usatoday.com - 1/2/2009
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The NHL has found a way to capture and market the romance of their game with their annual outdoor game and the accompanying festival ...
chicagotribune.com - 1/2/2009
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North Side baseball palace gets some hockey flavor
> Chris Chelios was packing up his gear Thursday...
in the cramped visitors' clubhouse at Wrigley Field, getting ready for the final ...
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Hawks' outdoor game a classic Wrigley party
nbcsports.msnbc.com - 1/1/2009
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Bobby Taylor has been the color analyst for
the Tampa Bay Lightning for 15 seasons. Recently, the...
former backup goaltender called a game for SunSports that his favored team lost, but a game that he still considered a win for the NHL. "It was ...
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Outdoor game shows how NHL's trying to grow - NHL
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Post-Classic II out-of-town stragglers...
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A few articles always sneak through... USA Today, part 2 : Kevin Allen discussed the future of the Winter Classic series in depth, noting that the Big House could fill with 100,000 fans at the drop of a hat, and Kris Draper sounded like a fuddy duddy in discussing the Red Wings' complicated and sometimes treacherous walk from the clubhouse to rink with Mike Dodd: ...
The Morning Skate: Assessing the Winter Classic and the Death of Don Sanderson
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... the speed and skill of the contest. At Wednesday’s practices, the cold temperatures made the ice contract and crack, and the sun glare concerned the players. Fortunately, Thursday brought warmer temps and cloud cover, allowing for a hard-hitting, well-played game on a surface that the players praised as ideal. Still, the unknown of weather conditions will always be a factor in outdoor games. But all three of the N.H.L.’s open-air matches in recent years have worked out well and, as Kevin Allen wrote in today’s USA Today , “Fans should start to view outdoor hockey as an N.H.L. ...
From ratings to reviews, the NHL's epic Winter Classic victory
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... Excitement is already building for future editions, too. Kevin Allen of USA Today came out with a ringing endorsement of the Classic, with thoughts about future editions: ...
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