Olympic rink expected to be smaller than NHL: ‘Don’t know how that happened’
December 3, 2025
Olympic rink expected to be smaller than NHL: ‘Don’t know how that happened’
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Did they even design it or just played it by ear?
“Cut twice; measure… uh oh.”
They should just build a brand new rink for a tournament like this and get it exactly right… oh they did? Huh…
Too bad they tore down the Aud in Buffalo. Would have been a great training fascility.
Italians /s
They still got that Torino rink around? Might be a good alternative.
If you’ve ever worked with Italians you’d understand how this happened
There are thousands of Canadians who have built spec backyard rinks with great success. Round them up, give them a trip to Italy and get them to work. It’ll be done by Saturday night
Sometimes things shrink when it gets a little cold
Sh-rink-flation 🤪
So, the rink will be international length but nhl width?
Major clusterfuck. Is the rink even going to be ready in time? Just do the Olympic hockey in Montreal.
There is no way this thing is going to be ready by the start date.
As a F1 fan, let me tell you that I am not even surprised lol
Tom Wilson would run wild in a tiny rink
Just move the tournament to Switzerland already.
Ah yes, when you think Olympic-sized ice rinks you think *small*
The hockey will be held in the US and Canada. Zero shot the NHL will let them play in that rink/arena.
I hope this Olympics is not a disater. Maybe they can work something out with Switzerland and play the games there.
I’ve been looking forward to this since 2014, as I’m sure most of you have as well.
Mama Mia!
Someone pocketed a lot of money.
Get Don Cherry and the Lunch Pail AC to lace em back up. This will be like skating at the old Boston Garden!
Well that’s one way to generate more offense.
This makes me feel better about all the DIY projects I fuck up at home.
Interesting, a smaller rink usually hurts the faster teams.
27 comments
Did they even design it or just played it by ear?
“Cut twice; measure… uh oh.”
They should just build a brand new rink for a tournament like this and get it exactly right… oh they did? Huh…
Too bad they tore down the Aud in Buffalo. Would have been a great training fascility.
Italians /s
They still got that Torino rink around? Might be a good alternative.
If you’ve ever worked with Italians you’d understand how this happened
There are thousands of Canadians who have built spec backyard rinks with great success. Round them up, give them a trip to Italy and get them to work. It’ll be done by Saturday night
Sometimes things shrink when it gets a little cold
Sh-rink-flation 🤪
So, the rink will be international length but nhl width?
Major clusterfuck. Is the rink even going to be ready in time? Just do the Olympic hockey in Montreal.
There is no way this thing is going to be ready by the start date.
As a F1 fan, let me tell you that I am not even surprised lol
Tom Wilson would run wild in a tiny rink
Just move the tournament to Switzerland already.
Ah yes, when you think Olympic-sized ice rinks you think *small*
The hockey will be held in the US and Canada. Zero shot the NHL will let them play in that rink/arena.
I hope this Olympics is not a disater. Maybe they can work something out with Switzerland and play the games there.
I’ve been looking forward to this since 2014, as I’m sure most of you have as well.
Mama Mia!
Someone pocketed a lot of money.
Get Don Cherry and the Lunch Pail AC to lace em back up. This will be like skating at the old Boston Garden!
Well that’s one way to generate more offense.
This makes me feel better about all the DIY projects I fuck up at home.
Interesting, a smaller rink usually hurts the faster teams.
All they had to do was hire 3 uncs from Quebec.
I guess that makes Tom Wilson a lock.