Charles Vigneault had long dreamed of owning an ice rink, and he spent years planning to make that dream a reality.
His city of Boischatel, Quebec, didn’t have a rink, and residents had to drive to busy rinks in other cities, making it hard to get time on the ice. So Vigneault — a local businessman who is both a hockey player and a hockey dad — decided to fill that need for Boischatel, a city of about 6,500 residents near Quebec City.