CHICAGO --When most sports fans discuss their first sporting event at Wrigley ... cup of hot chocolate in a souvenir cup. The overall ambience is cool. I love seeing the decorations on the field.

Wrigley Field. On Jan. 1, 2009, at just the second-ever Winter Classic, a young Blackhawks team fell 6-4 to the Detroit Red Wings. The visitors were the defending Stanley Cup champions ...

A year later, the NHL chose Chicago’s iconic Wrigley Field as its venue for the second ... “It’s been doused with Bud Light from the Stanley Cup and it’s had a couple good nights out ...