There's not a whole lot I can say about yesterday's Winter Classic between the Penguins and Sabres that isn't better said somewhere else, so I'll just tip my hat to the NHL for for its pretty awesome marketing ploy, to the Pens and Sabes for playing a hell of a game, to Sidney Crosby for being better at hockey than anyone else alive, and to the city of Buffalo for being a crappy place to live in the winter, because all that snow looks great on TV.
If you need to get caught up to speed, check out FanHaus's live blog, which is pretty solid except for this:
And as the NHL Network crew suggested, if the NFL can make Thanksgiving Day synonymous with football, there's no reason the NHL can't find a niche of its own on New Year's Day.
Actually, I kinda think college football beat hockey to the punch for New Year's Day. President's Day is still open, though.
[Also see: Going Five Hole, The Ice Sheet]
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That picture looks like it's straight out of a horror movie. Like when they first discover a really disgusting bloody body. Or Chris Simon was just there.
Ty Pennington plays solid defense around the goal though.
I kind of dig the idea of Hockey being played outside, but what about Florida, and California? I know, just leave Hockey up north and the midwest, where it belongs.
Florida and California have overrated and boring college football games to deal with.
We Floridians welcome the concept of outdoor hockey being played here, as watching pasty Canadians and Euros drown is always entertaining.
The real question is, did Kevin Everett stand on the sideline for this game??? I can't wait for resident hockey honks, Jim Jones and Merk, to analyze this epic game.
So have the Penguins permanently switched to those emasculating blue jerseys or were they special for this momentous occassion?
hey hey enrico, just because i’m a fan doesn’t mean that i’m Jim fuckin’ Jones. And i’ll have you know, that I didn’t watch the game. Because I was asleep most of the day. still. fuck you.
Kings won 9-2.
No fights. No interest.
It would have been a lot better if the announcers acknowledged that there were OTHER PLAYERS ON THE ICE OTHER THAN SIDNEY CROSBY. STOP SUCKING HIS DICK DARREN PANG.
I am so tired of hearing about this guy. Yeah, yeah he's the savior of the NHL and the world and he puts on a cape at night and fights crime. But the city of Buffalo put on a fantastic event and there were 46 OTHER PLAYERS on the ice yesterday and they should have acknowledged that.
Having said that: GO SOUPY! That was a great goal.
Pretty kick ass game and production by the NHL. The only thing that ruined it for me (a bona fide hoser) was Bob Costas in his German Dinner Theatre black turtleneck and the 1st period intermission where they talked about Slapshot. It was freaking 20 years ago!!! AHHHH
yeah Bob Costas is a cliche factory. Unlike Saint Don Cherry, of course…..
Screw Presidents' Day. Let them play outside on Martin Luther King's birthday. Because I can think of nothing that African-Americans would rather do to honor their leader and remember their struggle than to watch a bunch of Canadians and Russians play in the snow.