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Posted by HockeyReporter on Wednesday, January 02, 2008 |
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By: Noah Borer
Well after the winter classic in Buffalo, lot's of people in the NHL are starting to look brilliant individuals. Who would have thought that 2 years after the NHL's darkest year (lockout year) that they could have filled a football stadium (Ralph Wilson Stadium) would filled to it's capcity with 71,000+ screaming Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins fan.
While watching the game, I couldn't help but get excited with the way the game was starting to pan out. For the NHL, it couldn't have gone any better. At one point I said to myself "just imagine if the game goes into a shootout, and Sidney scores", almost like it was a fairy-tale, or a script written by the commisioner
Gary Bettman. Sidney came out flying in his first shift and assisted on a goal by Colby Armstrong. Not much else happened for Sidney other than the fact that he got the shootout winner. The other goal (which was scored by Buffalo) was a point shot from Sabres star defenseman and all-star from last year, Brian Campbell.
Like many are saying about this "classic" event, is that the positives far outweighed the negatives. I completely agree with this, and also think that this was an incredibly successful event. Although I also think that if something would have happened to any of these players competing in this contest, that it could have got ugly, and might not have had the same positive media attention in which it is getting. Luckily nothing happened though, the only thing that went wrong was the ice conditions, but that was inevitable with the weather conditions that were
set upon in Buffalo on New Year's Day.
All and all, I think that this event was great for the NHL, and while talking with fans who attended it I got a feel for what they thought. One guy who was at the game said the following and I think it summed it up nicely.
"I worked while the game was on so I recorded it on my DVR. I watched it when I got home. They did a great job of promoting our great sport. I too did notice that they talked about Sidney Crosby a lot! They might as well have pulled his pants down and kissed his butt. That being said, the game was meant to promote the NHL and he is "the big star" now. I really enjoyed watching it. Obviously I did not like the outcome, but, I enjoyed the experience and was proud it took place in my hometown of Buffalo, NY, the new Hockeytown USA. They did a great job putting on the game!".
Thanks all, and have yourself a great New Year!  |
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Re: Classic!
by murfman87 on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
anyone hear about the plans for the b's vs pens game at fenway...or the college double header at fenway?! or are these just rumors floating around. i have to get my hands on some ticks. solid idea
Re: Classic!
by keaz26 on Thursday, January 03, 2008
detroit is the only hockeytown
Re: Classic!
by HockeyReporter on Friday, January 04, 2008
I know. I wasn't taking anything away from Detroit. Just a great turn out for Buffalo and their fans.
Re: Classic!
by Warginator17 on Friday, January 04, 2008
Amen, Detroit and only Detroit can be called hockey town.
Re: Classic!
by dspring20 on Sunday, January 06, 2008
I agree Detroit is the only hockeytown. The only reason we arent selling out games is because ticket prices are too high for people to afford in this shitty Michigan economy. the wings could have the same result. I mean it we can get more people for the cold war then for the winter classic then we could get twice as many for a wings game espeically if it was played at the big house in Ann Arbor. An outdoor game is an experience like no other and the atmosphere is unmatched and having experienced the cold war I say the NHL should do it more often.
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