Did you know that professional hockey teams freeze their game pucks?

The pucks are made of rubber and frozen to help them glide easily along the ice. When a puck starts getting warm (above 30˚ F) because of inside arena temperatures and the friction of the ice, it will start to bounce — just like rubber would!  This makes it hard for players to accurately control, pass and shoot during the game.

To solve this problem PPG worked in collaboration with LCR Hallcrest testing a solution to this problem

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