I will laugh out loud at any assertion that someone may not see a skating rink as a "high risk area." If someone has such future prediction skills, a concealed handgun is certainly not needed, just avoid every threat and every high risk area.

In other words, it's nonsense to change carry practice due to perceived theat level.

Myself, we do the ice skating thing and I choose to leave mine in the car for that. I HATE leaving it in the car, but my skills on skates are average at best. I can skate for two hours and have fun and never fall UNTIL a rogue 12-yr old crashes in to me and then we are all headed to the ice in a heap.