The 2013 Winter Classic is headed to Motown! When it comes to the Detroit Red Wings the last thing fans want to do is look ahead to next season, especially since they are doing so well this year, but one reason they may want to look at the 2013 schedule already is the Wings will be hosting the 2013 Winter Classic.

The Wings will face the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 1, 2013 at The Big House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. <a href="http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/18/report-2013-winter-classic-at-the-big-house-is-a-done-deal/">NBC Sports reports</a> "Wings owner Mike Ilitch wanted to do the game at Comerica Park in Detroit, but the chance to have over 110,000 pack the stadium for the outdoor event was too alluring for the league to turn down."

That crowd should be something to behold.

This will be the second hockey game to be held at the University of Michigan (on the football field that is) in the history of the Big House.

Michigan Stadium hosted “The Big Chill at the Big House,'' back in 2012 when Michigan and Michigan State battled it out for NCAA college hockey bragging rights. A crowd of 113,411 packed Ann Arbor that day.  The NHL attendance record for a game is 71,217, set at the 2008 Winter Classic when Buffalo took on Pittsburgh at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, New York.

Right now the Wings have thoughts of a Stanley Cup run this season, but that should be one exciting moment on New Year's Day 2013.

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