Penguins, Sabres Outdoor Hockey Game Good for the NHL
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in a shootout in front of 71,217 fans.
There were intermittent snow showers.
The NHL will never attain respectable TV ratings because hockey is a regional sport, but games like this and the outdoor game between Montreal and Edmonton in Edmonton in 2003 at least give the league and the sport some important exposure.
Outdoor hockey games have done very well.
The Edmonton-Montreal game drew 57,167, and two college games - Michigan at Michigan State in 2001 and Wisconsin-Ohio State at the Green Bay Packers' Lambeau Field in 2006 - drew 77,554 and 40,890, respectively.
They give the sport a well-deserved shot in the arm.
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