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ice that is covered with ice particles skinned off the surface by the players' skates, the effect being to impede movement thus slowing down the game.
Slow ice also refers to ice that is not frozen as hard as it might be as a result of defective freezing apparatus or because the surroundings are at too high a temperature, as is often the case late in the spring.