Record Crowd Expected For Leafs-Wings Winter Classic!

Finally! The NHL has finally got it right! Nazem Kadri's dream match-up for the Winter Classic is going to come true. The Leafs and Wings, will square off in Detroit for the next New Year's Day game on January 1, 2013! Story attached below. Go Leafs Go!!

Michigan Stadium set to host Maple Leafs & Red Wings for Winter Classic

Via: 680News staff and The Canadian Press The National Hockey League confirmed Thursday the Detroit Red Wings will face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Winter Classic on Jan. 1, 2013.

The game will be played at Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The league is expecting a world-record crowd of more than 115,000 at Michigan Stadium.

"Since this outdoor matchup is so big there is only one place where it could be played," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said.

Also, the NHL announced that the rest of the event will be based out of Comerica Park in downtown Detroit.

Bettman said at least 150,000 fans will take in games at Comerica Park.

The baseball stadium will host an alumni game as well as games featuring teams from the Ontario Hockey League, American Hockey League and NCAA.

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