Happy New Year and welcome to your home for the festivities for the Winter Classic. I'll be live blogging the game along with a host of other SBN Hockey writers, including four who are at the game in Chicago providing photos, twitters and hopefully even video from Wrigley Field as things get underway.

Please also be sure to visit Bleed Cubbie Blue, Second City Hockey and Winging It In Motown for more coverage.

This chat will be simulcast on Yahoo! Sports' hockey blog Puck Daddy while Greg Wyshynski recovers from his massive headache, so I expect a pretty big turnout. Should be fun: