Live on NBC on New Years Day... Any predictions or other chatter?

I was checking out the live Wrigley webcam on the Hawks' official site and was wondering why all of Wrigley's playing surface appeared to be covered with snow when it hasn't snowed for days and there isn't so much as a flake in the seating section. Then I clicked on another link and saw some NHL wonk explain that they had put up fans in the outfield in order to "supplement" Mother Nature and create the same snowy "appearance" that the game had last year during the snow storm in Buffalo.

 

I posted in the NHL thread about how the classic has been obviously designed as a made-for-tv event, but manufacturing fake snow for telegenic ambiance just strikes me as phony and going too far.

 

I'll watch the game and root on my Hawks like always, but as it approaches, I'm getting less and less excited about it and just more turned off by the hype.

Wow, that's lame.

It's supposed to snow tomorrow anyway, so what's the point?

I have no idea why you are concerned about that.

I have no idea why you are concerned about that.

 

Not so much "concerned", just turned off by the phoniness. I don't need fake snow to enjoy hockey anymore than I need fake laughter to enjoy a TV sitcom. I guess I kind of resent the implication that I do.

 

 

 

It makes the whole thing look a lot more crisp, instead of watching a game in the middle of what looks like a park or a parking lot. There's got to be mud, grass, walkways, materials all over the place. I have no problem with it. If you are concerned with gimmicks and it being phony, you should have been turned off by this game a long, long, long time ago.

It makes the whole thing look a lot more crisp, instead of watching a game in the middle of what looks like a park or a parking lot. There's got to be mud, grass, walkways, materials all over the place. I have no problem with it. If you are concerned with gimmicks and it being phony, you should have been turned off by this game a long, long, long time ago.

 

You got that right; I'm just getting turned off even more lately. Hockey to me is what happens inside the boards and between the pipes. Makes no difference to me if its surrounded by snow and dead ivy, or a half-empty indoor arena. As Hawk always says, "they don't put pictures on scorecards." I'm all for looking at pretty pictures after whistles and time outs, but just like the "Shoot the Puck" contestants, its a turn off to me if they're fake.

 

To each his own, I guess. Happy New Year and "Let's Go Hawks!"

 

 

It's a horrible idea to have this on New Year's Day. Of course there's no other big sporting events on New Year's!

Edited January 1, 200917 yr by WhiteSoxfan1986

It's a horrible idea to have this on New Year's Day. Of course there's no other big sporting events on New Year's!

I almost wished I wasn't going. SC/IOWA and USC/PSU are much more appealing.

Edited January 1, 200917 yr by whitesoxbrian

I'm glad it's on. I don't care about football, especially college football, so a hockey game on New Year's Day is right up my alley.

I was by Wrigley two days ago and it just looked plain weird. I'm sure its a cool experience in person but the level of hockey played on this surface will be worse (because of the poor ice conditions) and the fans are going to have awful awful seats.

LET'S GO HAWKS!!!

 

 

DE-TROIT SUCKS!!!

Bob Costas interviewing Chelios before the game... asks him... "Which is your favorite Chicago sports team... the Bears, the Bulls?"

 

Chelios said... "The WhiteSox are my team."

Edited January 1, 200917 yr by scenario

ok thats enough pre-game, lets go!

Great physical response so far by the Hawks after getting their asses kicked all over the ice two days ago in Detroit. They aren't taking any s*** so far.

Seabrook sent Cleary ass over appetite into the Hawks bench.

Nicely done and perfectly legal.

The Hawks look much better than they did the other night so far.

Eager makes it 3-1!

NICE!

Eager makes it 3-1!

NICE!

That goal was perrtty.

That goal was perrtty.

As was Havlat's off that sweet pass from Versteeg.

Eager's celebration was fairly awesome as well.

Great period of action so far. You can tell the ice is pretty slow, but it is still fun to watch. 3-1 after one is a nice start.

It's pretty nice seeing all that Red in the crowd

 

Alot better than seeing blue

i noticed a much bigger difference in the way the game was played last year. This seems like a fairly regular game, although a little slower. Nothing like last year though.

oh yeah....gene honda at wrigley make me feel strange on the inside.

s***.

stupid bounce leads to Detroit goal.

3-2 Hawks.

oh yeah....gene honda at wrigley make me feel strange on the inside.

I don't really like Gene Honda, so anything he says makes me cringe.