It’s going to be so chilly Saturday in Syracuse that outside hockey match shortens video games

Syracuse, N.Y. – Temperatures are anticipated to be so chilly on Saturday that even an out of doors hockey match in Syracuse is shortening its video games.

While video games on the annual Syracuse Pond Hockey Classic sometimes encompass two 15-minute halves, this yr the halves shall be solely 10 minutes every, in keeping with Tournament Director Tim O’Donnell.

The shortened video games will enable the championship sport to complete by round 6 p.m., slicing the size of the match by about two hours.

The hockey match will start at 10 a.m. on the Clinton Square Ice Rink in downtown Syracuse, kicking off a day of 27 outside hockey video games that can culminate in a championship sport at 5:35 p.m.

The daytime temperatures in Syracuse will vary from 4 to 12 levels with wind chill as little as -7 levels, in keeping with the National Weather Service. Only a couple of half inch of snow is anticipated to fall.

The freezing chilly temperatures will stay regular all through the day, with a low of three levels anticipated on Saturday night time.

The single-digit temperatures are anticipated to final till 6 a.m. Sunday morning, after which heavy snow is anticipated to slam Central New York, with snowfall charges doubtlessly reaching one inch per hour or larger at occasions.