Remembering the Winter Classic

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Before Chicago gets to have the fun this year, I wanted to go back and check out the highlights from the original Winter Classic. NHL.com has a page here with many of the links they had about it. I sincerely hope Conklin plays for Detroit in this years Classic, as he has played [...]

NYC Wants The Next Ice Bowl

Monday, January 14th, 2008

As reported in the Daily News, the Rangers want to play the next outdoor hockey game for the NHL…at Yankee Stadium. The old one, before it get’s torn down or swallowed back into the pit of hell from whence it came.

Teppo Shut Down For 2 More Months

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

My son will be crushed!  Teppo Numminen is likely out for the season after finding out that his chest needs more time to heal.  He went to the Cleveland Clinic for a checkup last week and the docs studied the results from there.  Numminen had been working out with the team for a while, and [...]

They Said It - Peter King

Monday, January 7th, 2008

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, [...]

Winter Classic Ratings

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

The Sabres Ratings blog has a breakdown of the ratings numbers for the Ice Bowl, and they look pretty solid.

Winter Classic Lovin’

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Getting crushed at work today, so my own Ice Bowl thoughts will come later.  I did want to point out some other local and national commentary, though, thanks to BfloBlog.  Kevin’s own thoughts are here, including rare praise for News columnist Bucky Gleason.  For reactions from around the blogodome, see this.

Winter Classic Today!!!

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Today’s the day!  I am beside myself with excitement, even though I’m at work.  It’s snowing pretty hard down by the Arena right now, I’m not sure how the Ralph is doing but it should be an amazing experience.  People have drive hundreds of miles (without tickets even!) just to be a part of it.  [...]

Ultimate Sports Road Trip - Pics from the Ice Bowl

Friday, December 28th, 2007

The Ultimate Sports Road Trip has new pictures from the Ralph.

Survivorman - Tips For Surviving The Winter Classic

Friday, December 28th, 2007

The NHL had TV’s ‘Survivorman’ Les Stroud give a somewhat tongue-in-cheek survival guide for the Ice Bowl.
The first thing you always want to do in a real survival situation is assess your situation. You need to stop, calm down, look around for imminent dangers and take inventory of what you have around you that you [...]

Winter Classic - Rinkbuilding

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

The Ultimate Sports Road Trip folks have some snaps up of the rink being constructed at the Ralph. There are some different angles than have been seen before…