2009 NHL Winter Classic
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The 2009 NHL Winter Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League on January 1, 2009, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The second edition of the Winter Classic, it matched th
View of the rink immediately prior to the start of the game
Rink at Wrigley Field, photographed on December 21, 2008
Fans outside Wrigley Field, prior to the game
Television camera positioned from inside of Wrigley Field's center field scoreboard
2008 NHL Winter Classic
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The 2008 NHL Winter Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League on January 1, 2008, at Ralph Wilson Stadium near Buffalo, New York. It was the league's inaugural Winter
2009 NHL Winter Classic
…hour of skating donated to Cubs Care charities, which was sold out. Construction of the ice rink began on December 16, 2008, eight days earlier than last season's Classic. It was again being supervised by Dan Craig, the NHL's facilities operations manager. This time, the crew did not have to wait for any other sport to…
Winter Classic logo
View from inside the stadium during the opening ceremony