On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Rowe, Thomas wrote:

> Michigan State and U. of Michigan skated to a 3-3 tie at an outdoor game
> attended by over 75,000.  This is the largest crowd ever to attend a
> hockey game as far as I know.

Actually, the official attendance was 74,554, breaking by just under
20,000 the previous record set at an IIHF gold medal game between
Sweden and the USSR in Moskva in 1957.

                                          John Whelan, Cornell '91
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