115,00 appears to be the target.

Getting 115,000 through the turnstiles for the 2013 NHL Winter Classic would set a world attendance record for a live hockey game.

On January 1, the Detroit Red Wings will host the Toronto Maple Leafs at the legendary "Big House" in Ann Arbour, Michigan.

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Want this guy's record?

It's 36 years since he set it. But he doesn't appear especially willing to give it up.

That's Darryl Sittler as he looked in 2008, before an NHL oldtimer's game. He certainly looks like a man who could still play.

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Because the award has long been sponsored by an auto company, the Most Valuable Player of the NHL All-Star Game is sometimes referred to as the guy who gets the truck.

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It's nearly 80 years since Eddie Shore took down Irvine "Ace" Bailey with a slew foot, ending Bailey's NHL career and nearly ending his life.

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The hockey calendar continues to unfold, with all eyes now turning to the NHL Trade Deadline.

(The trade deadline is often characterized as "Christmas for hockey fans," though the offerings under the tree can be very meager in some years.)

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Google "NHL All Star snub" and you'll find much debate over who does or doesn't deserve to be in Ottawa on the last weekend in January.

It's an obligatory, empty talking point in every hockey season.

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If hockey's chattering classes are to be believed, last week marks the beginning of a new NHL labor war.

The NHL Players' Association wouldn't sign off on the league's conference realignment plan. So the league shelved the scheme, and got a bit snippy about it.

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By now we know what to expect from the NHL Winter Classic: Not much of a hockey game, but spectacular vistas and plenty of novelty appeal.

So it was at the fifth annual on Monday, as the Rangers beat the Flyers 3-2 at Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia.

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The 2011 NHL Winter Classic helped rob the league of its best player.

But enthusiasm for the annual outdoor game remains undiminished.

Monday's 2012 Winter Classic will be a media and sponsorship bonanza for the NHL, because it's guaranteed to look great on TV.

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Last week we considered the impressive list of players who aren't available for the World Junior (under-20) Hockey Championship, which began Boxing Day in Calgary and Edmonton.

Guys like Tyler Seguin and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins are young enough to join their national teams. But they've already graduated to the NHL.

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