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The NHL Winter Classic is a series of NHL regular-season, outdoor hockey games played on New Year's day. The first was played on January 1, 2008. An NHL-record crowd of 71,217 attended that game between Pittsburgh and Buffalo played at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., the first ever
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NHL Winter Classic 2008
(Sabres vs Penguins) Winter Classic Video
The 2008 NHL Winter Classic also known as the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic was a National Hockey League game played on January 1, 2008 at 1:27 p.m. ET, outdoors at
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outdoor NHL game on U.S. soil (and the second regular-season outdoor game in League history --the Edmonton Oilers hosted the Montreal Canadiens at Commonwealth Stadium Nov. 22, 2003 in the Heritage Classic). The success of the 2008 game led the NHL to schedule a 2nd one for 2009, held at Wrigley Field on January 1, 2009 at noon CT.
NHL Winter Classic 2009
(Blackhawks vs Red Wings) Winter Classic Video
The 2009 NHL Winter Classic, also known as the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, is a specially-staged National Hockey League regular-season game that will be played outdoors (weather permitting) on January 1, 2009, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois at noon Central time. The game will pit the Chicago Blackhawks, who normally play their home games indoors at United Center, against the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in the 701st game between these rivals in the NHL's Central Division. This will be the first Winter Classic to involve Original Six teams.
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The two teams will wear vintage-style uniforms, using the current Reebok Edge equipment and material. The Red Wings with a version of the sweaters worn by the Detroit Cougars in their first season, but with their familiar "Wheeled Wing" logo on the shoulders, and the Chicago Blackhawks wearing a sweater comprised of a mix of their 1936-37 sweaters and their 1937-38 sweaters, with the design of the sweater from the 1936-37 season and the chest crest from the 1937-38 sweaters. In conjunction with this, Reebok will stage a contest where one of the players will not be wearing a Reebok vector logo during the third period, and those at the game or those watching on TV in the USA could win a prize package including a trip to a Stanley Cup Finals game and a personal visit to see the trophy. View the 1946-47 Chicago Blackhawks Heritage Sweater and Detroit Red Wings 1926-27 Heritage Sweater.
Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. It was the first regular-season outdoor professional ice hockey game to be played in the United States, and was sponsored by AMP Energy. It was the successor to the Heritage Classic, the NHL's first outdoor game, played in Edmonton, AB, CAN. Ralph Wilson Stadium is the home to the National Football League's Buffalo Bills, and because of this, the game is colloquially referred to as the "Ice Bowl."
The game, which was played at a temporary ice rink built on the football field at Ralph Wilson Stadium, set an NHL attendance record of 71,217.The home team was the Buffalo Sabres, and they hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins won the game, 2-1 in a shootout, on a goal by captain Sidney Crosby.
The Sabres held a Winter Classic "house party" at HSBC Arena during the game where another 11,000 fans saw the game shown live on the arena's video scoreboard with synched-up audio from the team's radio coverage.The Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team played a pre-game at the HSBC Arena as part of the house party festivities.
Buffalo Sabres anthem singer Doug Allen sang the Canadian national anthem, as is customary at Sabres home games and Irish tenor Ronan Tynan performed "God Bless America" before the game at the stadium.
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Heritage Classic 2003
(Oilers vs Canadiens) Heritage Classic Video
The Heritage Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played on November 22, 2003, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. It was the second NHL outdoor game and the first regular season outdoor game in the history of the National Hockey League, and was modeled after the success of the "cold war"
game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University in 2001. The game was given the tagline "A November to Remember".
The very first NHL game to be played outdoors was in 1991, when the Los Angeles Kings played the New York Rangers in an exhibition game outside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. [1] The event took place in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium in front of a crowd of 57,167, despite temperatures of close to -18 °C, -30 °C (-22 °F) with wind chill. It was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Edmonton Oilers joining the NHL in 1979. The CBC television broadcast also set the record for most viewers of a single NHL game with 2.747 million nationwide. This was the first NHL game broadcast in HD on CBC.
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