DENVER -- As Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg skated at Coors Field during Friday's practice, he glanced over at a slim, bearded man standing next to the glass and smiled.
That man was Dave Jones, one of the operations managers at Joe Louis Arena, who is in Denver as part of the crew that installed the ice rink on top of the Colorado Rockies' baseball field.
"I started with Dan and Mike Craig at the Big House when we had the Winter Classic," Jones said. "They invited me on there and kind of got in the loop with the guys that do the NHL ice and the outdoor system.