Posted on 02/20/2021 5:58:21 AM PST by airborne
You have to see it to believe it.
Peter DeBoer said those words after the Vegas Golden Knights coach put the team through a fun, spirited pregame practice Friday on the NHL's makeshift rink built atop the 18th fairway at Edgewood Tahoe Resort, a slap shot away from Lake Tahoe with the Sierra Nevada in the distance.
"I think the pictures, as beautiful as they are, don't do it justice," DeBoer said. "I grew up in Canada and I know anywhere in the Northeast of the United States or Minnesota, anywhere they can build outdoor rinks, there's always a competition on the street of whose dad can build a better rink.
Every year you come back, and someone adds lights or a scoreboard. This is a drop the mic-type outdoor rink. It's the nicest I've ever seen."
Yes but there’s only so much that they can do. The ice surface is still gonna be choppy and slushy from the sun.
I have a hockey ping list but too many people asked me not to ping them.
So instead of chopping up the list I left it intact and stopped using it for awhile.
Looks like it is rapidly turning into a slush rink.
By the 3rd period they may be running around with shoes rather than skates.
Looks like they’re stopping the game because of the horrible ice conditions.
They haven’t said when they will restart but I’m hoping tonight after the sun goes down.
Tomorrow’s game of Flyers and Bruins is rescheduled to 7 pm instead of 3 pm.
They are going to pick up the game a 9:00 pm local time — midnight ET.
Works for me. Nap time!
Thanks. However I will wait to until the Fall 2021 when I hope they play a “Regular Season” Schedule.
I’m looking forward to Spring Ball with the Tigers soon. 👍
Penguins are done.
I don’t care for this format. Play your own division
I agree. They wanted something on ice so they got paid by the TV contract.
Hindsight being 20/20 can you imagine we protected Fleury and left Malkin unprotected? Maybe another Cup...
Letang plays half the game but isn’t the player he used to be. Big salary cap hit too.
Guess we will find out if Hextall is a good GM or a famous name on the door.
COL vs. Tampa would be a likely Final.
As a not-serious hockey fan, I’d like to see a few COL games
If you build it, they will come.
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We’ve resuscitated this thread
Colorado looks like the team to beat.
Nate MacKinnon is the best player in hockey right now, IMHO.
Tampa and Carolina will be a great series to watch. Can’t imagine Boston or New York beating either.
Hockey outside is cool, they should do it more often.
I gotta see Lake Tahoe some day, big fan of it from “Bonanza”.
I can’t believe Montreal won
Hockey is strange
Goaltending matters so much more in the playoffs.
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