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Max

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Zé Tahir said:
There's talk of another outdoor game to be scheduled for January 1st. Chicago Blackhawks vs Detroit Red Wings to be specific and it will be played at Wrigley Field, the home of the Cubs.
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That's very poorly planned if you ask me. If they really wanted Americans to watch more hockey (which will never happen), they should've held the game at the end of January when college football isn't at its peak. The game itself will be a success, but all we'll hear about is how few television viewers there were.

All the credit in the world to Mr. Bettman for trying to make people believe that hockey can succeed in a southern market, but Canada (only six teams; when combined, totalled to 33% of the NHL's income in 2007-2008) and some of the northern states (Seattle, Washington) are long overdue for some franchises.
 

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Enron

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Yeah have the game at the end of January when NFL playoffs are in full swing? The best day would be Christmas Day. It's usually two crappy college teams in the Hawaii Bowl.
 
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Enron said:
Yeah have the game at the end of January when NFL playoffs are in full swing? The best day would be Christmas Day. It's usually two crappy college teams in the Hawaii Bowl.
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AYE! Forgot about the Superbowl. They want it in cold weather, with flurries, so December in Chicago would work out alright I guess.
 
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    Zé Tahir said:
    There's talk of another outdoor game to be scheduled for January 1st. Chicago Blackhawks vs Detroit Red Wings to be specific and it will be played at Wrigley Field, the home of the Cubs.
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    That will be awesome. Wish I could make the trip to the Chi and watch it, but that won't happen. Those outdoor games are pretty sweet.

    And I agree with Enron. Christmas Day would be a good date, but then again many people are with their families. January 1st isn't particularly good either with the Rose Bowl being played.
     
    Zé Tahir

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    The Stanley Cup has arrived in Sweden and the first player to show it off to his friends and family was Tomas Holmström. One of his cousins newborn even got baptized from holy water placed inside the cup.

    The schedule for the Stanley Cups Sweden journey:

    25 july

    Tomas Holmström, Piteå

    27 july

    Nicklas Lidström, Västerås

    28 july

    Niklas Kronwall, Järfälla / Stockholm

    29 july

    Mikael Samuelsson, Nykvarn/Mariefred

    30 july

    Andreas Lilja, Helsingborg

    31 july

    Mattias Ritola & Jonathan Eriksson, Stockholm

    1 august

    Johan Franzén, Landsbro

    2 august

    Håkan Andersson (scout), Stockholm

    3 august

    Henrik Zetterberg, Sundsvall / Njurunda

    4 august

    Stanley Cup goes back to Toronto

    Source: Aftonbladet.se
     
    Zé Tahir

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    Stanley Cup used for baby's baptism

    Paul Hunter

    The Stanley Cup has held raw oysters, Froot Loops and Timbits (not at the same time) and been used as a dog dish, flower pot and impromptu toilet bowl – Kris Draper's Red Wings may be No. 1 but when he had the trophy in Toronto earlier this summer, his newborn daughter used it for No. 2.

    Now, as hockey's greatest prize tours Sweden, Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom has revived an old idea and deployed the Cup as a baptismal font. The forward, a member of the team that beat Pittsburgh in this year's final, suggested the creative use of hockey hardware to his cousin, Robert Sundstrom. He baptized his 7-week-old daughter, Alva Felicia, yesterday during a ceremony near Holmstrom's hometown of Pitea in northern Sweden.

    It's been cleaned up since Kamryn Draper christened the trophy the way babies like to christen things – Kris Draper drank from it later that night – and made its way overseas under the watchful eyes of the Hockey Hall of Fame's keepers.

    Each player on the winning team spends a day with the trophy. With seven Swedes on the Red Wings, it's the first time that many players from outside North America have been on a Stanley Cup squad.

     
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    THE NEW SEASON IS HERE!

    Good luck to all our teams... except if your team is the Dallas Stars or on the West Coast. :agree:
     
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