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The Impact will practise as scheduled at 4 p.m. Monday at Olympic Stadium despite an overnight snowfall as they prepare for Game 1 of the MLS Eastern Conference final against Toronto FC Tuesday night at the Big O (8 p.m., TSN3, RDS, CJAD Radio 800).

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Due to the weakened roof at the Big O, the stadium cannot be opened for safety reasons if there is an accumulation of more than three centimetres of snow on it. But RDS reported Monday that the Olympic Installations Board (OIB) said a heating system to melt the snow functioned properly and there was no accumulation on the roof, meaning Tuesday’s game can go ahead as planned.

About five centimetres of snow fell in Montreal Sunday night and Monday morning and another 2-4 centimetres were in the forecast for Monday with a high of minus-2C.

The Impact received word Monday morning from OIB officials that they could practise at the Big O in the afternoon.

Richard Legendre, the Impact’s executive vice-president of soccer operations, told RDS last week that the game could be postponed for a day if necessary in the event of too much snow on the roof.