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 -- Joe Makowiec can be reached at: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe http://makowiec.org/