Staging any outdoor NHL game is a challenge because you never know what kind of conditions Mother Nature is going to throw at you. The 2023 Winter Classic is shaping up to be an interesting event from a weather perspective.
"We know the weather that is coming, we know that we'll be in the 50s, so we can plan ahead and can get that sheet a little bit colder and we can make adjustments throughout the evening and throughout the day right through game time."Rain on Saturday presented a challenge for the crews working on the ice, but everything ran smoothly for Sunday's practices and family skates.
"We'll cover the sheet tonight and then we'll watch what weather we're going to get tonight," King said."We'll keep it covered right up until the very last minute. We have that plan in place to uncover really close to warmup, and we'll see what Mother Nature throws at us tomorrow." Even though many of these players have plenty of experience playing outdoors, either as kids or at the NHL level, these types of games are still a little unpredictable in regards to the conditions."You just have to keep it simple," Bruins forwardsaid."Try to keep pucks away from the top of the blue line, keep it in deep as much as you can and play straightforward hockey. The more passes you try to make, there's a good chance it's going to blow up on you at some point.
Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery liked what he saw from the ice Sunday and is optimistic about the conditions Monday. "I thought the rink was great," Montgomery said after practice."The ice -- we were the first people to skate on it. It was good today. It's only going to get better. It's going to be an opportunity to put in a good performance and show off our league."
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