NHL Moves Winter Classic Start Time To 3 ET

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NHL.com
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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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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