TSN: Changing the ice surface size

[daleand]

This is Brian Burke pushing for this. Guess what? Calgary is pushing for a new arena at this time. Also they want public money to pay for a good part of it.

 

[Strange Universe]

This is Brian Burke pushing for this. Guess what? Calgary is pushing for a new arena at this time. Also they want public money to pay for a good part of it.

Bettman is the one putting the pressure for the new arena.....
He is such a weasel and seems to think he is always above every one else....
I would love to step all over his little body with my cowboy boots on...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...of-the-napkin-arena-proposal/article28139449/

 

[BigGoalBrad]

No way does the NHL go to a wider surface as it would mean removal of some high price seats.

Glass seats would be much better as would the first few rows if people's feets were where the boards turn into plexiglass.

The Garden is way too shallow in the lower bowl the first 7-8 rows are effectively obstructed.


5 rows of good seats > 8 rows of obstructed ones.


I would only sit in rows 3-6 behind the goal at the Garden I wouldn't want those seats on the sides but somewhere like Centre Bell which is steep gets good literally the 4th or 5th row.


2 rows of seats would add about 8 feet of ice and I think it would be worth it.


Im a PC fan in college and Schneider Arena where they play is undersized like the old Garden and the team is fantastic and watching them play road games this weekend I noticed right away that the extra room made the team a lot better than they were at home and the undersized home sheet probably hurts them.

 

[Fenway]

This was written in 1987

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...1_hard-checks-and-fights-bigger-rink-nhl-fans

Mark Messier says the evolution of National Hockey League players has rendered the league`s rinks obsolete.

``The NHL doesn`t have any choice but to go to a bigger ice surface, and I feel the sooner the better,`` the Edmonton Oilers center said. ``The game is just too fast now, and the players are too big.

``It`s like a pinball game out there. You`d see a lot better hockey on a bigger rink, and the fans would enjoy it more. There would be more of the skill-control game. Players are getting hurt too often on the small ice surface.``

 

[JRull86]

Not in favor of the Olympic size surface whatsoever.