NHL Moves Winter Classic Start Time To 3 ET

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NEW YORK – The National Hockey League (NHL®) today announced that the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic will start at 3 p.m. ET (NBC,CBC,RDS). The game originally was scheduled for 1 p.m., ET. The revised start time decision was based on tomorrow's weather forecast and should offer optimal game conditions for players and fans.

All tickets to the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic will continue to be honored and all ticket-holder agreement language remains unchanged.

The following is a revised timeline for fans based on the 3 p.m. ET start time:

Sports Complex Parking Lots will open at 9 a.m. ET

Spectator Plaza will operate from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. ET.

Gates to Citizens Bank Park will open at 1 p.m. ET

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By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com

PHILADELPHIA -- It was the perfect synergy between baseball and hockey on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park. While the alumni of the Rangers and Flyers were fighting it out on a makeshift ice surface below, up in the press box etched in black marker on a white board remained the lineups from Game 5 of the recent National League Division Series between the hometown Phillies and Cardinals.

"It's a tradition here to leave the lineups up until we play the next game," said Ed Deal, a longtime pressbox attendant at Phillies games.

It's also a painful reminder to local fans that the Phillies lost and the Cardinals went on to win the World Series, that the unexpected can happen. It's also a reminder that the lineups will change. The No. 3 hitter for the Cardinals, one Albert Pujols, is now an Angel. The Phillies' No. 6 hitter, Raul Ibanez, is probably gone. Time marches on. READ ON....

Eric Lindros Shines In Return To Philadelphia, Leads Flyers Alumni Team To Victory

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By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Eric Lindros stepped out of the dugout and pointed his stick toward the stands.

Big E had his standing O.

With a packed Philadelphia crowd standing and roaring in appreciation, Lindros made a triumphant return to the city in a Philadelphia Flyers jersey, a bitter parting more than a decade ago forgotten from the moment No. 88 hit the ice for warmups.

The red reserved for the Phillies at Citizens Bank park gave way to 40,000 fans in Flyers orange - so many who paid just to see Lindros play in the alumni showcase, a prelude to Monday's Winter Classic between the Flyers and New York Rangers.

Lindros assisted on the first goal of the game, connecting with former Legion of Doom linemate John LeClair, to help the former Flyers beat the old-time Rangers 3-1 Saturday. STORY....

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