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Why Michigan's Detroit Red Wings are pumped to play in U.P.'s 'little barn'

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The Red Wings play an exhibition game Thursday against the St. Louis Blues in a small town in the Upper Peninsula. Filmed Sept. 26, 2019 in Detroit. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press

The experience stands to be cool, especially for the "Pure Michigan" contingent of the Detroit Red Wings.

Crammed into their nine-game exhibition slate is Thursday’s visit to Calumet, a village in the Upper Peninsula that’s home to one of the oldest continuous-use indoor ice rinks in the world. Built in 1913, the barrel-roofed Calumet Colosseum seats 700, making for an intimate setting that’ll take players back to their younger days.