Happy New Year!!!  I LIVE for New years Day...back in the past it was for college football bowl games but I lost interest when they took this one day event and spread it out over weeks and added games seemingly whenever a new sponsor wanted one.  THEN The NHL did something amazing!  They took from the experiments in the past with outdoor exhibition games and the already first successful Canadian Heritage Classic in Edmonton, and started what would be called the Winter Classic. Today I look back at:

2008 - Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, New York: Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres.  

2009 - Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Black Hawks vs Detroit Red Wings

2011 - Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

2012 - Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers

2014 - The Big House, Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs

2020 - Cotton Bowl,  Dallas, Texas: Dallas Stars vs Predators

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