vs. 
FACEOFF: Noon… or maybe 1pm…or 1:30… could be 2? All of it Central
TV/RADIO: NNNNNNN!BC, WGN Radio
YO! MTV CAPS: Japer’s Rink, Russian Machine Never Breaks
Well, it’s finally here. The landmark the season kind of pivots around. With the holidays over and the season about to head into it’s interminable slog phase, and almost right on the halfway point, the NHL has its winter landmark. It’s the Winter Classic… between two teams who have no history with each other at a venue that wouldn’t even be close to old enough to drive yet. But hey, let’s enjoy it anyway, right? The NHL regular season offers no other more singular stage than this one.