Building The Winter Classic Rink at Wrigley Field

This years outdoor Winter Classic Hockey game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois and featured the Chicago Black Hawks and the Detroit Red Wings. It was the 701st game between these rivals and the Wings defeated the Backhawks 6-4 in an exciting match up. This was the first Winter Classic to involve at least one of the Original Six teams.                                   
                                   
The two teams wore vintage-style uniforms created using the current Reebok Edge equipment and material. The Blackhawks wore sweaters which were a mix of their 1936-37 sweaters and their 1937-38 sweaters, with the design from 1936-37 and the chest crest from 1937-38.

Construction of the ice rink began on December 16, 2008. The rink was built from the bottom with plywood and aluminum panels, the latter of which have tubes to move coolant under the ice to maintain a cold temperature. The coolant came from a truck based outside of the ballpark. Here is an interesting video to watch, it is a fast motion video made of photos depicting how the Winter Classic Rink at Wrigley Field was built.

[photo source: Wikipedia - wikipedia.org]

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