""That felt like some of the youth ranks I played in when I was a kid - when you just feel like you're in a bubble," Charlie McAvoy said after Saturday's practice. "We used to have a bubble that we played in Freeport, New York. So that's what it kind of felt like. "I kept saying, like, I can't believe that this is the rink we're playing this game on tomorrow. When you take the tent off it, it'll feel night-and-day different. I'm sure.""
"In order to ensure that the ice surface remained intact amid the elements in Florida, the NHL crafted a steel-framed, air-conditioned structure over the rink - with the tent remaining in place until midnight on Sunday. Initially propped up over two weeks ago, the tent - measuring 34 feet high, 125 feet wide and 240 feet long - is covered in an engineered memb"
The Boston Bruins held a pre-Stadium Series practice inside a temporary tent at Raymond James Stadium to control temperatures and humidity and protect the ice. The NHL installed a steel-framed, air-conditioned structure that will remain in place until midnight on Sunday. The tent, initially propped up over two weeks ago, measures 34 feet high, 125 feet wide and 240 feet long. The Stadium Series marks the fourth outdoor game for David Pastrnak and Sean Kuraly after Fenway Park, Lake Tahoe and Notre Dame Stadium. Charlie McAvoy likened the tented practice to a youth "bubble," and noted removing the tent will feel night-and-day different. Temperatures are expected to be in the 30s at puck drop.
Read at Boston.com
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