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January 1 --- 30 second TV spot: "It's a great day for hockey..." features Sabres goalie Ryan Miller.
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NHL Winter Classic in Buffalo
Waiting For Stanley —
Check out the clip below of the rink getting built (48-hour quick span): The outdoor game between the Penguins and Sabres will be played on January 1, 2008 at 1:00 EST at the Ralph Wilson Stadium. How big is the stadium? It seats 73,967 people and is the home of the Buffalo Bills. This is going to be a massive event. The 2003 NHL Heritage Classic outdoor game in Edmonton was held at Commonwealth Stadium with 57,167 people in attendance (a record for attendance at a hockey game) as well as 2.747 million people watching on TV (another record). What better place to hold an outdoor game in the U.S. than in hockey-mad Buffalo! Love ...
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WINTER CLASSIC Preview: Ice Hockey in the Cold Outdoors
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SPORTS SHORTS —
NY Post: Sports 1/1/2008
NHL: Sabres, Penguins head outdoors The forecast calls a high temperature of 36 with an 80 percent chance of precipitation today when the Buffalo Sabres host the Pittsburgh Penguins today at 1 p.m. in the Winter Classic, the NHL's first outdoor...
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NHL.com News in English 1/1/2008
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -Sidney Crosby's shootout goal will always be frozen in time.
The Penguins captain somehow saw space between Ryan Miller's pads as he shifted through driving snow and gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres at t...
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