Due to the icy conditions, numerous athletic competitions were postponed.
All classes and activities at Rhode Island College were cancelled from Tuesday afternoon until Thursday afternoon and the entire campus was left paralyzed by the winter storm that dumped several inches of snow and rain leading to icy conditions all across the capital city of Providence this past week.
Academics was not the only branch of the college to be affected by the treacherous conditions, RIC athletics was forced to postpone four games this past week, including two high-profile varsity men's and women's non-conference basketball games. Currently, there is no date set for either game to be made up.
The men's and women's basketball games, against Amherst and Norwich respectively, were originally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 1. in the Murray Center, but were postponed due to icy road conditions, which made travel for the opposing teams dangerous.
"I'm not sure if they're going to reschedule the game, but I hope that we do. They're (Amherst) a tough team and we want to be the ones to keep them from going undefeated this season if we get the opportunity," said junior men's basketball player Keith Hamilton.
The ice and snow had an even greater impact on the RIC club hockey team, which was forced to cancel two games this past weekend due to a roof collapse at the team's home ice rink, the Dennis M. Lynch Arena, located in Pawtucket. Nobody was hurt when the center support beam in the middle of the rink caved in due to the weight of the snow and ice that built up on the roof.
"It looked like what happened in the Metrodome this year," said freshman hockey player Ryan Martins referring to the Dec. 12. Metrodome roof collapse. The Metrodome, the home stadium for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, collapsed due to 17 inches of snow that piled up on the roof of the stadium and eventually came crashing through.
The Dennis M. Lynch arena roof was repaired over the weekend and practices for the RIC hockey team are expected to resume early this week. The Anchormen's final home game of the regular season, which is Senior Night, will be played as scheduled on Friday, Feb. 11.
In one of the worst winters in recent memory, students and student athletes have braved the weather to this point, but with more snow in the forecast for this week, it brings up a good question. How much more of this weather can we really handle?
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