Im going to post this here because if you search hockey this is the most relevant discussion that comes up.
There is a tonne of shinny to be had in Hamilton, most of it for 5 bucks. The quad pads on the mountain offer shinny usually 3 times a day at 9am 1ish and 11pmish however the quad pads are pretty much as far as you can get from mac in Hamilton.
There is the Chedoke Twin Pads Shinny twice a day usually 930am and 1230pm its 575 and there is ok attendance if you dont really want to play a game but just work out this is the spot.
There is Coronation which is pretyy close to mac I have never been there mostly because I figure it would be packed with puck hog kids fresh off of being cut from their OHL teams.
Here the links
Quad Pads
http://www.mohawk4icecentre. ca/shinny.cfm
Chedoke
http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/...blicSkate.html
Coronation the closest to Mac
http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/...blicSkate.html
Hope to see some guys out there