DENVER – Mike (Doc) Emrick, who lives in St. Clair, will call his 12th outdoor hockey game tonight when the Red Wings face the Colorado Avalanche at Coors Field as part of the NHL Stadium Series. If he’s lucky enough, he said he’d be glad to call a lot more.
“I missed the one at Wrigley Field because I woke up the day before with laryngitis and a throat infection,” Emrick recalled of the 2009 NHL Winter Classic that the Wings won 6-4 over the Blackhawks. “That’s the only Winter Classic I’ve missed.
“I was there and looking at Lake Michigan from the Drake Hotel.