NEW YORK – The National Hockey League (NHL®) today announced that beginning today, fans in Canada can sign up on NHL.com to enter a ticket purchase contest for an opportunity to purchase two of the limited number of tickets remaining to the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® – the outdoor NHL regular-season game between the Philadelphia Flyers® and the New York Rangers® at 1 p.m. ET on Monday, January 2, 2012 at Citizens Bank Park™, home of the Philadelphia Phillies®. The game will be broadcast on CBC and RDS in Canada and on NBC in the U.S. Fans seeking a chance to win an opportunity to buy tickets to the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic can go to www.nhl.com/winterclassictickets for Official Rules, complete details and sign up for entry. Registration at www.nhl.com/winterclassictickets for the ticket purchase contest will begin on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Noon ET and will run through Sunday, November 27, 2011 11:59 a.m. ET. Registrations received after the deadline will not be accepted. There is no fee to register. No purchase necessary to enter, and winners are not obligated to buy tickets. Individuals must have reached the age of majority in their Province or Territory of residence to participate. Limit one entry per person or household. Some conditions apply. Selected participant must correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question in order to be declared a winner. Chances of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Winners will be notified December 1-8, 2011. Fifty opportunities to purchase one pair of tickets (seated together) are available. Prize has no monetary value. Opportunity for winners to purchase is dependent on availability. Quantities limited; availability is not guaranteed. For complete details, see the contest rules available at http://winterclassictickets.nhl.com/RulesRegs.aspx . The 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® continues the tradition the NHL has established of hosting a regular-season game outdoors at the onset of the new year to celebrate the origin and traditions of hockey. The 43,500-seat ballpark in Philadelphia will be the setting for the fifth-ever Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, which will feature several of the biggest names in hockey. The Flyers boast an All-Star roster that includes two Hart Trophy winners – Chris Pronger and Jaromir Jagr – and key members of the team that won the 2010 Eastern Conference championship, including Danny Briere, Claude Giroux and Scott Hartnell. The Rangers counter with NHL All-Stars of their own in goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, forward Marian Gaborik and 2004 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Brad Richards. Division rivals since the 1974–75 season, the Rangers and Flyers become the closest geographic rivals to compete in the event. NHL.com and NHL Network will deliver to fans comprehensive coverage of both teams as the event approaches. Through the type of access only the NHL can provide, fans will see all the information, stories, exclusive reporting and video they need to prepare for the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. Fans will be able to go beyond the game with retrospectives of the four previous Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic events on a dedicated Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic video channel, along with blogs, facts, figures and more.
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