Perhaps Wednesday night:
http://snyrangersblog.com/2014-15/p...rangersislanders-could-be-moved-to-wednesday/
The Knicks game has been canceled for tonight. Nets game was also canceled.
You got that right.
Perhaps Wednesday night:
http://snyrangersblog.com/2014-15/p...rangersislanders-could-be-moved-to-wednesday/
The Islanders played last year in a snowstorm and their attitude was "If the players can make it then we will play". The game was against the Blackhawks which have been a decent draw the last few years. The team then gave out vouchers for select games later in the season. This has been a Mickey Mouse Organization for the past 20 years so I will be interested in seeing what they do.
Wednesday seems unlikely to me, too.
The Coliseum is about 15-20 minutes drive from my house. It's in Uniondale. The snow is supposed to go through tomorrow night until about midnight, last I read. If you look at the hourly, the snow today changes to freezing rain tonight around 1. That lasts 3-4 hours. That's ice. More snow falls all day tomorrow. The ice will be compounded. The roads, even when cleaned somewhat, will be unsafe all across LI. Even then, I can't exactly say with confidence that the Nassau county tax payers budget for road cleaning will go to Uniondale first... or even in a timely manner. I went during a blizzard to the Coliseum last year. The Isles were playing the Blackhawks. I got the tix for free. The roads from Hempstead into Uniondale and vice versa were horrific. No clean up. Once I got out of Hempstead, cleaning trucks all over.
Hofstra is 2 blocks from there. College students walking and driving around. Many people who drive to the Coliseum have to drive through the main road of Hofstra. I'm sure there will be pressure from school administrators to try and postpone the game until the conditions are even safer than they will be on Wednesday. There will probably be pressure from the county, too. Even if they clean the area around the coliseum, it'll be unsafe most areas around.
Wednesday seems unlikely to me unless a lot of the ice melts. Could happen. I just don't think it's likely.
There are so many logistics involved that it will be difficult to find a date. CBA does not permit playing three consecutive night, If you discount tomorrow and Wed, Isles will be playing 36 games in final 72 days and Rangers playing 38 in 72 days.
I looked at both schedules side to side and found only one other date the rest of the way where one team or another would not be playing 3 nights in a row and that is Thursday March 19. That would give the Rangers 4 in 5 nights which is brutal, so I am sure they'd prefer playing Wednesday, so I am assuming they'll shoot for Wednesday with March 19th as contingency in case it isnt doable.
Any forecast updates?
Yup, I was there. Free hotdogs and drinks all game. Redeem your ticket stub for vouchers for another game, even if you went.
Roads were awful. Hazard. I have a SUV. It's really good on snow. Going 10 mph, it drifted 3 lanes and nearly into oncoming traffic. Uniondale and Hempstead roads were WOAT.
I didn't have that problem in neighboring towns.
Are studded tires road legal in NY?
Stay safe everyone!
I'll be at work,