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Winter Classic

January 1, 2011 by · Comments Off on Winter Classic 

Winter Classic, (AP) – Mario Lemieux could not find the net. This does not mean he has lost a key marker. Lemieux set up two goals to offset two goals by Washington as actors Paul Mulvey retired Capitals and the Penguins skated to a 5-all tie Friday in the old classic game of winter. The two-period game played before 10,000 fans were relaxed – most players wore ski hats instead of helmets – but competitive. Peter Bondra, a marker of the 500 career goals, scored the tying goal for Washington with 45 seconds remaining.

The nail could have been Hall of Fame, Lemieux and Larry Murphy assisted on the game’s final Pittsburgh, Hall of Fame Ron Francis on the power play. Hall of Fame Paul Coffey and former All-Star Kevin Stevens was also on the ice.

“This power plays, so it looked like we knew what we were doing there a little bit,” Murphy said.

Most players were affected by the temporary ice rink installed a week ago between the 20 yard lines at Heinz Field. The ice could be tested by rain showers expected on Saturday and moderate temperatures, the first time the 4-year Winter Classic was played in anything other than the winter weather.

“The ice was great. Just a few times in the neutral zone, there was a puddle,” said Lemieux. “But they came right out and do the housework.”

Rob Brown, Rod Buskas Craig Simpson and Jay Caufield also scored for Pittsburgh. Caufield, best known for his fighting skills, surprised by his own teammates wound up a slap shot just inside the blue line.

“I have a Hall of Famer, Ron Francis, one side, and a Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier of the other, and then play with Mario,” Brown said. “A pretty cool experience.”

Mark Lofthouse, bearing the number 8 is now worn by Alex Ovechkin, and Alan may have added goals for the Capitals, who were under Hall of Fame, but the young goalkeepers. The Penguins’ starting goalie was 60 years, Gilles Meloche, their goalkeeping coach.

The fans, with the full special dark blue Penguins’ Winter Classic jersey, sang and shouted to Lemieux to score, but he could not put a slap shot and a couple of wrist shot past 49 years, goalie Don Beaupre.

“It was great to play with some of my old linemates,” said Lemieux, who left for the second and last time in 2006 – seven years after buying the Penguins. “Kevin Stevens, it is a little slower but he knows where to go.”

Stevens, who seems to be well above its weight by playing at a time of 230 pounds, took a couple of shifts and, he says, “I felt like I was there one month.”

Bill Guerin, who retired last month at age 40, was among the youngest players.

“There will always be competitive, we’ve all played this game a long time, and nobody wants to lose, we are here … We might as well play hard,” he said.

Lemieux was the last of 50 players announced. To welcome him to the ice, the Penguins used a recorded message by the late John Barbero, their long-standing arena announcer who died last summer.

Winter Classic 2011

January 1, 2011 by · Comments Off on Winter Classic 2011 

Winter Classic 2011, Because it is an American football stadium Heinz Field in Pittsburgh turns in the hockey arena with a capacity of 65,000 spectators. For the Penguins will go on home, was the second duel in the open field within three years, formerly of Buffalo won 2-1 in the shootout. They decided none other than the biggest hero of Canada’s recent Crosby. “Back then it was great and now it will be even better at home. The struggle with Washington is always special and this will be even more exceptional.”

Crosby in recent weeks, were captured by a magnificent series of 25 NHL games in a row in which it scored. There was terminated in the middle of the night, the New York Islanders players all over the goalkeeper Rick DiPietro.

“I’m sorry, of course, but once it had come. There is nothing to do,” Crosby tried to take the end of a series of brave. “We had several chances in the match, man can now say this is where we might fall, but it did not happen,” he said.

Crosby still not sad. Apart from enjoying a great season, Ovechkin, the NHL scoring lead to thirteen points. His forehead and krabatí perhaps just by looking at the weather forecast. According to Dagmar Honsová Meteopress of Saturday’s match is a rather intense rain and the temperature should be about ten degrees Celsius.

Heavy rain finally moved the match by seven hours. But organizers believe that the matches of further endangered. “Many people are nervous, whether it comes out. But I not among them. People who are prepared arena, are professionals,” said Pittsburgh Mayor Server NHL.com Luke Ravenstahl.

Still, the rain could wreak proper problems. Why? When the impact is almost immediate drops freeze and the ice becomes uneven. “It’s a matter with which we deal. A similar problem is one of the matches simply,” crouching Crosby said. “Let the sky fall on anything and dominate any weather, we’d love to play,” he smiled.

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