If you didn't get a ticket for the NHL Winter Classic on New Year's Day at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., you'll have to watch the outdoor contest from the comfort of home.Members of the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins, however, as well as anyone lucky enough to snag a ducat from someone other than a money-grubbing ticket broker, will likely have to battle the elements.
A novelty within the game, I believe, will be the
retro uniforms that both teams will sport for the game. The Sabres will wear the old-time fan favorite white, blue and gold. The Penguins, an apt nickname for a team playing in a winter day's game, will wear their baby-blue get-ups.Having endured my share of teeth-chattering, snow-filled days as a kid growing up in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains in rural Cattaraugus County, here's hoping that Reebok eschews the form-fitting, perspiration-wicking fabric of the RBK Edge jerseys in favor of down, fleece or, at the very least, flannel.
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