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The dark color of the Santagiulia rink boards is affecting players’ ability to see the puck. Bruce Bennett \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
Feb. 16, 2026Updated 5:56 pm EST<\/p>\n
MILAN \u2013 After player feedback and feedback from the NHL, the banners at Milano\u2019s Santagiulia Arena are expected to be changed to a lighter color, multiple NHL sources confirmed Monday night. ESPN\u2019s Emily Kaplan was the first to report.<\/p>\n
The new banners are expected to be pasted on in time for the men\u2019s hockey qualification round Tuesday, the league sources say. Arena staff began removing the current banners immediately following Monday night\u2019s women\u2019s hockey semifinal between Canada and Switzerland<\/p>\n
The banners were going to be changed all along due to wear and tear, but players and NHL officials have pointed out to the IOC how problematic the darker green color specifically in different areas of the boards could be problematic for sight when it comes to finding a black puck.<\/p>\n
In the U.S.-Denmark game, United States goalie Jeremy Swayman said he couldn\u2019t see a puck coming at him fired from near the Denmark bench.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a flash screen and it was just the perfect height right between the stands and board level, and I truly lost it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The CBC and NBC broadcast crews wondered aloud during the telecast whether Swayman lost the puck because of the color of the boards in the vicinity of where the puck was shot.<\/p>\n
To Swayman\u2019s credit, he didn\u2019t use it as an excuse, joking after the game that he was colorblind, so it didn\u2019t matter to him anyway.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something all of us always have to face and we play in different arenas every night in the NHL, so this is just one, another one, and it\u2019s a challenge that we have to embrace,\u201d Swayman said.<\/p>\n
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