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NHL Set to Drop Puck at Wrigley
findingdulcinea.com 1/1/2009 — On New Year’s Day, the Blackhawks and Red Wings will play outdoors at Wrigley Field, just the third outdoor regular-season game in NHL history.

Will Red Wings have their day in the sun?
redwingscorner.blogspot.com 1/1/2009 — CHICAGO -- Mikael Samuelsson's eyes brightened like the mid-day sun. A scorer's dream was the topic of conversation … shooting on an NHL goalie who has sunshine in his eyes and a glare bouncing up off the ice. "If the goalie has the sun in his eyes, ...

Hey Missy: Winter Classic and the great outdoors
chicagotribune.com 1/1/2009 — To get into the spirit of the Winter Classic or perhaps, as BlackHawks defenseman Matt Walker said, because they had too much time on their hands, several players stenciled their hometown area codes onto the eye black they wore onto the Wrigley Field ...

Blackhawks-Red Wings will have an edge to it
chicagotribune.com 1/1/2009 — Rough stuff in Tuesday's rout should add spice to Wrigley affair > The Blackhawks had their fun in the sun Wednesday at Wrigley Field. During practice for the 2009 Winter Classic, ...

Chris Chelios returns home to face Blackhawks -
chicagotribune.com 1/1/2009 — ' latest visit to Wrigley Field is quite a bit different from previous ones. The venerable Red Wings defenseman, who grew up in Chicago and spent the 1990s playing with the Blackhawks, returns to the ballpark not to watch baseball but to play hockey ...

Babcock pre-Classic II presser transcript — Snapshots

Kienan makes appearance at Wrigley — Snapshots

The hometown pre-Classic II round-up — Snapshots

Overnight out-of-town pre-Classic II round-up — Snapshots

2009 NHL Winter Classic: Red Wings vs. Blackhawks Live Thread — FanIQ Blog

Chicago Blackhawks Winter Classic 2009 Preview: Expect Something Special — Bleacher Report - NHL 1/1/2009
Game Preview Tomorrow will mark the one-year anniversery of the first annual Winter Classic and this year's game looks to have the makings of a far better game. Gary Bettman has stresses, since he joined the NHL in, that scoring will draw more ...

3rd: Wings 6, Hawks 3 — chicagotribune.com - Sports 1/1/2009
RosenBlog: It's the end of the second period of the Winter Classic, and I have all the answers (except the money line on whether there will be more goals scored than malts sold in the Frozen Confines). Icing blog: Signs for Red Wings turn into ...

Red Wings give Hawks the cold shoulder at Classic — chicagotribune.com - Sports 1/1/2009
Outside in the elements, the Red Wings showed they can play the Blackhawks anywhere, anytime, in any conditions. And still beat them. Detroit scored twice in a 17-second span of the third to rally past the Blackhawks 6-4 in the Winter Classic at ...

Red Wings give Hawks cold shoulder 6-4 at Wrigley — Examiner Sports 1/1/2009
Outside in the elements, the Detroit Red Wings showed they can play the Chicago Blackhawks anywhere, anytime, in any conditions. And still beat them. Pavel Datsyuk skated through two defenders for a go-ahead score in a three-goal second period, and ...

Red Wings give Hawks cold shoulder 6-4 at Wrigley — Examiner Sports 1/2/2009
Outside in the elements, the Detroit Red Wings showed they can play the Chicago Blackhawks anywhere, anytime, in any conditions. And still beat them. Pavel Datsyuk skated through two defenders for a go-ahead score in a three-goal second period, and ...