By rss@youtube.com (AnsibleMobile) Fans at the NHL Winter Classic 2009 in Chicago, Illinois were shot in front of a green screen taking slap shots and scoring goals at Chicago Blackhawks goalie, Cristobal Huet. These fans received their video on their phone so they could share their memories of New Years Day 2009 with friend...

By rss@youtube.com (ScoopsSinema) Winter Classic at Wrigley Field-1-1-09. Taken from Rooftop on Sheffield. Watch for the Jets flying over at the end. Author: ScoopsSinema Keywords: Blackhawks Hawks Wrigley "Winter Classic" Rooftop Wings Redwings Added: January 6, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (Hockeysuperfan2008) Karch does an interview for Fox at Wrigley Field discussing the winter classic game with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Redwings as part of his media tour. Author: Hockeysuperfan2008 Keywords: new trier blue green red white dasher ice hockey high school Added: January 4, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (snapplers1) The Star Spangled Banner at Wrigley on Jan 1, 2009. Detroit Red Wings vs. Chicago Blackhawks. Enjoy my beautiful singing voice in the camera's mic ;-) Author: snapplers1 Keywords: anthem nhl wrigley classic Added: January 4, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (drab6969) Kris Versteeg scores the first goal in the 2009 Winter Classic against Ty Conklin Author: drab6969 Keywords: Winter Classic 2009 Game Part (First Chicago Blackhawks Goal) Detroit Red Wings Partick Kane Jonathan Toews Pavel Datsuk Henrik Zetterberg NHL Hockey Goalies

By rss@youtube.com (hack26mjb) BlackHawk players exiting the dugout for the first time. Author: hack26mjb Keywords: Winter Classic Kane Toews Blackhawks Added: January 1, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (niuceo) The national anthem before the 2009 Winter Classic at Wrigley Field between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings.

By rss@youtube.com (wgnradiovideo) Scenes from the Spectator Plaza outside the 2009 Winter Classic at Wrigley Field, featuring a WGN Radio live broadcast and more events Keywords: WGN Radio NHL Winter Classic 2009 Chicago Blackhawks Detroit Red Wings Redwings National Hockey League Wrigley Field

By rss@youtube.com (geraldfarinas) Crews work hard on December 30, 2008 to make finishing touches to the ice rink constructed at Wrigley Field for the 2009 NHL Winter Classic on New Year's Day between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings. They're also testing the air horn in the background.

By rss@youtube.com (Hockeysuperfan2008) Christmas houses are on display in a living room showcasing the Winter Classic with the Chicago Blackhawks playing the Detroit Redwings on January 1, 2009. Watch the toy Zamboni pull up to Wrigley Field.

By rss@youtube.com (NikeBauer01) Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks will be wearing personally designed Nike Bauer Hockey gear during this years Winter Classic in Chicago. Kane designed his own Vapor XXXX skates and ONE95 stick which he will only use in the Winter Classic against the Detroit Red Wings. In this video Ka...

By rss@youtube.com (daymont) A man backs a Zamboni off the back of a truck outside Wrigley field. The Zamboni will be used for the Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks. "We were trying to offload it. It stalled and we tried to lift it up to start it up again and we found out that the brakes were...

By rss@youtube.com (erok2020) NHL reveals the jerseys the Red Wings and Blackhawks will wear for the Winter Classic outdoor game to be played at Wrigley Field on New Years Day 2009. Images courtesy Fox Sports Detroit Author: erok2020 Keywords: 2009 blackhawks classic erok hockey jerseys nhl red wings winter

On January 1, the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks put on quite a show during the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. Here's hoping the teams do the same for six or seven games in the Western Conference finals. This is a good-fashioned “Original ...

Jle and I were “invited” into a keg party, but after seeing only Blackhawk jerseys and flags, we though better of the idea, envisioning a lynching, or mugging or some sick sacrifice to the Wrigley gods. We wisely opted to walk on by. I know!!!!!* OUR SEATS* THE FANS* And Scene_

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Now that the excitement for the Winter Classic and two big victories against the Chicago Blackhawks have passed, the challenge for the Detroit Red Wings is to maintain that intensity for ordinary games and lesser opponents.

By Seth Rorabaugh Central Division Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane (right) aggravated an ankle injury in the Winter Classic. Did Anaheim take a big step forward as a hockey market by voting in three starters - forward Ryan Getzlaf, defenseman Scott Niedermayer and goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere - t...

By Greg Wyshynski NHL Winter Classic 2009, broadcast New Year's Day on NBC from historic Wrigley Field, earned a 2.9 overnight rating and a 6 share (1-4:15 p.m. ET), the best overnight NHL regular season rating in nearly 13 years (Feb. 3, 1996 on Fox, six-game regional, 3.0/7) and a 12 percent increase over last y...

Check out highlights from the Winter Classic when the Detroit Red Wings took on the Chicago Blackhawks at Wrigley Field.

By Greg Wyshynski There were many famous faces (as well as "famous for hockey" faces) at the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings. We enjoyed Puck The Media's snarky gallery because Lepore cracked a good Billy Corgan joke.

By 'Duk Big League Stew editor Kevin Kaduk has been to hundreds of baseball games in Wrigley Field, but like everyone else, he had never seen a hockey game at the corner of Clark and Addison until Thursday afternoon. As a Blackhawks season ticketholder, 'Duk agreed to share his thoughts on the Wint...

By Joe Zedalis No matter the success of the first two Classics, the NHL is squeamish about approaching next year's game. But if persistence counts for anything - as it reportedly did this year with Blackhawks president John McDonough — the Flyers may very well be a participant. McDonough, who spent 25 yea...

By Joe Zedalis No matter the success of the first two Classics, the NHL is squeamish about approaching next year's game. But if persistence counts for anything - as it reportedly did this year with Blackhawks president John McDonough — the Flyers may very well be a participant. McDonough, who spent 25 yea...

Exuberant crowds filled the stands at Wrigley Field Thursday as if it were a summer's day in baseball season, but at the NHL Winter Classic, the Blackhawks lost to the Detroit Red Wings.

Pavel Datsyuk got the go-ahead score in a three-goal second period, and the Red Wings scored twice in a 17-second span of the third Thursday to rally past the Blackhawks 6-4 in the Winter Classic at chilly Wrigley Field.

Jiri Hudler scored twice and added an assist, as the Detroit Red Wings tallied five consecutive goals en route to a 6-4 win over the Blackhawks in the 2009 Winter Classic at Chicago's Wrigley Field.

Jiri Hudler scored twice and added an assist, as the Detroit Red Wings tallied five consecutive goals en route to a 6-4 win over the Blackhawks in the 2009 Winter...

By PJ Swenson(jon@sharkspage.com) Last week during the Sharks 5-0 win over Vancouver, Insidehockey.com's David Migdal won the SJsharks.com Winter Classic Contest for tickets, hotel and airfare to today's outdoor game between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field. David has posted photo gallerie...

The 2009 edition of the NHL's Winter Classic is on tap today at Wrigley Field in Chicago, where the Blackhawks will battle the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios is the ideal choice to play in Thursday's NHL Winter Classic against the Chicago Blackhawks because he's so old , he could have been there when cavemen played the ...

By Greg Wyshynski The first two editions of the NHL's Winter Classic are, in the context of the League's many missteps, close to perfection: The Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby facing the Buffalo Sabres in a picturesque snow globe that attracted a huge television audience; and then the Detroit Red...

Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 35 shots for Chicago in the start of a home-and-home series that will conclude tomorrow outside at Wrigley Field in the Winter Classic. The Blackhawks had earned at least one point in 11 consecutive games.

By Greg Wyshynski Leading up to the 2009 Winter Classic, the NHL has been very good about playing up the distinctive aspects of Wrigley Field in Chicago in its marketing. As we discovered today while the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings took the ice for practice, that includes some representation...

The Winter Classic will be played Thursday at Wrigley Field, adding a new chapter to the Detroit Red Wings-Chicago Blackhawks history. But today may provide much of the memories for many of the players. They will practice on the outdoor rink, and their families will be able to take their tur...

By Greg Wyshynski • ESPN columnist Gene Wojciechowski says the Chicago Blackhawks going from also-rans in the Western Conference to Winter Classic stars is like "Barack Obama asking Sarah Palin to hold the family Bible for the swearing-in ceremony." And that's how ESPN covers hockey, folks. [ESPN]

By Greg Wyshynski • ESPN columnist Gene Wojciechowski says the Chicago Blackhawks going from also-rans in the Western Conference to Winter Classic stars is like "Barack Obama asking Sarah Palin to hold the family Bible for the swearing-in ceremony." And that's how ESPN covers hockey, folks. [ESPN]

By Greg Wyshynski With the NHL now claiming the potential for snow at this year's Winter Classic at Wrigley Field between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings, we caught up with Miller recently to get his advice for playing hockey in the elements -- and in front of tens of thousands more fans than...

By Greg Wyshynski The most recent Weather Channel projection shows a high temperature of 27 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, Dec. 31 in Chicago, followed by snow showers and a high of 31 on New Year's Day. In other words, Winter Classic weather for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks.

By Greg Wyshynski When we bugged the NHL about how Winter Classic jerseys for the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings were selling, we also inquired about sale figures for this year's crop of third jerseys. There are 18 teams with alternate sweaters this season, and all of them were on sale in time for th...

Workers continue to construct an ice rink Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, inside Wrigley Field for the NHL's Winter Classic outdoor hockey game to be played between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings on ...

Usually at Wrigley Field, it's a big Zambrano (Carlos) that draws the attention, the 6-foot-5, 255-pound ace of the Chicago Cubs' pitching staff. On Thursday, two weeks before the Winter Classic outdoor hockey game between the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks, it was the Zambon...

By Greg Wyshynski • The NHL has a Web cam set up at Wrigley Field to watch the Winter Classic construction. Worth it just to see if a drunk Bill Murray attempts to ride a golf cart through center ice at 3 a.m. [NHL] • A look at what Alex Goligoski has meant to the Pittsburgh Penguins this season. [Post Gazette]

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Chicago Blackhawks at Colorado Avalanche (9 p.m. EST; TV: CSNC, ALT, Yahoo! Sports). Adam Foote is back for the Avs, but Adrian Dater is wondering if Colorado is way too over-cautious with the way it handles injuries of the non-snowblower variety.

By PJ Swenson(jon@sharkspage.com) This excellent commercial by the NHL captures some of the timeless appeal of Wrigley Field and late broadcaster Harry Carey and uses that to help promote the upcoming January 1st Winter Classic II game between the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks. It is the second commercial in a r...

By Sean Leahy This morning, the National Hockey League announced a contest for all fans during the upcoming Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. During the game, one player on either the Detroit Red Wings or Chicago Blackhawks will have the Reebok logo missing from their jersey. You must find that player t...

By Greg Wyshynski After yesterday's release of that rather awesome commercial, the hype machine is humming for the 2009 Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks at Wrigley Field. We called on our Y! Sports blog buddy Kevin Kaduk of Big League Stew, a Blackhawks fan who will be pro...

By Greg Wyshynski He's as much an icon in the Windy City as the Sears Tower, the Magnificent Mile and Wrigley Field, where the Detroit Red Wings will face the Chicago Blackhawks in the NHL's Winter Classic on Jan. 1, 2009. That's a few weeks before things start to get really busy for Obama, so the Blackhawks see a...

By Greg Wyshynski Chicago Blackhawks season-ticket holders received some highly anticipated information today: The details on their ability to purchase 2009 Winter Classic tickets for the game against the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field on Jan. 1. From the Blackhawks:

By Greg Wyshynski Yet as of Wednesday morning, StubHub.com had 153 listings for the New Year's Day game between the Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings -- including two tickets priced at $19,900 apiece. Who knew Oliver Stone was a hockey fan, let alone a Blackhawks fan?

AP photo / January 1, 2008) An announcement that the Blackhawks will play the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field in the NHL's second outdoor Winter Classic ... Wrigley to host Blackhawks-Red Wings game SportingNews.com Report: Blackhawks to play Wings at Wrigley Chicago Sun-Times