Rick Stevens

Talked about the ice.

There was...

hole in the ice that caused a bit of a delay on Friday night.

But, you know, as I say, they're trying to put a brave face and try to smooth over any of the issues and say they will be ready.

That's a field, all right.

Yeah.

The issue here is, and we should say that the NHL sent, their ice makers sent their personnel about a month ago to Milan to not only supervise, but to guide the ice making.

But, you know, if all of this is normal because it's the first time people skate on it and it's the first time that Zambonis drive on it and all this kind of stuff, you have to be reminded that it's the reason where these tests, these test games, these test tournaments usually take place a year, one year before the Olympics.

The Olympics.

Not a month, not a few weeks.

And that's why it does take time.

This is all very, very late.

The other thing I'll mention is that

The players that were interviewed were very impressed.

And they were talking about, this is the biggest arena I've ever played in.

Because these are guys from the Italian league, not the top tier, their second division group.

Um, and, and they've been used to playing in arenas that are 900 people, a thousand people, um, capacity.

And so this is, this is pretty good for them.

And maybe the ice is very good given what they're used to.

They're not, they're not, um,