TIM HICKMAN MEMORIAL FUND

Tim's passion for playing hockey led him to his part-time job with the City of London, Ontario at Silverwoods Arena. This part-time job gave Tim the chance to combine his love of sports with his interest in working with people, while allowing him to pay for his college tuition, car loan on his new jeep and his interests with sports and his friends... On March 23, 1996, Tim was working alone as the ice-resurfacing machine operator. Tim was filling the wash water tank of the gas powered ice resurfacing machine with hot water. He left the room and returned to find the room filled with steam and vapours. Gasoline in the tank on the ice resurfacing machine located next to the wash water tank overheated and vapours made a path to the nearby natural gas hot water heaters, where they ignited. Tim was caught in an explosion. He was engulfed in flames. The explosion caused the doors of the room to blow onto the ice along with flames and smoke. He ran to alert players and to clear the arena.....

Primary location: London