NY TIMES: The Perfect Snowstorm: The Winter Classic Scores

MVNsoccer posted 1/3/2008 from www.nytimes.com [flag]

The NHL needed a game like the Winter Classic. In its fight for the attention of sports fans, it requires events that set it apart. It needed a tight game — this one was won in a shootout by the Penguins star Sidney Crosby — and an entertaining broadcast by NBC’s group of exhilarated announcers. It needed to build a regulation-size rink inside Ralph Wilson Stadium... But most of all, it needed ... [link]

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