October 19, 2007
Fog Halts BC-North Dakota Game
CHN Staff Report
BOSTON — For the second time in two seasons, a game at Boston College was called because of poor ice conditions, and once again it came in front of a national TV audience.
The game between Boston College and North Dakota on Friday was halted after two periods with the game tied, 0-0. It will go down as an official game, a tie for both teams.
Last season, a game between BC and Boston University was halted in the first period because humid conditions caused fog and poor ice. That game was resumed from where it left off and finished at a later date.
In this case, the game was official, and was declared complete.
A power outage caused a delay to the start of the game. Reports indicate that de-humidifying machines, brought in to Conte Forum in anticipation of the humid conditions, contributed to the power failure. Later there was another brief outage.
Power was eventually restored, but the foggy conditions forced the game to be halted. The final decision came during the second intermission, during a meeting with the two game referees and Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna.
Bertagna indicated that the "safety of the athletes was the most important concern." He said that consideration was given to starting the period, and then seeing how things went. But he said there was concern a team would score a quick goal, and then officials would be put in position of having to call a game without giving the trailing team an opportunity to respond.
Temperatures were unseasonably warm throughout the Northeast on Friday, and it was raining most of the day.
North Dakota (1-0-1) heads down the road to Northeastern on Saturday. BC (1-1-1) is off until Sunday, when it plays at Vermont.
Get a real arena are you kidding me! you cant play hockey because it was the ungodly temp of 70? ND holds camps in july when it's muggy and 85 out
Oct 20 2007, 2:44 am by
How is it that because BC has a crappy arena they get credit for a tie game when it either should have been rescheduled or they should of had to forfeit it,?Maybe it was because they knew they were about to get a good old fashion Sioux ass kicking!
Oct 21 2007, 12:17 pm by
ND got lucky that the game was cancelled! BC was all over them and Oshie and Duncan were being shut down all game.
Oct 21 2007, 10:28 pm by Mike, Boston
How embarrasing for Boston College. Do they play hockey in the summah ovah theah or just open up the rinks come October?
Oct 22 2007, 9:41 am by Wayne G Tulsa OK
