NHL Winter Classic 2011

The 2011 NHL Winter Classic (known via corporate sponsorship as the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic) will be the fourth edition of the annual outdoor ice hockey game held by the National Hockey League (NHL) as a regular season game. The Pittsburgh Penguins will host the Washington Capitals at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on January 1, 2011 at 1:00PM US EST.

Winter Classic game will be telecast on NBC in the USA, CBC (English) and RDS (French) in Canada. It has been announced that Pittsburgh native Jackie Evancho will preform the Star Spangled Banner and Pittsburgh sports legends Mario Lemieux, Franco Harris and Jerome Bettis will preside over the ceremonial dropping of the puck, and during the second intermission Harris and Bettis will host a fan event at the outside rink.

Loading...

Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.