Anytime you are in Detroit you always think about Canada, or at least I do. I know that Windsor, Ontario, is just across the Detroit River and it’s a different world there, or at least a different country. Well now with the Winter Classic being named in Michigan, Canadians won’t have to wait for another “Heritage Classic” they will be able to cross the border.

Here is a listing of what’s in store.
http://www.sportsology.info/node/15921

The Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs are playing and they are quite familiar with each other playing an amazing 643 times since 1926-27.

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Dion Phaneuf was drafted by the Calgary Flames in 2003. He was the 9th overall pick in one of the deepest drafts in NHL history and now he has been traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs.