Winter classic II hype builds
blog.mlive.com 12/29/2008 — With Kwame Kilpatrick and the Detroit Lions' miserable season eclipsing the Red Wings' Stanley Cup win, you'd think that the Winter Classic II would loom large in the minds of Detroit's sports scribes. No so much. The Detroit Free Press...

Home and Home with Detroit will be Huge For Hawks
notqualifiedtocomment.blogspot.com 12/31/2008 — The Red Wings and Blackhawks are the focus of the hockey world this week leading up to their game on New Year's Day. The Winter Classic is getting all the attention, and rightfully so, but the original six rivals will square off in Detroit tonight in a game of similar importance to the Central Div..

This ain't no frickin' Blackhawks commercial
blog.mlive.com 12/30/2008 — This blogger plans on getting very little sleep on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, but that's because both the league and an international press corps will provide Stanley Cup Finals-like media saturation at the Winter Classic II. More...

Happy verbal daggers
blog.mlive.com 1/5/2009 — The Southtown Star's Phil Arvia reminds Red Wings fans why it's always better to hear the fans of a certain team chant "Red Wings [stink]" after a scene-stealing win--like, say, the performance the Wings pulled off during an internationally-aired ...

My Day at Wrigley Field for the Winter Classic
wingingitinmotown.com 1/3/2009 — On December 31, I left the suburbs of Detroit to drive down to Chicago for 48 hours of hockey fun. On New Year's Eve, I attended the NHL party at the House of Blues where the different team and NHL officials were as well as members of the media. I ...

A Classic Blog Post
rumorsandrants.com 1/10/2009 — Some of you may have spent your New Year’s attending or watching a college bowl game. Zzzzzzz. For me, it was Hockey Day in America, and the epicenter was Wrigley Field in Chicago. Or at least as close as I could get to Wrigley without having to pay over $300 for an actual ticket. ...

Winter Classic II will deal with 'Windy City' by having teams switch ends in 3rd period
blog.mlive.com 12/16/2008 — As the Windsor Star's Bob Duff and the Detroit Free Press note, the NHL stated that it plans on having the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks change ends halfway through the third period of the Winter Classic II: December...

League begins full-ice marketing press for Winter Classic
blog.mlive.com 12/16/2008 — The NHL's media website posted a massive press release regarding their initiatives promoting the Winter Classic II: December 8, NHLMedia.com: NHL BEGINS BUILD-UP TO NHL WINTER CLASSIC 2009, A CELEBRATION OF HOCKEY ACROSS NORTH AMERICA Month-Long ...

Post-Game Thoughts on the 2009 Winter Classic.
community.foxsports.com 1/2/2009 — The NHL's 2009 Winter Classic is now history. My thoughts on the game: - The Blackhawks played a spirited first period to take a 3-1 lead but then seemed to lose their wheels in the next two periods. It was almost as though they were trying to protect ...

Be More Like The Red Wings
ryanparkersongs.com 12/30/2008 — Let Lions losses be forgot, Although I know it stings, Here's to the hope that William Ford, Can learn from the Red Wings, Be more like the Red Wings, Lions, Be more like the Red Wings, May all the teams up in Detroit, Be more like the Red Wings, ...

Cleary breaks tie, lifts Red Wings over Kings — ESPN.com - NHL 12/21/2008
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Cleary's late goal lifts Wings by Kings (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NHL News 12/21/2008
Dan Cleary scored with 1:34 left to break a tie and lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night. Pavel Datsyuk and Jiri Hudler both had a goal and an assist, and Andreas Lilja, Mikael Samuelsson and Kris ...

Cleary's Late Goal Leads Red Wings — washingtonpost.com - NHL 12/21/2008
Dan Cleary scores with 1:34 left to break a tie and lift the Red Wings to a 6-4 win over the Kings on Saturday night in Michigan.

Red Wings stage late rally to dump Kings — Boston.com -- Hockey news 12/21/2008
The Detroit Red Wings scored three times in the final four minutes to steal a 6-4 comeback win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.

Cleary's late goal lifts Wings past Kings 6-4 — Boston.com -- Hockey news 12/21/2008
Dan Cleary scored with 1:34 left to break a tie and lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.