01-01-2021, 07:34 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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NHL planning 2 outdoor games at Lake Tahoe in February
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...e-2021-season/
per Friedman the games would be Col-Vgk and Phi-Bos
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According to multiple sources, the NHL is beginning its Mystery, Alaska experiment, with four teams as part of a unique two-game, two-day “Outdoor Weekend” showcase at Lake Tahoe. Edgewood Tahoe Resort, home of the popular celebrity golf tournament, is hosting these games, which will be played around the 16th, 17th and 18th holes.
It sounds dynamite, and I’m curious to see it. (Although, it feels wrong that Joe Pavelski will not be playing. He finished third at the 2018 golf event.)
The NHL, searching for something different in a season where fan involvement will be extremely limited, scouted several locations for a scenic event. Right after the Edmonton bubble, there was a trip to Lake Louise, AB — but signage limits on government property nixed that. Another option was Park City, Utah.
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01-01-2021, 07:55 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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That would be really neat. I know it's a novelty, but it would be nice to have a weeks worth of games for multiple teams in such a place.
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01-01-2021, 08:01 AM
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It’s very pretty there. But to actually play on a lake in the Canadian Rockies would have been incredible.
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01-01-2021, 08:37 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
It’s very pretty there. But to actually play on a lake in the Canadian Rockies would have been incredible.
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Agreed on the optics of playing in the rockies, but there is zero chance it would be played on the lake itself.
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01-01-2021, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by transplant99
Agreed on the optics of playing in the rockies, but there is zero chance it would be played on the lake itself.
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People have been playing hockey on lakes for a long time.
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01-01-2021, 09:35 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
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Lake Tahoe does not really freeze over, so this would be at some constructed outdoor arena?
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01-01-2021, 09:43 AM
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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This would be the Knights' first outdoor game, leaving just five teams which have never played outdoors:
Arizona
Tampa Bay
Florida
Carolina
Columbus
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01-01-2021, 10:26 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by troutman
Lake Tahoe does not really freeze over, so this would be at some constructed outdoor arena?
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The league has complete rinks at its disposal. Everything from the boards and glass to the ice plant. I believe its 3 of them they have access to at any time.
Same ones you see in the middle of football stadiums and baseball parks.
Same thing you would have seen in Louise had they gone there.
The technology on this stuff is amazing apparently.....just from hearing about it from a guy who knows.
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01-01-2021, 11:34 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Nothing would've beat Louise. Too bad their signage needs trump the prospect of one of the coolest events ever put to ice.
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01-01-2021, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by troutman
Lake Tahoe does not really freeze over, so this would be at some constructed outdoor arena?
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Yeah I guess it’s on the golf course property for the Edgewood Tahoe resort, not far from Heavenly.
As you say that lake doesn’t freeze over.
No fans so they have a lot smaller footprint required.
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01-01-2021, 01:37 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
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Lake Tahoe is 1,000 ft higher altitude than Denver.
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01-01-2021, 02:06 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Calgary
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not that Lake Louise really needs the help per say, but I've already looked up this Edgewood Tahoe resort and I wouldn't be shocked to find out a bunch of other hockey fans have as well.
A real missed opportunity for Alberta's Tourism sector in my honest opinion.
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01-01-2021, 09:16 PM
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^ I believe that almost everything in lake Louise is controlled by the carpetbaggers in Ottawa
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01-03-2021, 02:41 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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I wonder if they considered the Kananaskis Lakes or Village area, since it would've been Alberta government territory, rather than federal land.
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01-03-2021, 03:22 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
It’s very pretty there. But to actually play on a lake in the Canadian Rockies would have been incredible.
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Agreed. We go to Tahoe very frequently in winter and summer. It’s pretty and is a ton of fun with kids (I’m up here right now). An outdoor game here will be cool. But it is NOTHING compared to what could have been in Lake Louise.
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01-03-2021, 03:28 PM
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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You guys who think they would have played directly on the frozen lake have seen the pressure cracks on lakes right? No team is letting $80 million worth of breakable assets fly around on ice with cracks in it. Cool in a painting, dream, or movie. But not happening.
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01-03-2021, 03:28 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by troutman
Lake Tahoe does not really freeze over, so this would be at some constructed outdoor arena?
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lol
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01-12-2021, 03:01 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
You guys who think they would have played directly on the frozen lake have seen the pressure cracks on lakes right? No team is letting $80 million worth of breakable assets fly around on ice with cracks in it. Cool in a painting, dream, or movie. But not happening.
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This is funny:
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Here’s @andreburakovsky crushing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare’s dreams and telling him that February’s Lake Tahoe game will not be played on the lake.
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1349098440605782022
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01-12-2021, 08:13 PM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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02-18-2021, 03:04 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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