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Report: Blackhawks to play Wings at Wrigley
May 29, 2008Recommend (25)
The Blackhawks are expected to play the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field in January in the NHL's Winter Classic, Comcast SportsNet reported Wednesday night, with an official announcement perhaps coming this week.
Hawks president John McDonough has been pushing for an outdoor game after the success of this season's Winter Classic on New Year's Day at Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium. A league-record 71,217 fans saw the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Sabres 2-1 in a shootout.
The Blackhawks are expected to play the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field in January in the NHL's Winter Classic, Comcast SportsNet reported Wednesday night.
(AP)
Yankee Stadium, one of the other front-runners to host the outdoor game next season, was deemed an unlikely site last week by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.
Soldier Field also has been mentioned as a possible host in Chicago.
Sun-Times staff
Full Version: Hockey at Wrigley Field?
Very interesting. How many people will Wrigley Field hold?
Putting a rink in a baseball field instead of the rectangular/oval football field is going to look utterly stupid. It will cause really poor sight angles for most of the people in attendance. If they put it in Soldier Field it would be okay. Wrigley? Forget it.
Soldier Field, even Northwestern's stadium would seem like a better fit than Wrigley Field....of course, New York had no problem with Yankee Stadium as a potential venue so why not.
Unfortunately, the Ralph is out of the running with a Bills game on the 30th:(
Unfortunately, the Ralph is out of the running with a Bills game on the 30th:(
You had your turn. 
Soldier Field, even Northwestern's stadium would seem like a better fit than Wrigley Field....of course, New York had no problem with Yankee Stadium as a potential venue so why not.
Yankee Stadium is just as bad as far as hockey goes...and there's no way the last event ever at that place should be a hockey game.
QUOTE(blueraider @ May 29 2008, 07:56 PM) 
Soldier Field, even Northwestern's stadium would seem like a better fit than Wrigley Field....of course, New York had no problem with Yankee Stadium as a potential venue so why not.
Yankee Stadium is just as bad as far as hockey goes...and there's no way the last event ever at that place should be a hockey game.
QUOTE(Joe in Philly @ May 30 2008, 02:14 AM)
You had your turn.
Yankee Stadium is just as bad as far as hockey goes...and there's no way the last event ever at that place should be a hockey game.
NHL did not approve Yankee Stadium as an appropriate venue.
I wonder why. I don't see Wrigley as any more or less appropriate than Yankee Stadium.
The Winter Classic drew the biggest audience for a regular season NHL game in nearly 34 years! In the US it attracted an avergae of 4.4 million viewers. Thats the most since a Flyers/Rangers game on Feb. 23rd, 1975. 
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