NYC misses out on Winter Classic Game

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The Blackhawks are expected to play the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field in January in the NHL's Winter Classic, Comcast SportsNet reported Wednesday night, with an official announcement perhaps coming this week.

Hawks president John McDonough has been pushing for an outdoor game after the success of this season's Winter Classic on New Year's Day at Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium. A league-record 71,217 fans saw the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Sabres 2-1 in a shootout.

Yankee Stadium, one of the other front-runners to host the outdoor game next season, was deemed an unlikely site last week by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/976961,CST-SPT-hawk29.article

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Re: NYC misses out on Winter Classic Game

Nice. Football stadiums should be preferred for the crowd size but I think this should be an annual thing.