Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Mike Knuble teed up a puck on a wooden platform a few inches above Heinz Field’s green grass and lofted a perfectly placed wrist shot between the uprights.
Call it the first goal by an NHL player on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ home turf. Or was it the first field goal?
On a postcard-perfect midsummer 85-degree day — one that was 47 degrees above the average high temperature for Jan. 1 in Pittsburgh — the sight of the Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, the Capitals’ Knuble and three other players exhibiting their skills Tuesday while previewing the NHL Winter Classic illustrated the not-uncomfortable juxtaposition between football and hockey.
Read the story in Wednesday’s Vindicator.