Hockey is back in Chicago! Not that it ever left, but there has been a drought of a quality hockey team that could reach the playoffs with the potential to contend for the Stanley Cup in awhile.On Friday night, December 26, my dad and I saw the Chicago Blackhawks handily defeat the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-1. The victory, before a franchise record 22,712 fans in attendance, tied a Blackhawks franchise record of eight straight wins.
Now the big talk and hottest ticket around Chicago is the upcoming Winter Classic slated for January 1 at Wrigley Field (Home of the Chicago Cubs) between the Blackhawks and their archrival Detroit Red Wings. The game will be broadcast on New Year’s Day (12 noon, central time) on NBC.
Only a week ago we had 20”+ of snow on the ground with -20 to -30 wind chills (Fahrenheit). Workers preparing the rink in Wrigley Field took some days off because it was so cold. Then over the weekend we were close to record high temperatures of 60 degrees with more than 2” inches of rain. All the snow is gone!When we arrived in the United Center on Saturday, the temperature in the building was colder than the 47 degrees outside. Now we’re back to more seasonable weather. Game time highs for the Winter Classic on New Year’s are forecasted in the 20’s.
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