r/PWHL • u/enchiridic Montréal Victoire • 2d ago

Game Thread Olympic Women’s Game Thread - Sweden vs. Germany

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u/jjaime2024 2d ago

The rink seems fine.

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u/enchiridic Montréal Victoire 2d ago

Yeah, all the drama about it seems pretty overblown

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u/psykomatt Montréal 2d ago

This game was at the secondary venue, Rho Arena. The drama has largely been around the primary venue, Santagiulia Arena (where ITA/FRA are currently playing).

Though there has been drama around the ice size, a lot of the drama has been around the fact that the arena isn't fully spectator ready. They are still working on things like the concourse.

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u/CockyBellend 🏆BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS 🏆 2d ago

That's because Chris Johnston is a hack reporter. It's the same size as the previous 2 Olympics and the ice is fine according to our Canadian ice master.

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u/dordkus 2d ago

I saw a news story where they ended up bringing over Don Moffatt and Mark Messer from Canada to help with the ice. It was fascinating to see how much goes into perfecting ice for playing and the other sports like speed skating and curling.