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Who Wants to Skate on Wrigley Field?

On New Year's Day there is going to be a pretty special event taking place at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Chicago Blackhawks will be taking on the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL's Winter Classic on a rink placed in the infield. I'll be there myself freezing my fingers off, which no doubt will make a lot of you readers...

The Winter Classic II Will Be a Tough Ticket? So Be It.

The NHL, not the Chicago Blackhawks or Wrigley Field, will be responsible for doling out tickets to the Winter Classic II next January. So, if you want good tickets to this massive ice party, set to go on at "holy shrine" Wrigley Field, you better be either ...a. Richb. A season ticket holder of the Chicago Blackhawksc. A...

Winter Classics: From the Bronx To Fenway

The NHL's marketing and promotion gets knocked around more than Sergei Brylin in the corners, so it's a relief to be able to give the League credit where it's due. By refusing to formally commit to another Winter Classic, even as the wave of success from the inaugural edition was cresting, Commissioner Gary Bettman has...

Overnight Ratings for NHL Winter Classic Exceed NBC Projections

William Houston of the Globe and Mail reports the good news those of us who would like to see this wacky Winter Classic thing continue for the NHL wanted to hear: NBC exceeded audience expectations for its coverage of the Buffalo outdoor game on New Year's Day by earning a 2.4 overnight rating (percentage of the potential...

The Ice Sheet: Melting Down the Classic

Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.(An virtual recreation of an actual conversation that occurred on the morning of Jan. 1, 2008, in a cluttered post-party living room somewhere in Maryland.)...

WinterClassic News From the Web

05/24/12 Winter Classic at Dodger Stadium? Source: The Big Lead Naturally, Dodger Stadium, which is a James Loney ground ball away from downtown LA, seems like the ideal place to hold the Winter Classic on New Year's Day. From the LA Times : The NHL has yet to award its New Year's Day showcase to a warm-weather city.
05/24/12 California dreaming? Dodgers want Winter Classic Source: CBS - KTVT CBS 11 - Dallas / Fort Worth TX Does the National Hockey League's Winter Classic doesn't even need winter?
05/23/12 Beer At The Big House? Committee Approves Liquor... Source: CBS - WWJ 950 Newsradio - Detroit MI It could be bottoms-up at Michigan Stadium â at least for a day.
05/22/12 Club gears up for Winter Classic and MX series Source: Maitland Mercury There were full grids all day during round four of the Maitland District Motorcycle Club point score races.
05/16/12 #NHL Hanzal faces hearing; Winter Classic liquor news;... Source: LetsGoKings.com Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. *