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The Year in the NHL
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The Year in the NHL

The Winter Classic
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The Winter Classic -
The year began on Jan. 1 in the enchantingly snowy setting of Buffalo's Ralph Wilson Stadium with the NHL's first outdoor game in the U.S. A sellout crowd of 71,217 and a national TV audience saw the league's biggest star, Sidney Crosby, seize the spotlight with an assist and the shootout game-winner as the retro jersey-wearing Penguins downed the Sabres, 2-1.
Photographed by: David E. Klutho/SI
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