Fire Hydrant Backyard Ice Hockey Rink It sounds like a Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy: Best friends decide to make a backyard ice hockey rink, end up stealing water from a school fire hydrant and get nabbed by cops. Only this isn't some Hollywood production, it's reality! Police caught two buddies illegally using water from a fire hydrant in order to make a really cool backyard ice rink. Tony Nelin and Timmy Ryan, each 20 and from the suburbs outside Chicago, thought it would be "productive" to have the ice rink over the frigid winter months in Tinley Park. One of the kid's parents signed off on building the backyard rink for $350. The innovative youngsters, along with a couple of other friends, began filling it with water from a garden hose last week. After close to four hours, they decided it was going be too expensive. The friends borrowed 250 feet of fire hose from a relative who works for the fire department to finish the rink framed with lumber. The homemade frozen pond even includes a penalty box, according to the Chicago Tribune. ThePostGame brings you the most interesting sports stories on the web. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to read them first! These puck lovers would have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for a meddling school janitor. The custodian at Tinley Park High School discovered the fire hose connected to a running fire hydrant on school property and called police. Officers used expert detective skills, following the hose through a wooded area and right to the 91' by 43' partially frozen backyard ice rink. Nelin and Ryan were given citations for tampering with a school fire hydrant. With a court date next month, they're expected to have to pay for the water. Both accused water thieves didn't think it was a big deal. "I really just thought it was water," Nelin said. "I didn't think it was this big of a problem." The Chicago Tribune reports they used an estimated 26,000 gallons. That's a lot, but in the end the expected bill for the water will be close to $130 dollars. The good news is that they will be able to keep the backyard rink because it was built on private property, and therefore it doesn't need a special building permit. The four friends plan to split the expected fine and water fee. Source: Friends Busted For Fire Hydrant Backyard Ice Hockey Rink | ThePostGame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 HAHA! Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70'sChevyGirl Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Heck, if you lived in Detroit you could get away with stealing the water. They open the hydrants in the summer when its really hot and the neighborHOOD plays in it. I am not so sure they play hockey in the HOOD though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipolley Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 My Dad would do that for us in the winter in his backyard. Good times. Glad to hear these kids won't get into too much trouble. Not bad for a total investment of $440. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChargerMatt Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 And health officials wonder why the youth of today is sitting behind an Xbox 360 screen instead of being outside. /facepalm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 It's great that the kids are outside doing something athletic and probably getting a lot of people in the community involved to play and all. Too bad they innocently ran afoul of the law; I bet if they had just asked the fire department or some level-headed member on the city council they could have gotten official permission to do it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koebot Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Nice! I'll have to pay these guys a visit with my ice skates. I'm in that area often. Heck' date=' if you lived in Detroit you could get away with stealing the water. They open the hydrants in the summer when its really hot and the neighborHOOD plays in it. I am not so sure they play hockey in the HOOD though. [/quote'] When I was younger, they'd do that around here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Way way back in the day (1930's-40's) my grandfather would block off the creek running through the west 40 to make a skating rink for my mom, aunts and uncle. Of course nowadays he'd get citations or fines from the EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubrunner Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 .....Officers used expert detective skills, following the hose through a wooded area and right to the 91' by 43' partially frozen backyard ice rink..... Sarcasm at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug123 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 They used to do that every winter when I lived in Quakertown, PA. They had an area made specifically for this. You could go out there and just skate for free, had lights and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ryan Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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