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The 2012 NHL Winter Classic
Rangers 3, Flyers 2; Citizens Bank Park
Playing on a rink that stretched from first base to third base, the Rangers made the league's fifth Winter Classic a memorable one, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to stay atop the Eastern Conference standings. The NHL surrounded the rink with Christmas trees, firewood, fake snow, and even trash-can fires a la the movie Rocky, but there was nothing artificial about the elements with snow flurries late in the second period and temperatures that dipped into the 30s, forcing 49,967 fans to bundle up for the big game.