The Curling Rink
Rouleau’s curling and skating rink was used for exterior shots in the first season episode “Face Off,” featuring the Dog River River Dogs hockey team, when Lacey’s intervention resulted in an unusual score at the team’s first game of the season. The interior scenes of the hockey game were filmed in a rink in Regina.
The curling rink was a popular location for the cast and crew to eat lunch, so perhaps that was the inspiration for the second season episode “Hurry Hard,” when Dog River had its yearly curling bonspiel, the Clavet Cup. In that episode, Karen was tasked with guarding the Clavet Cup, but unfortunately Lacey put it to use at The Ruby. That episode was filmed in 2004. Since “Corner Gas” was filmed in the summer, there was no ice in the rink, so interior filming for the curling scenes were shot in Regina, although exterior scenes were filmed here at Rouleau’s curling rink.
But production did film inside the building! The concession booth and kitchen area inside of the rink were used for town hall scenes in the first season. Both the curling rink and the seniors centre stood in for the Dog River Town Hall throughout the series.
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Did you know
- “Face Off” featured guest stars Jamie Hutchinson, Darren Dutchyshen and Jennifer Hedger.
- Hedger and Dutchyshen filmed their scenes in Toronto. Producer/Director David Storey and Brent Butt went to Toronto to shoot at the TSN studios, in the same building where they shot legendary Canadian news anchor Lloyd Robertson’s cameo for a later episode. While Storey and Butt were in Toronto, they also went down to the set of “Canadian Idol” and filmed the judges’ cameo for “Hook Line and Sinker” with Farley Flex, Jake Gold, Sass Jordan and Zach Werner. That was a guest-rich episode, it also featured an appearance by Canadian journalist and Saskatchewan Senator Pamela Wallin.
- Briar Champions and Alberta curlers Randy Ferbey and David Nedohin made a guest appearance in “Hurry Hard.” Their scene was filmed in the rink in Regina where the interior scenes for that episode were shot.
- The original arena was destroyed by a tornado in 1945 and was rebuilt in 1949.