Rangers, Isles want to close out Yankee Stadium

 
BUFFALO - Two years before the NHL 's first regular-season outdoor game here on New Year's Day between the Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins , Yankee Stadium was seriously discussed as a possible locale for a Rangers-Islanders game. [link]

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Rangers, Isles want to close out Yankee Stadium -

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Two years before the NHL's first regular-season outdoor game here on New Year's Day between the Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins, Yankee Stadium was seriously discussed as a possible locale for a Rangers-Islanders game. Those plans were ...
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Rangers, Isles want to close out Yankee Stadium
BUFFALO - Two years before the NHL 's first regular-season outdoor game here on New Year's Day between the Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins , Yankee Stadium was seriously discussed as a possible locale for a Rangers-Islanders game.  ...