League denies Isles request to cancel game

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and they end up beating the Habs 4-1 in front of 3,136 souls that braved the snow and cold tonight.

 

[loki604]

Good for those 3,136.

 

[SLY]

lol

 

[puckhead]

I remember going to a Canucks - Habs game about 20 years ago in a blizzard.
there was about 5,000 people there for that sold-out game.
I got to the rink about 5 hours early, hunkered down in the the bar across the street.

Habs probably kicked our asses, though.

 

[mbhhofr]

Well, it was a snow storm in Toronto that worked for me. Vern Buffey was supposed to referee a Saturday afternoon game in Minnesota between the Hawks and North Stars. Instead of leaving the day before, he tried to leave Saturday morning but all flights out of Toronto were canceled. I was the emergency replacement linesman in Minnesota and I also had season tickets for the North Stars. They tried to call me at home but I wasn't there when they called. I got to the rink and the two Linesmen who were to work the game told me to get my equipment because I was going to work. I had worked a college game the night before and my equipment was at home, not in my car trunk, drying out. I only lived ten minutes from the rink so I drove home and got it. When I got back to the rink the game had started with one of the Linesmen taking over as the referee. I got dressed and went down the corridor to the ice. I waited for the next stoppage in play. They were about five minutes into the game. No time for any game preparation or skating around the ice to warm up. I stepped onto the ice with everyone watching me, met with the other two officials and went to work.

I got to live my dream because of a snow storm.

 

[SLY]

Well, it was a snow storm in Toronto that worked for me. Vern Buffey was supposed to referee a Saturday afternoon game in Minnesota between the Hawks and North Stars. Instead of leaving the day before, he tried to leave Saturday morning but all flights out of Toronto were canceled. I was the emergency replacement linesman in Minnesota and I also had season tickets for the North Stars. They tried to call me at home but I wasn't there when they called. I got to the rink and the two Linesmen who were to work the game told me to get my equipment because I was going to work. I had worked a college game the night before and my equipment was at home, not in my car trunk, drying out. I only lived ten minutes from the rink so I drove home and got it. When I got back to the rink the game had started with one of the Linesmen taking over as the referee. I got dressed and went down the corridor to the ice. I waited for the next stoppage in play. They were about five minutes into the game. No time for any game preparation or skating around the ice to warm up. I stepped onto the ice with everyone watching me, met with the other two officials and went to work.

I got to live my dream because of a snow storm.

That's awesome.

 

[makeshiftb0y]

The Islanders had a home game against Habs last year during a blizzard too. I went with some friends who are Islander fans, and there were probably about the same amount of people there, about 90% of which were Canadian fans. Isles lost 5-0.

 

[Automattic]

Why no talk of the 2,500 to 3,000 that watched the Leafs play the Devils? (they announced a little over 5,000, but didn't appear to be the case.)

 

[TiLoBrown]

Why no talk of the 2,500 to 3,000 that watched the Leafs play the Devils? (they announced a little over 5,000, but didn't appear to be the case.)

You answered your own question my friend

 

[Automattic]

You answered your own question my friend

 

[Comeds]

and they end up beating the Habs 4-1 in front of 3,136 souls that braved the snow and cold tonight.

A large amount of them Habs fans too. From some angles in the arena you all you could see were fans dressed in red. And for their bravery, time, and effort in traveling to get there they got to see a Habs team that looked like it was half asleep.