In about two hours from the time this article is posted, the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins will face off in the NHL’s annual Winter Classic game at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.
Now an enduring feature of the middle of the hockey season and New Year’s Day, today’s game is the 12th Winter Classic and it’s been held in such diverse stadia as Fenway Park, Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor and Nationals Park in Washington.
But in 2009, it was still a bit of a novelty, when the game came to Wrigley Field in Chicago.