PHILADELPHIA -- There's no real way for players to prepare for the conditions of playing in these outdoor games.
Most of these players have at least one outdoor game on their resume by now, and the players all do get a practice in the day before. But the reality is, with the weather being a factor, nobody really knows what exactly to expect.
In the end, the weather ended up being more mild than originally anticipated. The temperature hovered around a comfortable 40 degrees all game, and there were no heavy winds. The rain that threatened to postpone the game remained a light mist through the first two periods, then picked up throughout the third.
Or as Flyers goaltender Brian Elliott described it, "the first part was like a curling rink, and then the second period was actually really good ice, I think it stopped raining for a little bit. The third got a little rough. It started to come down pretty good."
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