We're going to make some changes to the camber of the ice. That's the pitch angle. So we are going to set the middle faceoff circle as the high point of the ice and then have it slope down to the backboard at between a 2-3% gradient, depending on what the engineering crew at AECOM recon we can practically achieve. To highlight this want might appear as a subtle change we are going to add chevron paint under the ice to highlight to the audience the direction of the slop.

Now this might not sound like much but it is going to massively affect the play on the ice.

First it's going to make getting out of your half much harder as you will be going up hil, but likewise, once you can get it halfway you should have a decent speed advantage in the attacking half.

Second it is going to create some weird direction changes to the puck as it travels up the slop and over the peak. Which I expect our skaters to adjust to and I think will make for some impressive passes and shots even.

Will make for interesting watching anyway.