It wasn’t quite the NHL’s Winter Classic, but the FHL All-Stars defeated the Williamsport Outlaws 18-13 Wednesday in the Federal Hockey League‘s 2012 All-Star Game at Airmen Pond at Bowman Field, the summer home of the Single-A Williamsport Crosscutters (New York-Penn League). Paul D’Amato who played Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken in the 1977 movie Slap Shot was the keynote speaker at event’s banquet. Read more here. View game photos here.
In a related story, the Outlaws could be playing indoors next season at the YMCA Pickelner Arena rolling skating rink recently purchased by a developer, so this outdoor hockey experiment at a minor-league ballpark could be short lived. Read more here. Thanks to John Cerone for the news.
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