2014 NHL Winter Classic
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Date | January 1, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Michigan Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
City | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 105,491 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 NHL Winter Classic was an
The game was originally planned to be played on January 1, 2013, as the 2013 NHL Winter Classic, but was postponed until the following year due to the
The event was the first Winter Classic to be held at a stadium dedicated solely to college football. It was also the first whose festivities were split between two locations, as the NHL Alumni Showdown and other side events were held on a second rink constructed at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit.
Background
Initial announcement
After the success of "
The NHL Alumni Showdown coaches were named on July 26, 2012. Former Red Wings coach
The Red Wings-Maple Leafs matchup, an
Cancellation and postponement
On November 2, 2012, the NHL cancelled the game due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.[8] The date for the cancellation came as a result of a deadline in the league's contract with Michigan Stadium, in which the league would have incurred additional expenses if they cancelled after November 2.[9][10] During the announcement, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly stated that the 2014 Winter Classic and associated events would be awarded to Ann Arbor and Detroit and would also feature the Maple Leafs and Red Wings.[8] The NHL then officially announced the game on April 7, 2013.[1]
A divisional re-alignment that occurred the preceding offseason also made the Red Wings and Maple Leafs divisional rivals in the new Atlantic Division, which was renamed from the Northeast Division (the old Atlantic Division became the Metropolitan Division). Had the Winter Classic been played in 2013, it would have been the only meeting between the teams, as both were in separate conferences at the time (as division rivals, they can meet 4-5 times a year, ultimately playing 30 times over a seven-year period).
Game summary
January 1, 2014 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–2 (SO) | Detroit Red Wings | Michigan Stadium | Recap |
The game remained scoreless until Daniel Alfredsson scored for the Red Wings at 13:14 of the second period. James van Riemsdyk tied the game for the Leafs with 37 seconds left in the second period. Early in the third, Tyler Bozak gave Toronto the lead. Justin Abdelkader then tied the game with 5:22 in regulation. The game eventually went into a shootout, where Bozak's goal proved to be the difference.[11]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | No scoring | ||||
2nd | DET | Daniel Alfredsson (11) | Henrik Zetterberg (22), Brendan Smith (7) | 13:14 | 1–0 DET |
TOR | James van Riemsdyk (15) | Phil Kessel (18), Dion Phaneuf (12) | 19:23 | 1–1 | |
3rd | TOR | Tyler Bozak (5) | Dion Phaneuf (13) | 4:41 | 2–1 TOR |
DET | Justin Abdelkader (5) | Brendan Smith (8) | 14:28 | 2–2 | |
Overtime | No scoring | ||||
Shootout | Team | Shooter | Goaltender | Result | SO Score |
DET | Daniel Alfredsson | Jonathan Bernier | miss | ||
TOR | James van Riemsdyk | Jimmy Howard | save | ||
DET | Pavel Datsyuk | Jonathan Bernier | goal | 1–0 DET | |
TOR | Joffrey Lupul | Jimmy Howard | goal | 1–1 | |
DET | Tomas Tatar | Jonathan Bernier | save | 1–1 | |
TOR | Tyler Bozak | Jimmy Howard | goal | 2–1 TOR |
Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the season
Penalty summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | DET | Justin Abdelkader | Cross-checking | 6:39 | 2:00 |
TOR | Joffrey Lupul | Cross-checking | 11:04 | 2:00 | |
TOR | Dion Phaneuf | Holding
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16:21 | 2:00 | |
2nd | TOR | Jay McClement | High-sticking | 11:04 | 2:00 |
DET | Jakub Kindl | Closing Hand on Puck | 17:23 | 2:00 | |
3rd | TOR | James van Riemsdyk | Hooking | 11:45 | 2:00 |
Overtime | No penalties |
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Three star selections | |||
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Team | Player | Statistics | |
1st | TOR | Jonathan Bernier | 41 Saves (.953) |
2nd | DET | Jimmy Howard | 24 Saves (.923) |
3rd | TOR | Tyler Bozak | 1 Goal |
Team rosters
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- ^ James Reimer and Petr Mrazek dressed as the back-up goaltenders. Neither entered the game.
Scratches
- Toronto Maple Leafs: Mark Fraser, John-Michael Liles, Frazer McLaren
- Detroit Red Wings: Mikael Samuelsson, Jonas Gustavsson, Darren Helm
Officials
Liles trade
Despite taking the warmup and initially being pencilled in as a healthy scratch, John-Michael Liles found out early in the game that he had in fact been traded to the Carolina Hurricanes, alongside Dennis Robertson, for Tim Gleason. Gleason made his Leafs debut on January 7, 2014. Liles scored against his former team two days after Gleason's debut in a 6-1 Carolina win.
Television ratings
The combined average television viewership for the 2014 NHL Winter Classic on NBC in the U.S., and CBC and RDS in Canada was 8.234 million viewers in North America, becoming the most watched regular season game ever. The previous highest combined average television viewership was 6.6 million viewers for the 2011 NHL Winter Classic. The 4.404 million average viewers for NBC's broadcast in the U.S. was the second-largest audience for an NHL regular season game since 1975. The 3.57 million average viewers for CBC's broadcast in Canada was the largest audience ever for an NHL regular season game in Canadian broadcast history. The game garnered a 2.5 rating, tying the 2009 NHL Winter Classic as the highest-rated NHL regular season game since 1975. The rating and viewership for the game were up 19% and 18%, respectively, compared to the 2012 NHL Winter Classic.[12]
Entertainment
Musical guests for the 2014 Winter Classic included The Zac Brown Band and Mayer Hawthorne.
Hockeytown Winter Festival
Comerica Park served as the venue for the 2013 Hockeytown Winter Festival, a two-week event that took place in Detroit leading up to the 2014 NHL Winter Classic.[13] As part of this event, on December 27–28, the 2013 Great Lakes Invitational four-game tournament was held, with Western Michigan emerging as champion over in-state rival Michigan Tech.[14] On December 29, two OHL games were played, the first between the Windsor Spitfires and the Saginaw Spirit, and the second between the London Knights and the Plymouth Whalers. These were the first outdoor regular season games for the OHL. The Spitfires won the first game 6–5, while a shootout was required for the second game, with the Whalers getting the 2–1 win.[15] On December 30, in front of 20,337 fans, the AHL affiliates of the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maples Leafs, the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Toronto Marlies played to a shootout, with the Marlies holding the 4–3 edge. This was the seventh outdoor AHL game.[16]
Date | Away team | Score | Home team | Attendance |
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December 16, 2013 | Western Mustangs | 5–2 | Windsor Lancers | 1,000 |
December 27, 2013 | Michigan State Spartans | 2–3 (SO) | Michigan Tech Huskies | |
Western Michigan Broncos | 3–2 (OT) | Michigan Wolverines | 25,449 | |
December 28, 2013 | Michigan State Spartans | 3–0 | Michigan Wolverines | 26,052 |
Michigan Tech Huskies | 0–1 (OT) | Western Michigan Broncos | ||
December 29, 2013 | Windsor Spitfires | 6–5 | Saginaw Spirit | 25,749 |
London Knights | 1–2 (SO) | Plymouth Whalers | 26,384 | |
December 30, 2013 | Toronto Marlies | 4–3 (SO) | Grand Rapids Griffins | 20,337 |
December 31, 2013 | Toronto Maple Leafs Alumni | 4–5 | Detroit Red Wings Alumni | 33,425 |
5–6 (SO) |
Alumni Showdown
As part of the Hockeytown Winter Festival, two consecutive alumni games were played between former players of the Red Wings and the Maple Leafs on December 31. The Detroit Red Wings swept the doubleheader, winning the first alumni game 5–4, and the second alumni game 6–5, following a shootout, in front of 33,425 in attendance at Comerica Park.[17]
In the first alumni game of the doubleheader,
In the second period, Pat Verbeek's goal from Miller and Mathieu Schneider gave the Red Wings a 4–2 lead with 15:40 left in the second. Aaron Ward scored the eventual game-winner from Fischer and Jimmy Carson with 11:50 left before the Maple Leafs mounted a comeback on goals by Brad May, and Tom Fergus who made it a one-goal game with 2:31 remaining in the second period. The Leafs pulled their goalie for the extra attacker with a minute left. Then, Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman sent 74-year-old Red Berenson, Michigan's head coach, to take the face off with 14.3 seconds left. Berenson was one of two players who participated in the Alumni Showdown who actually started his NHL career in the Original Six era. The other was 68-year-old center Mike Walton, who began his career with the Leafs in 1965.[18]
Prior to the second alumni game of the doubleheader, former linemates Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay dropped the first puck in a ceremonial faceoff between former captains Steve Yzerman of the Red Wings and Darryl Sittler of the Maple Leafs. Vladimir Konstantinov was then helped onto the ice for a rare Russian Five reunion with his former teammates, Sergei Fedorov, Viacheslav Fetisov, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Igor Larionov. Joe Kocur honored his late Bruise Brother by wearing Bob Probert's number 24 in the second alumni game.
In the second alumni game, goals by Doug Brown, Chris Chelios, Sergei Fedorov, Nicklas Lidstrom and Brendan Shanahan gave the Red Wings a 5–1 lead early in the second period. Three straight unanswered goals from Shayne Corson, Tie Domi and Steve Thomas cut the Red Wings' lead to one goal. Bryan McCabe then scored with two seconds left in regulation, to send the game to a shootout. During the shootout, Tomas Holmstrom scored Detroit's lone goal, to give them the 6–5 victory.[19]
Alumni showdown rosters
Game 1
Game 2
Toronto Maple Leafs
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Detroit Red Wings
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See also
- NHL Centennial Classic, a 2017 re-match of the game at BMO Field in Toronto.
- List of outdoor ice hockey games
References
- ^ a b "Red Wings, Maple Leafs to meet in 2014 NHL Winter Classic". CBC Sports. April 7, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ "Leafs win Winter Classic on Bozak's shootout goal". NHL.com. January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ "Leafs drop Wings in shootout in front of record 105,491 at Big House". ESPN. January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ Frigid temps, snow, deliver Classic screen NHL.com, January 2, 2014
- ^ "Michigan regents approve renting Michigan Stadium to NHL for Winter Classic". ClickOnDetroit.com. Post-Newsweek Stations. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
- ^ "Quinn, Bowman to coach Classic alumni teams" (Press release). NHL. July 26, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ^ Johnston, Chris (December 30, 2013). NHL dreaming 'Big' for Winter Classic. Sportsnet. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ a b "NHL announces cancellation of 2013 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic & SiriusXM Hockeytown Winter Festival". National Hockey League. November 2, 2012.
- ^ "Decision day arrives for NHL's Winter Classic". The Buffalo News. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
- ^ Strang, Katie & Craig Custance (November 2, 2012). "Source: Winter Classic canceled". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
- ^ Klein, Jeff Z. (January 1, 2014). "Big Chill in the Big House for Toronto's Winter Classic Win". The New York Times.
- ^ 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic watched by record 8.2 million viewers across North America NHL.com, January 3, 2014
- ^ Frequently Asked Questions NHL.com, December 31, 2013
- ^ WMU hockey wins Great Lakes Invitational with gritty 1-0 win over Michigan Tech at Comerica Park MLive.com, December 29, 2013
- ^ Spits, Whalers win outdoors at Comerica ontariohockeyleague.com, December 31, 2013
- ^ Marlies edge Griffins at Comerica Park Archived April 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine theahl.com, December 31, 2013
- ^ NHL.com - Marquee names expected for alumni doubleheader - Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic - Maple Leafs vs. Red Wings
- ^ Mio, Berenson excite fans, teammates NHL.com, December 31, 2013
- ^ Legendary Wings didn't disappoint fans NHL.com, December 31, 2013
External links
- NHL Winter Classic 2014 Red Wings - Leafs 01/01/2014 Full Game Replay of the 2014 NHL Winter Classic