NHL to experiment with blue ice...

[Der Kommissar 0]

TSN article

 

The Buffalo Sabres announced Thursday that they have installed a light blue ice surface at HSBC Arena for two American Hockey League games being played by their AHL affiliate Rochester Americans. 

 

Second article

 

I think it looks fascinating anyway. I am not really enthused about the orange blue lines, but it is nice to see that the NHL at least appear to making an effort to improve the game post-lockout.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

How does blue ice and orange lines improve the game of hockey?

 

"Ohh..look..the ice is BLUE!"

 

*changes channel*

[CanadianChris 0]

Hey, someone thought glowing pucks was the answer, once.

[treble 0]

Parts of the ice were blue in Lake Placid in 1980.

[The Czech Republic 0]

It's already sort of bluish-white, the ice. I call it "ice blue."

 

Bettman wanted to paint the ice beige with the ice behind the goals painted in the color of the team with the team names written on them but someone stopped him

[Brush with Greatness 0]

That shade of blue isn't actually bad. And most ice is white. But I still don't see, in experimenting with that why they couldn't still use the blue and red lines. Those orange lines looked ugly.

[Lightning Flik 0]

Interesting concept to have different ice colours, and I can't honestly say that the light blue is a bad concept. That orange however would take time to getting used to.

[treble 0]

Yeah, I don't really have a problem with light blue ice, but the orange blue lines and blue red line idea is just retarded.

[Lightning Flik 0]

Would you prefer the following colours to orange then:

 

Pink

Green

Yellow

Silver

 

Because those would be your only options for new zone lines. As for the centre line being a dark blue, that's just stupid.

[treble 0]

Yeah, why change the blue lines if you're still going to have a big blue line out there? Keep the line colours the way they are, they're not the reason that people don't watch the games.

[Damaramu 0]

Are they doing this so you can see the puck better?

[Lightning Flik 0]

Pretty much Dama. And we'll have to wait on the verdict from the AHL team in Buffalo to find out if its a success or not.

 

Although, I would die laughing if some team used neon pink for their ice rink. That would be hilarious. Although, the only two teams I can think of using neon pink are Hurricanes or Coyotes.

[RepoMan 0]

This is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. Is a casual fan who been truned off from the NHL by Bettman's dumbassery going to come back next year because the ice is a different color?

 

The Sabres need to go back to the classic blue and gold and drop the goathead logo.

 

and GO AMERKS, the best team in North America

[Vigo 0]

Blue ice, green ice, who gives a shit? The NHL has bigger problems to worry about then what color its ice should be.

[starvenger 0]

Blue ice, green ice, who gives a shit? The NHL has bigger problems to worry about then what color its ice should be.

Agreed. How about fixing that little labour stoppage thingie before changing the ice colour?

[Guest Laka]

Blue ice would be a very smart move.

 

It would be much easier to follow the game on TV.

 

And while this may sound stupid... I think having 90% of the screen be white, makes the game seem more boring to the common fan.

 

Looks are important.

 

Just look at the Computer Humanitarian Crucial Whatever bowl.

 

You probably don't know what that is.

 

The Blue Turf bowl.

 

You know what that is. And you'll watch because of it. For a few seconds, at least.

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Just look at the Computer Humanitarian Crucial Whatever bowl.

 

You probably don't know what that is.

 

I'll admit I didn't know. But no one could know when you include the word 'whatever' in your description.

[Damaramu 0]

Blue ice would be a very smart move.

 

It would be much easier to follow the game on TV.

 

And while this may sound stupid... I think having 90% of the screen be white, makes the game seem more boring to the common fan.

 

Looks are important.

 

Just look at the Computer Humanitarian Crucial Whatever bowl.

 

You probably don't know what that is.

 

The Blue Turf bowl.

 

You know what that is. And you'll watch because of it. For a few seconds, at least.

Funny story about that. A friend of mine went to High School in the area and she said they have to clean dead birds off the field that think it's a lake and try to land.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Blue ice, green ice, who gives a shit? The NHL has bigger problems to worry about then what color its ice should be.

Agreed. How about fixing that little labour stoppage thingie before changing the ice colour?

Malibu Stacy has a new hat

[A Happy Medium 0]

Nice Simpsons reference.

 

How hard is it to follow the damned puck anyways? It hasn't moved fast across the ice since 1994.

[nl5xsk1 0]

Changing a sport to make it 'easier to follow' is bullcrap. Might as well change Memento to make it an easier movie to understand. If you're too dimwitted to follow the puck, then don't watch the damn sport. Those of us that CAN follow it will enjoy watching the sport the way people have for years and years.

[Ced 0]

They should make in the Boise State SmurfTurf shade of blue if the NHL really wants some attention. They can use it as bluescreen and make it look like they're playing a hockey game over a bunch of sharks or angry midgets or something.

 

Having a season would be nice too.

[Guest El Satanico]

The orange lines would be ok, if they weren't so wide.