This year Al Kayhall decided it would be hilarious to fill the rink with actual trees. Over night he worked with a local nursery to move over four hundred trees into the rink. It took hours to move them all in, and they covered every inch of the ice. Unfortunately this is when he encountered an issue that he hadn't thought about. He would need to provide light for all the trees, and some warmth or they would die. The owner of the nursery was quite adamant about that. So Al went and equipped heaters around the rink and turned on every light in the rink. Slowly the ice started to melt and panicked Al went and cranked up the thermostat to cool the ice. The energy output of the rink tripled in the span of a couple hours. People noticed multiple plants going inside the rink and they called the police to inform them of a potential illegal grow operation. The police examined the energy use occuring in the rink, agreed with the reports of suspicious activity and stormed the rink. Al spent the rest of the night at the police station answering questions and the Maine Timber reported for practice on the 1st to discover no ice and hundreds of trees.