Why would something like the Great Lakes Invitational, played every year and with it's own administration, be cancelled because a one-time event is being cancelled? Makes no sense.

On Nov 3, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Joe Makowiec wrote:

> Confirming rumors, the NHL has announced that the Winter Classic has been cancelled:
> 
> http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=644824
> 
> College hockey content:
> - the game, between the Red Wings and the Leafs, was scheduled for U of Michigan's Big House football stadium
> - According to SBNation,
>> Losing the Winter Classic also means the cancellation of the Hockeytown Winter Festival, scheduled for Dec. 15-31 at Detroit's Comerica Park. The Great Lakes Invitational, a college hockey tournament featuring several Michigan teams, the annual Winter Classic Alumni Game, an Ontario Hockey League doubleheader and an AHL game between the Toronto Marlies and Grand Rapids Griffins are all casualties of the Festival's cancellation.
> 
> http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2012/11/2/3591198/winter-classic-canceled-2013-red-wings-maple-leafs
> 
> More:
> 
> http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20121102/FREE/121109957#
> 
> Joe
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