Rogers Place, Blackhawks' qualifier venue, experiences flooding

Chicago Blackhawks have "heck of an opportunity" under new formatOn Thursday evening, a video surfaced on Twitter appearing to show substantial flooding in Rogers Place Arena, one of two hub arenas for the NHL's Return To Play featuring a 24-team playoff.

Oh no. The @IceDistrict is melting.

This is the south entrance of @RogersPlace in #Edmonton during another rain storm.

We have had so much rain this summer.

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— Paul Almeida (@AzorcanGlobal) July 17, 2020Rogers Place issued the following statement on Twitter shortly after the video was posted, confirming the flood was in the building:

"A significant storm came through #yeg earlier this evening. As a result, #RogersPlace…