NHL - Winter Classic

[burton-x]

Hey guys, I haven't been on here for absolutely ages!

Anybody else going to be watching the NHL Winter Classic on the 1st of Jan.

It's Detroit Red Wings vs. Chicago Black Hawks and played at Wrigley Field baseball OUTDOOR stadium!
Should be awesome.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/eventhome.htm?location=/winterclassic/2009

[5,5]

what time and what channel.
fox? eastern time? I'll be watching

[Geraint]

I'll be watching my Blackhawks. Doing great this season and I'm sure they can win.

[5,5]

I'll be watching my Blackhawks. Doing great this season and I'm sure they can win.
i dont htink theyve got much of a chance against my wings

[mangle]

Hawks have Wings

Anyone get my awful pun?

An chance this on british TV?

[Geraint]

i dont htink theyve got much of a chance against my wings

the last two meetings have ended with a shoot-out. we shall have to wait and see.

[Antallica]

woah should be cool.
my 2 teams.
Boston Bruins
and Washinton Caps.

[burton-x]

Hawks have Wings

Anyone get my awful pun?

An chance this on british TV?

To be honest I doubt it, unless you have Sky and it may be on FX or something? I think in the states its broadcasting on CBS or something? Not 100% sure. I am totally backing the Red Wings which is funny as my team is the Colorado Avalanche and the wings and avs are one of the bigger NHL rivalries!

[Geraint]

Hawks are on a winning run atm, don't write them off just yet. ;)

[burton-x]

True, Both teams are fully able to win, they have the potential. Anybody watch the winter classic outdoors last year? Sabers vs. Penguines

[Minstrels]

Is it wrong to support Detroit Red Wings because they were my team on like... NHL 2006? :(

[Geraint]

True, Both teams are fully able to win, they have the potential. Anybody watch the winter classic outdoors last year? Sabers vs. Penguines

No, I didn't. Shows how much of a fan I am but I thought this year's was the first one


Is it wrong to support Detroit Red Wings because they were my team on like... NHL 2006? :(

They're also the Stanley Cup champions.

[burton-x]

No, I didn't. Shows how much of a fan I am but I thought this year's was the first one.

There was the first NHL Outdoor stadium game on 1st of Jan 2008, but this (I think) is the first "Winter Classic" as a tradition. Have you seen the jerseys for the game? Both teams are wearing old school influenced designs for this game alone! Pretty cool. My new Red Wings jersey should be arriving in the post any day :D

[Geraint]

There was the first NHL Outdoor stadium game on 1st of Jan 2008, but this (I think) is the first "Winter Classic" as a tradition. Have you seen the jerseys for the game? Both teams are wearing old school influenced designs for this game alone! Pretty cool. My new Red Wings jersey should be arriving in the post any day :D

Ye, I know. I realised when I searched Winter Classic on google. Make a change from last year when the game was played on the Bills pitch to this year, on the Wrigley field. From American football to Baseball.

Yeah, I've seen the jerseys. I'd buy some of them myself but the prices really put me off. It's not what we'd pay over here for a football top.

[burton-x]

Yeah, I've seen the jerseys. I'd buy some of them myself but the prices really put me off. It's not what we'd pay over here for a football top.
I ordered a normal away jersey off eBay for cheap, you can get them for new and good prices, the official shops are just ridiculously expensive!

[Geraint]

I ordered a normal away jersey off eBay for cheap, you can get them for new and good prices, the official shops are just ridiculously expensive!

How did you pay? They seem to be like $150 which is like £90.

[burton-x]

How did you pay? They seem to be like $150 which is like £90.
Some how I got away with getting a Chelios named and numbered away jersey, Reebok official with fight strap for $58 on ebay.com! I don't know why it was so cheap, stolen probably haha. Just lucky, but they can get really expensive. Just money from work and stuff that meant I could get it though.

[Geraint]

Some how I got away with getting a Chelios named and numbered away jersey, Reebok official with fight strap for $58 on ebay.com! I don't know why it was so cheap, stolen probably haha. Just lucky, but they can get really expensive. Just money from work and stuff that meant I could get it though.

Now $58 is around £35-40 which is the price you'd pay over here for a replica top. My local team, Cardiff Devils, charge £40 for theirs. Seeing as they'll probably make it so that it's different teams every year so I wouldn't mind getting one of the tops but P+P from America will cost a bomb. Meh.

[5,5]

To be honest I doubt it, unless you have Sky and it may be on FX or something? I think in the states its broadcasting on CBS or something? Not 100% sure. I am totally backing the Red Wings which is funny as my team is the Colorado Avalanche and the wings and avs are one of the bigger NHL rivalries!
We have the Avalanche minor league team here in cleveland.
Lake Erie Monsters. They play like 20 mins away from where i live.