wore knit caps atop them. Water bottles froze on the benches. Amid falling snow and bitter cold on New Year's Day, more than 100,000 fans packed the Big House to watch the Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings play in the N.H.L.'s sixth Winter Classic.
From Yahoo Sports: Over 105000 fans were expected at the Winter Classic in Ann Arbor between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Which meant the NHL had to bring them some cool stuff, from swag to fan
DETROIT — From the dugouts of Comerica Park, the legends came streaming out, donning the uniforms like the days of old. Igor Larionov, Chris Chelios, Nicklas Lidstrom, Brendan Shanahan, Tomas Holmstrom, Sergei Fedorov and Steve Yzerman from the
From Yahoo Sports: Over 105000 fans were expected at the Winter Classic in Ann Arbor between the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Which meant the NHL had to bring them some cool stuff, from swag to fan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Detroit coach Mike Babcock revealed his theory on why the visiting team has won all but one of the five NHL Winter Classics, mentioning the New Year's Eve dynamic in his own home as supporting evidence. "Well, let's just go with