I thought it was great. I watch only a handful of hockey games throughout the year and pretty much every Winter Classic and I thought this one was the best in a while. I'll watch anything Doc announces and also watch the HBO 24/7 show that follows the involved teams. The ice was a problem the last two years cuz of outside temperatures but that wasn't a problem this year. The snow seemed to annoy the players when trying to stickhandle and when the snow stopped in the 2nd period the game was much more fun to watch.

Question for hockey refs: there was a faceoff with 2:02 left in the 2nd period where the guy who drops the puck (referee or linesman?) spent about 20 seconds talking to the players as he faked dropping the puck several times. He looked like he was lecturing one of the guys. What happens in these exchanges?