Shinny, skating, and pickup hockey outdoors in Lougheed, with MCSnet keeping the rink connected all winter.
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The Lougheed Outdoor Rink is the village’s open-air skating spot, the flooded and boarded sheet of ice that small Alberta towns maintain each winter for pickup hockey, shinny, and skating alongside the village’s field house and curling club. It gives kids and families a free place to skate outdoors on a winter evening without booking indoor ice time. Lougheed’s recreation area also has ball diamonds and a playground that fill up the rest of the year.
MCSnet sponsors a free public Wi-Fi hotspot at the rink, so parents watching from the boards or players catching their breath between shifts can get online without relying on cell signal, which can be thin on the edge of a small village like Lougheed. It is one of several MCSnet hotspots around Lougheed, alongside the Lougheed Curling Club, the C.J. Kinross VC Royal Canadian Legion Branch 180, and the Senior Citizens Welcome Club, all sharing the same network name and password.
Use these steps to connect at Lougheed Outdoor Rink. The network name and password are the same at every MCSnet sponsored hotspot.
No MCSnet home internet subscription is needed. Access to the building follows the venue’s opening hours and visitor policies.
Can’t see the network? Check that Wi-Fi is turned on and ask venue staff where the hotspot is available.
An outdoor rink pulls families out of the house on winter evenings, and a free, encrypted Wi-Fi connection means a parent keeping an eye on the kids from the boards can still answer a message or check in at home instead of standing there with no signal at all.
MCSnet sponsors this hotspot as part of its community partnership program across rural Alberta. See every free Wi-Fi hotspot in Lougheed, the full hotspot directory, or read about home internet in Lougheed.
Yes. MCSnet sponsors a free public Wi-Fi hotspot at the Lougheed Outdoor Rink. Connect to the network MCSNET FREE with the password shown on this page. There is no sign-in page.
MCSnet also sponsors hotspots at the Lougheed Curling Club, the C.J. Kinross VC Royal Canadian Legion Branch 180, and the Senior Citizens Welcome Club. All four use the same network name and password.
No. The hotspot is open to anyone at the rink, whether or not you use MCSnet at home.
MCSnet is the rural provider behind the free Wi-Fi in Lougheed. Enter your home address to see available internet services, speeds, and current pricing, then get started with signup.
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