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Winter Classic Venue

The Flyers and Bruins meet at historic Fenway Park tomorrow (1 p.m. (NBC-10) in the third Winter Classic. Here are some things to know about Fenway and the Classic:

The Flyers and Bruins meet at historic Fenway Park tomorrow (1 p.m. (NBC-10) in the third Winter Classic. Here are some things to know about Fenway and the Classic:

Built: Sept. 25, 1911

Opened: April 20, 1912

Address: 4 Yawkey Way, Boston

Cost: $650,000

Capacity: 36,984 (baseball), 38,000 (hockey)

The rink at Fenway

112: Sections of boards that ring the 2010 Winter Classic rink and form its benches, penalty boxes and scorer's and timekeeper's boxes.

125: Feet from homeplate to the center-ice faceoff dot

252: Ice panels upon which the rink is built.

300: Ton capacity of refrigeration trailer that will keep the ice cool.

350: Gallons of paint to make the ice white

3,000: Gallons of coolant used to freeze the rink.

6,000: Sheets of Armor Deck that serve as the base for the rink and the various on-field roadways leading to and from it.

20,000: Gallons of water needed to create an ice surface 2-inches deep (NHL rinks normally are 1"-1.25" thick).

Winter Classic History

Jan. 1, 2008: Pittsburgh 2, Buffalo 1 (shootout)

71,217 fans at Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo

Jan. 1, 2009: Detroit 6, Chicago 4

40,818 fans at Wrigley Field, Chicago

Another outdoor game: 2003 Heritage Classic

Montreal 4, Edmonton 3

57,167 fans at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Note: No home team has ever won an NHL outdoor game

Fenway Legends

The Green Monster:

37-foot, 2-inch wall in leftfield.

Part of original structure, not painted green until 1947.

Seats were added on top in 2003.

Pesky's Pole:

Rightfield foul pole that is named for Johnny Pesky, light-hitting shortstop who hit a ball around the pole at Fenway.

The Lone Red Seat:

Rightfield, Row 37, Seat 21

In a sea of blue seats, one is red. It signifies where Ted Williams blasted the longest home run at Fenway, which supposedly hit a sleeping Yankees fan in the head 502 feet from home plate.

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