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www.nhl.com — Dan Craig, who is overseeing construction of the rink inside Ralph Wilson Stadium for the NHL Winter Classic, gave NHL.com the schedule he and his staff will be working under in the days leading up to the New Year's Day festivities. Dec. 23 Survey the field inside Ralph Wilson Stadium after the Buffalo Bills' football game against the New York Giants. Lay roads in order to move equipment to ...
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The Ice Doctor Is In The House
KK Hockey — from Dan Rosen of NHL.com, Dan Craig also once created a rink on top of an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Needless to say, he has this rink-building thing down to—pardon the pun—a science. And you don’t need to remind him how much his ice matters to the event. “You’re going to have 70,000 people there, and seven million watching on the tube,” Craig said. “You know CBC and NBC have corporate partners they have to keep pleased. I’m very conscious of that.” continued

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The Pensblog — That Brooks dude in New York was talking about Roberts and Ruutu. And now... Apologies to anyone who may have posted this in commentorblog, but a writer from Ottawa says Shero wants a winger for Sid. Right now. If he can't get him, Therrien's gone. [ Ottawa Sun ] via [ Fanhouse ...

NHL Winter Classic in Buffalo
Waiting For Stanley — ... The outdoor game between the Penguins and Sabres will be played on January 1, 2008 at 1:00 EST at the Ralph Wilson Stadium. How big is ...

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3 Networks, 1 Cup?FanHouse
Other than the fact that it's an ongoing negotiation, I have no idea why the NHL is being so damn coy about what's possibly the worst-kept secret in sports television: That the League will be back on ESPN in some capacity next season. Even Bristol has been quick to silence any chatter about it, as John Buccigross found out earlier this season. Maybe neither side wants to be the one to break ...
NHL makes slight rule change for outdoor gameESPN.com - NHL
The NHL has made an adjustment to its Winter Classic to equalize any advantage weather might provide during the outdoor game on New Year's Day.