Sun delay: NHL postpones both Lake Tahoe outdoor games due to melting ice

• Deteriorating ice conditions force NHL to postpone both games
• Vegas-Colorado halted for more than eight hours on Saturday

The setting was spectacular but the ice conditions were far from it, leading to an extended delay between the first and second period of the outdoor game between the Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche at Lake Tahoe.

The NHL decided to halt the game for more than eight hours on Saturday after bright sun and temperatures hovering around freezing led to poor ice conditions that had players and officials repeatedly falling because of holes on the ice.