nydailynews.com - 1/1/2009
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Thursday afternoon, the Blackhawks will play host to the Winter Classic, the marquee game on the NHL's regular-season calendar, and the most surprised person of all to find the Blackhawks on such a stage is the guy who owns the team.
Ice rage
- Time Out Chicago
timeout.com 12/30/2008 — They began arriving earlier this week. Elite members of NHL ice crews flew into Chicago from cities around the league to assist the guru of frozen water, Wisconsinite Dan Craig, in a never-before-attempted task. Craig, the 53-year-old ...
How the Blackhawks became the talk of Chicago
globesports.com 1/1/2009 — After arriving in Chicago to set up for Thursday's NHL outdoor game, NBC producer Sam Flood got in touch with a high-school classmate living in the city. "I went out to dinner with him and met a bunch of his friends," Flood said yesterday. "The men ...
Working On The Rink
kuklaskorner.com 12/17/2008 — Watch (15 minute delay) as the Winter Classic rink gets built at Wrigley Field.
With Bears Dead, Media Turns Lowly Eyes to Blackhawks
mouthpiecesports.com 12/30/2008 — In any typical year, this would be a bad time for Chicago sports media. It’s the winter. It’s cold. Trudging to work every day sucks. But more than that, once you get to work, you only have one professional team to cover — the Bears ...
The Funeral Burgers: Blackhawks' story a holiday gift to NHL, world
sports.yahoo.com 12/15/2008 — Last week, radio host Mike Ross of XM NHL Home Ice was mired in non-stop talk about the Sean Avery / "sloppy seconds" debacle, as that cloud of negativity obscured all other hockey news. Then came a forwarded e-mail from a listener in ...
NHL Winter Classic Rink Update: Live Video!
bleedcubbieblue.com 12/19/2008 — Now THIS is cool. The NHL Network is live-streaming the construction of the hockey rink.
This ought to keep you entertained and informed for the afternoon, in case I can't get over there for photos.
Warm Weather Puts Heat on Wrigley Rink
nbcchicago.com 12/27/2008 — Right now the Chicago Blackhawks are the hottest team in the NHL. With their victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night at the United Center the Hawks have now won eight straight games, tying a franchise mark they've only reached twice ...
‘DICKIE, THEY’VE ALREADY BUILT THE RINK!’
withleather.uproxx.com 12/23/2008 — I’m still not sure why the NHL has decided to anoint January 1st as their showcase day when every casual sports fan is going to be watching college football instead. But that hasn’t stopped the NHL (common sense seldom does), and as you ...
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 ...
Nice Blackhawks Story, Wild Notes
18568reasonswhy.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — I know this blog is Wild-focused and not Blackhawks-focused, but just bear with me as I share a Hawks story with you. If you really don't care to read about Chicago's reviving team, then skip past this section to hear more about Wild news. The other ...
3rd: Wings 6, Hawks 3 —
chicagotribune.com - Sports 1/1/2009
RosenBlog: It's the end of the second period of the Winter Classic, and I have all the answers (except the money line on whether there will be more goals scored than malts sold in the Frozen Confines).
Icing blog: Signs for Red Wings turn into ...
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