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While I haven’t been following hockey very much since the Bruins have sucked for the past decade, there was a really interesting game on the tv on New Year’s Day.

More people tuned in on New Year’s Day to see the NHL play outdoors than any other regular-season game in more than a decade.

The Penguins-Sabres game in snowy Buffalo - the first regular-season outdoor NHL game in the United States

It was really interesting to see a hockey game outside. Obviously I’ve never seen a pro game outside as this was the first, but it was really nice to see. The gratuitous Doug and Bob McKenzie and Slapshot quotes certainly helped the broadcast.

It was a cool even to watch and I hope the NHL thinks of doing more games like that. Of course that won’t happen in Tampa, but there are plenty of other northern arena’s that probably could do something similar.