sports.yahoo.com - 12/31/2008
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We've chronicled the wondrous relationship between hockey and wine before, and it continues with the 2009 Winter Classic. Via Ad Age, here's a completely pointless but ultimately awesome tie-in with the Detroit Red Wings / Chicago Blackhawks showdown at Wrigley Field on New Year's Day: The ...
sports.yahoo.com - 1/1/2009
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Mario Lemieux ... Claude Lemieux ... eh, it's
pretty much the same thing for the San Jose...
Mercury News today on its Web site . A difference of 938 points and 311 goals? Negligible. Four Stanley Cups to two? Trifling. The fact that one was Super ...
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We're pretty sure this is the wrong Lemieux comeback
sports.yahoo.com - 1/3/2009
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Vince Vaughn hasn't looked this thrilled since the
reviews for "Fred Claus" were published. A snippet of...
their imagined conversation: "I gotta say that I really liked the way you handled that Avery thing, Mr. Commissioner. He's just ...
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When Vince met Gary and other celebrities at the Winter ...
fromtherink.com - 1/1/2009
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Happy New Year and welcome to your home
for the festivities for the Winter Classic. I'll be...
live blogging the game along with a host of other SBN Hockey writers, including three who are at the game in Chicago providing photos, twitters and hopefully ...
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2009 Winter Classic live blog
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Emrick's out, and wine-y news
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Courtesy of Paul Kukla and Steve Lepore of "Puck the Media," NBC's Mike Emrick had to bow out of covering the Winter Classic II due to laryngitis, so Phoenix Coyotes play-by-play man and former Red Wings employee Dave Strader will take the reins... And both Kukla's Korner and Greg Wyshynski note that the league's promoting a Winter Classic II wine. Says the blogger who's allergic to alcohol: nice bottle...
Dear Chicago - 1-1-08
Empty Netters —
... Blackhawks, got his 2008 Stanley Cup ring from the Red Wings.
-Despite an ankle injury, Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom will play today.
-Today is a coming out party for the Blackhawks.
-How did the Blackhawks become Chicago's team?
-They actually put up fake live ivy up along the outfield walls at Wrigley Field. Because nothing says "winter" quite like vegetation.
-Winter Classic hooch?
-Finally, the Weather Channel's hour-by-hour forecast for tomorrow: ...
Related: chicago and detroit hockey new year's day, winter classic wine
Celebrate The Winter Classic
kuklaskorner.com 12/31/2008 —
from Jeremy Mullman of Ad Age,
To promote its Jan. 1 outdoor Winter Classic game in Chicago, the league has partnered with Miner Family Vineyards, an upscale Napa winery, to produce a limited-edition red wine as a keepsake for the game. ...
Happy New Years From Wrigley Field —
Greatest Hockey Legends.com
Kicking off New Year's Day for hockey fans means the arrival of the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. This year the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks face-off at Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. Will there be a special 7th inning stretch?
This game features two Original Six ...
Home and Home with Detroit will be Huge For Hawks —
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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 ...
Biggest Crowds for Outdoor Hockey Games —
Slap Shot
More than 40,000 are expected at Wrigley Field for the New Year's Day game between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings. It'll probably be the fifth largest crowd ever for an outdoor hockey game.