HIFK-Jokerit Winter Classic 2012 on Saturday 4th February
Highlights from last year
Weather forecast : -15 Celsius, light snowing.
updated.
Notable players
Mikael Granlund - One of the top prospects in the world. Minnesota Wild 1st round pick 2010. No.1 in scoring for HIFK, 3rd in the League. 36 19+24=43 Ville Peltonen - Former Panther and a Predator, almost 400 games in NHL. Captain of the team. 12 medals with Finland on international level. Markus Granlund - Calgary Flames 2nd round pick. Will most likely be strong candidate to Rookie of the Season-award
Starting goalie most likely Dennis Endras - Represented Team Germany many times on international level. Minnesota Wild owns his rights at the moment. Played 6 games with Houston Aeros this season.
Teemu Pulkkinen - Leading scorer on Jokerit with 14+17=31 in 41 games, 14th in the League. Detroit Red Wings 4th round pick 2010.
Ossi Väänänen - Former Coyote, played almost 500 games in NHL. Captain of the team.
Jarkko Ruutu - Former Canuck with over 600 games in NHL. Leads League in penalty-minutes 137min in 44 games. Is an ex-HIFK player from junior-time to adult-level, had 53 min of those 137 penaltyminutes on four games between these two teams.
Teuvo Teräväinen- 2012 draft prospect. Most likely 1-2 round pick.
-14 may not seem that cold at first, but if you sit or stand still wathcing a game for 3 hours it might get a bit cold. Also there's a wind coming from the sea so that adds to the cold factor.
Thankfully this is played in Helsinki in the southern Finland. Weather forecast for Northern Finland is expecting up to -40 celsius temperatures in the next days
U joking?
-14 is nice to play in, almost perfect hockey weather.
It starts to become cold below -20.
But it's possible to play for hours in -35.
Who is joking? I was mostly refering to crowd who are going to sit 3 hours in that weather. Dont think < -14C weather is perfect hockey weather... Heavy exercise in -20C is not recommended for average person. It's also the usual limit to cancel Skiing competitions in World Cup.
U joking?
-14 is nice to play in, almost perfect hockey weather.
It starts to become cold below -20.
But it's possible to play for hours in -35.
When i did my militairy service we were flown up to Kiruna some time during the "polar night". Two weeks of almost complete ****ing darkness in -30°C. And despite all of the exerces being fairly high intensity i promise you, it was cold as ****!
Don't forget Helsinki is a coastal city which might bring the weather over -20¨c.. Add the winds when playing in the old Olympic Stadium so they'd better have some hot water and rum ready..
Forecasts for the game day are between -17 and -20 at the moment.
I can say that the weather is not so awful for a player since you are moving. I have had soccer practises in outdoor fields throughout the whole winter (with the exception of practises this wednesday and friday because -17 is apparently too cold for soccer outside. Thank God!)
The temperature is going to be horrible for the spectators since sitting 3 hours still in a concrete stadium that works like a frozen air-conditioner is not nice.
Waiting for a late train standing still for half an hour in that weather is cold enough for me. Running late to work and inhaling ice-cold air while running was not fun.
Thankfully I declined the offer my dad made that we should go watch the event, since I didn't want to risk freezing my balls.
I was there last year. It was from +1 to -2 celsius a year ago and I swear i thought i was going to die because of the cold. I'm happy I went last year.. in -14 it's going to be ****ing crazy to sit there. Add to it that it's windy in Helsinki (coastal town) It'll most likely feel like -30 C
U joking?
-14 is nice to play in, almost perfect hockey weather.
It starts to become cold below -20. But it's possible to play for hours in -35.
Of course it's possible but no one with a sane mind would go out there to play hockey in -35. I agree that -14 is an ideal weather for outdoor hockey though.
