Praying to Mother Nature....Give us the Winter Classic 2011, Happy New Year, 'Dogs host Malmo, Sweden Redhawks tomorrow!

I think the weather change that has resulted in the Winter Classic faceoff being moved to 5pm PST and 8:00pmEST is a huge blessing.... or a blessing as long as the weather does what it is supposed to do, and we DO indeed get to watch this amazing game tonight.

Sid and Ovie under the lights? Come on! The best place for the most informative and humorous updates is always Greg Wyshynski's Puck Daddy Blog If anything it's worth viewing just to see a picture of Pens forward Pascal Dupuis skating around in a Steelers helmet.

As Bruce Boudreau said today - "As coaches and players, we don't care if we go at midnight" More from Sportsnet.ca here.

It has been a fun day watching 3 of the 4 previous WC games - Pens at Sabres, Wings at Hawks, and Philly at Boston. 

As I type this, now it's Wayne Gretzky golfing. He shoots LEFT in hockey, and RIGHT in golf. My theory is he was way to good at hockey right handed, so he switched to leftie to make it more fair. As golf is his second sport, he must be right handed right haha!  In the end, I know it's all just about Wayne having incredible athletic abilities.

Happy New Year - I hope everyone had a great time with friends and loved ones ringing in 2011!

The Bulldogs open the year with an Exhibition tilt tomorrow against the Malmo Redhawks at the Dog Pound, a 5pm puck drop. The Bulldogs office is open selling tickets from 10am tomorrow to game time.

That's it for now - hopefully we can all ring in '11 by enjoying a CLASSIC Winter Classic tonight!

Hammer