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Ice conditions could play a role in Game 6

Monday, 05.09.2011 / 2:30 PM

By John Manasso - NHL.com Correspondent / 2011 WCSF: Vancouver-Nashville Live Blog

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2011 WCSF: Vancouver-Nashville Live Blog
Ice conditions could play a role in Game 6
After defeating Anaheim in six games in the first round, the Predators organization took steps to prepare for the possibility that the local weather might turn hot for the Western Conference Semifinals.

It happened. By 1 p.m. Central time on Monday, the temperature had reached 84 degrees Fahrenheit. Some local forecasts have the temperature getting as high 90.

As recently as last week in Nashville for Games 3 and 4, the overnight lows dipped into the 30s.

Nashville coach Barry Trotz was hopeful that dehumidifiers that the organization installed on top of Bridgestone Arena would help the conditions, but he wasn't 100 percent sure.

"This morning, good," Trotz said of the ice conditions after his team's morning skate, "because it's still not 89, which it's going to get up to today, and you don't have 17,000 people coming into the building and heating it up, so right now the ice conditions are good. I think it was a much needed move by the organization that we have the dehumidifiers on top of the building. We probably didn't need it the first couple of games, but it's been traditionally cold here in Nashville so far through the playoffs but today's it's a regular Nashville day -- actually, a little hotter -- usually it's about 75 or 76 this time of year and it's going to be 89, so I think we're going to do everything possible to keep the ice as good as we can.

"But 17,000 people and 89 or 90 degrees outside, that's going to be hard to keep it perfect."

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