NHL WINTER SPORTS CLASSIC

nhl.com ^ | 12/29/09 | various

[airborne]

The ice hockey rink is all set up at Fenway Park, in anticipation of the New Years Day meeting of the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins.

The game starts at 1 PM Eastern time on NBC. For those with the NHL Network, there are pre game and post game programs scheduled.

James Taylor is slated to sing the National Anthem, and with the recent snow storms in the northeast, the cold, windy, Boston weather could make this game an instant classic!

[airborne]

Using a CO2 fire extinguisher to help fix the ice!!

Cool!

[ShorelineMike]

Go Broonz!

[airborne]

Pond hockey = Advantage Canadians!

[airborne]

I’m a Pens fan, so I’m just enjoying the game.

Oops. Flyers score.

[big'ol_freeper]

LOL...not sure. I grew up in Connecticut playing pond hockey. University of Connecticut (not a hockey power house) played their games in an outdoor rink when I was growing up.

[big'ol_freeper]

Thomas screwed that up pretty good...but he was doing the job his defensemen should have been doing.

[airborne]

WOOO!

Nice goal by Recchi! 1-1!

Could go to overtime!!!

[ShorelineMike]

The game is pissa!! Fenway is rockin’.

Wickit pissa!

[big'ol_freeper]

I have always maintained that ice hockey is the least heart healthy sport of the major sports... *thump, thump, thump*

[ShorelineMike]

Woohoo! ( high-fives airborne and big'ol_freeper )

Bruins on the power play in the overtime.

Fenway should be getting more "Friendly" any moment now.

[ShorelineMike]

I have always maintained that ice hockey is the least heart healthy sport of the major sports... *thump, thump, thump*

For the fans, or for the players? LOL …

BRUINS WIN!

[big'ol_freeper]

“They Score”!!!!

[airborne]

WOW! What an awesome finish!

Funny, my first thought was, what a coincidence that # 16 scored (Bobby Clarke’s number) to win it against Philly!

[big'ol_freeper]

Nice game.

[airborne]

Great ending, using youth skaters to represent the Americans selected to the US Olympic Team.

And I turned it over, just in time to see Penn State win in a horribly muddy field, 19-17, over LSU.

[big'ol_freeper]

“We are....”

Was an Asst. Prof of Military Science at PSU in the early 90’s. Really enjoyed it.

[airborne]

“We are....”

"...PENN STATE!!

[secret garden]

What a great game! The only thing I would’ve changed woulad have been to have the players acknowledge the old stars a bit more when they came on the ice. Just tap the stick or wave or something.

[airborne]

I agree. It was a chance for the NHL to showcase the history of hockey to the masses.

Clarke was on the ice. Orr wasn’t. Tends to indicate it wasn’t part of the thought process.

[secret garden]

Orr seemed to interact with them more before they stepped on the ice and the players just skated wide of Clarke.
Personally, I would have preferred more background on hockey and the two teams playing versus the history of Fenway and baseball. It sure was fun to watch.
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