Nerowoy nora tolad
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Im starting this thread to detail the ways in which the vintage rinks of the NHL, usually those of the MLG, Forum, Chicago Stadium, Era and earlier differed from the standard NHL rink and discussion of the impacts of those quirks. Some of these are well known, such as the compressed surfaces of the Boston Garden, Buffalo Auditorium, and Chicago Stadium.
One example that Ive never heard discussed is the ice surface of the Montreal Forum, which has always appeared to me to have been slightly bigger than modern NHL rinks. Specifically, the corners of the rink seem much smaller than current NHL standard (ie if you drew a circle including the curve of the corner boards, the one drawn by the Forum boards would be much smaller than that of the equivalent boards at the Bell Centre)
For comparison, the Forum Ice and the Bell Centre:
The Forum Ice appears to have a shape very close to a rectangle when compared to its replacement. Note how the curve of the glass in the Bell Centre heading towards centre ice appears to fully straighten at about the hashmarks, whereas the Forums boards did the same thing almost at the bottom of the circles.
Discuss
One example that Ive never heard discussed is the ice surface of the Montreal Forum, which has always appeared to me to have been slightly bigger than modern NHL rinks. Specifically, the corners of the rink seem much smaller than current NHL standard (ie if you drew a circle including the curve of the corner boards, the one drawn by the Forum boards would be much smaller than that of the equivalent boards at the Bell Centre)
For comparison, the Forum Ice and the Bell Centre:
The Forum Ice appears to have a shape very close to a rectangle when compared to its replacement. Note how the curve of the glass in the Bell Centre heading towards centre ice appears to fully straighten at about the hashmarks, whereas the Forums boards did the same thing almost at the bottom of the circles.
Discuss
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