ISBN: | 978-5-5105-5466-3 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2008 NHL Winter Classic also known as the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic was a National Hockey League game played on January 1, 2008, at 1:27 p.m. ET, outdoors at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. It was the first regular-season outdoor professional ice hockey game to be played in the United States, and was sponsored by AMP Energy. It was the successor to the Heritage Classic, the NHL`s first regular-season outdoor game, played in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Ralph Wilson Stadium is the home to the National Football League`s Buffalo Bills, and because of this, the game is colloquially referred to as the "Ice Bowl."