Penguins To Drop Pucks Outdoors in 2011, Flyers Look To Lock Up The Cup Here and Now

Last Year's Champs & Hopefully 2010 Champs

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced today that the Pittsburgh Penguins will host the Washington Capitals at Heinz Field on New Year’s Day (2011) in the fourth installment of the Winter Classic.

The Penguins, captained by Sidney Crosby played the Sabres in Buffalo in the first Winter Classic.

Bettman also said that the Calgary Flames are expected to host the Montreal Canadiens at McMahon Stadium on Feb. 20.

Montreal played the Oilers in Edmonton in the 2003 Heritage Classic, the league’s first outdoor regular-season game.

 Two seasons ago, the Chicago Blackhawks hosted the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field and last season, the Boston Bruins hosted the Philadelphia Flyers at Fenway Park. While the Flyers lost that game, they got some sweet revenge on the Bruins in round two of this year’s playoffs.

The Flyers play the Blackhawks in Chicago on Saturday night (8pm EST) in game one of the Stanley Cup Finals. Let’s go Flyers!