They Said It - Peter King
Jan 7, 2008 NHL
I did, however, care about the New Year’s Day hockey game in Buffalo. Fantastic visuals, fun event, tremendous game capped by the best player in hockey scoring the winning goal in the last round of a shootout, with 71,000 riveted fans in the stadium. This was the best new sports-event idea I’ve seen in years, and I don’t say that because I draw a paycheck from NBC.
Would love Canadiens-Bruins at Fenway next year. Or Canadiens-Maple Leafs somewhere up north. Or the Flyers-Penguins at Heinz Field or the Linc. Or the Wings-Penguins at Comerica. Or — what about this one — the Stanley Cup champ against Sidney Crosby and the Penguins, either in Pittsburgh or in the biggest outdoor stadium in Canada? Whatever, NBC’s got to keep this going.
Positive press from non-Hockey national media? Say it ain’t so! And after dogging the New Year’s Day bowl games, too. Make this happen again, NHL. I have to say I like the idea of Chicago/Detroit at Soldier Field or Habs/Bruins either place (or any Original Six type matchup, for that matter).
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