Time to Drop the Puck

Hockey Day in the the U.S.A.

The seventh annual Hockey Day in Canada (HDIC) will be held this Saturday... across the country... ALL DAY.



Americans now have the opportunity to experience some of the event because Time Warner In Demand is (wisely) offering a free week of programming from January 8th to the 14th. (In Demand - Center Ice broadcasts every game of every team, 7 days a week)

If you gorge on hockey for just one day, I encourage you to do so on Saturday. Check out the Canadian line-up:

Montreal @ Ottawa 2:00 pm
Vancouver @ Toronto 7:00 pm
Edmonton @ Calgary 10:00 pm

(if you get bored with the Canucks, switch to the Boston / Rangers match-up)

It's not just the hockey. The broadcasts are sure to have all kinds of goofy presentations going on throughout the day; amateur games, pond hockey tournaments, Don Cherry (ok, so it is just the hockey).

And though nothing can top the thrill of the 2003 Heritage Classic, HDIC promises to be something special.
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"It'll never happen again,"

Speaking of thrills, Over at ESPN Doug Risebrough reminisces on the 30th anniversary of a Habs team that went 60-8-12.