According to their script, NBC celebrates hockey
Quick ReadThere is nothing normal about the NHL Winter Classic -- not for players, not for fans and certainly not for the people who bring it to you on television.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Rangers coach John Tortorella and goaltender Henrik Lundqvist talk about the Rangers 3-2 win over the Flyers. Videojournalists: Mario Gonzalez, Robert Cassidy (Jan. 2, 2012)
Rangers win Winter Classic
LI Rangers fans head to Winter Classic
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Winter Classic: Rangers 3, Flyers 2
Hockey fights of 2011-12
Captains in Rangers history
Steve Zipay's Blue Notes
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There is nothing normal about the NHL Winter Classic -- not for players, not for fans and certainly not for the people who bring it to you on television.
Take Pierre McGuire and his toenails.
The NBC analyst, who works between the team benches at ice level, learned a lesson at the 2009 game in Chicago after doing pregame interviews on skates. His feet were bare inside...
