BRRRR!

I’m watching the game and except for the legnthy delay to fix the ice I think that’s it’s pretty sweet so far. I could do without all the fellatio being perfromed on Crosby for bouncing a puck onhis stick a few times and making a shitty pass, though.

I say next year Blues-Blackhawks at Wrigley Field on the Day after Christmas.

That game was boring. Since they’d been preparing forever, it was pretty sad to see that the ice broke all the time, causing delays that just took forever and ever…

as much as i like the idea, id have to agree the execution of such a game for a real 2 points (or three) is something not to be repeated.

Manbones wrote:

I say next year Blues-Blackhawks at Wrigley Field on the Day after Christmas.

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To Hell with “Insert Corporate Name Here Ballpark at Wrigleyville.”

The idea of Blues-Hawks playing the outdoor game next year is a great one, but the game absolutely has to be played in Soldier Field… not that stale-urine-smelling little pigsty in which the Completely Useless By September play.

To the above end, I believe that Game Time should be in the forefront of pushing for the next outdoor game to be Blues-Hawks on December 26, 2008, at Soldier Field.

I’ll be glad to start pushing the idea in my “Tomorrow’s Blues” column. Maybe we should do a Blue In The Face about it; write a group letter to Bettman or whoever is in charge of making such decisions at the NHL offices; start posting it on the front page of this website every week.

Whatever It Takes…

B.

Thought the game was great, except for the stoppages to repair the ice. It reminded me a lot of the old days playing in outdoor or barely-enclosed rinks. Once in Granite City, we had to stop mid-period to have both teams skate in circles to clear the crazy dense fog..

And, as soon as this game ended, the first thing I thought of was, man, we should have Blues-Hawks next year.

You are right Prospect Dept., they were talking about Fenway so I was just thinking about baseball stadiums. But Soldier Field would be much more appropriate. And it would hold more people so I could get a ticket easier.

pdub, I remember a Stanley Cup Game where they had to skate in circles and wave towels to clear the fog. In Buffalo, no less.

GG: You’ve gotta be kidding, right?

they had to cancel a 3-3 stanley cup final game too. and rescheduale it at an extra game 7 (which wasn’t needed) I always wonder who scored those 6 erased goals though..

pdub: Nope. 1974-1975 Stanley Cup Finals, Philadelphia vs. Buffalo. I think it was game 3, but the fog also returned in 4. Warm outside, no air conditioning/ventilation in the War Memorial Auditorium.

I’ll go search the web for some archives. This is from
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/features/si_stanley_cup/70s/#1974

 THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE FOGGIEST IN THE FINALS

[Ed. Note: Excerpts follow from SI’s coverage of 1975 finals games that might not have been played but for a “revolutionary” form of fog removal.]

By Mark Mulvoy

“I wouldn’t take my boat out in these conditions,” said Philadelphia Goaltender Bernie Parent last week after the stifling heat and oppressive humidity in Buffalo — a city which has not yet discovered air conditioning — forced the Flyers and the Sabres to play two Stanley Cup games in a fog that would have kept America’s Cup yachts in port …

When the fog returned during Thursday’s game, which Buffalo won 4-2 to tie the championship series at two games apiece, the Sabre management unveiled a revolutionary new system for fog control; they had five teams of arena attendants, each armed with a bedsheet, skate around the ice and wave off the fog voodoo-style. “When are the Martians landing?” Parent asked. Back in their air-conditioned Spectrum Sunday afternoon, Philadelphia celebrated the unlimited visibility with a 5-1 win to take a 3-2 lead in the series.