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WASHINGTON -- Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis lobbying for a Winter Classic in his NHL teams home city began with an email sent to Commissioner Gary Bettman the moment the leagues first New Years Day game was played in 2008. "The first emails I see any morning, on any typical day, are from Ted on any of a variety of subjects but he has been both persistent and passionate in pursuit of this event," Bettman said at Nationals Park on Tuesday, when the Capitals unveiled the uniforms theyll wear when they host the Chicago Blackhawks on Jan. 1. "Were thrilled to be fulfilling his wish." On a sunny, start-of-autumn day with the temperature at about 70, Alex Ovechkin wore flip-flops and a borrowed pair of baseball pants, Nicklas Backstrom donned shorts, and Braden Holtby sported sunglasses while modeling the deep red jerseys with a blue "W," three white stars and the word "Capitals" across the chest. Hockey nets and boards showing the outline of a rink were set up across the back of the dirt diamond and the shallow outfield grass at the baseball stadium where the NL East champion Nationals play their home games. "One of the things I did for Commissioner Bettman a few years back (was) I had a rendering done of what the Winter Classic would look like here. So this is pretty cool to see," said Mark Lerner, son of the Nationals principal owner and a part-owner of the Capitals, as he looked at the setup. "Every time I saw him, I said, What about it? Ted and I were both on a mission since Jan. 1, 2008, that we wanted to have it in D.C." Leonsis called landing the game "a big moment" for hockey in Washington. "Our city deserves it, so it feels good to finally know that were going to drop the puck New Years Day," Leonsis said, "and Im just hoping for snow." He was asked how much snow. "Enough," Leonsis replied. "Just no rain." 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The Frontenacs went 1 for 6 on the power play while the Rangers were 1 for 9. --- OTTERS 3 GENERALS 2 ERIE, Pa. -- Andre Burakovsky scored the eventual winner as the Otters halted Oshawas five-game win streak. Jake Evans and Dane Fox also scored for Erie (14-3-1) while Connor Brown earned an assist to give him six points in his last three outings. Josh Brown and Chris Carlisle supplied the offence for the Generals (14-4-1). Devin Williams made 19 saves for the Otters, and Danial Altshuler turned away 25 shots for Oshawa. --- WHALERS 3 STORM 2 (SO) GUELPH, Ont. -- Zack Bowman stopped 41 shots as Plymouth edged the Storm to halt a three-game slide. Connor Chatham and Carter Sandlak scored in regulation for the Whalers (8-12-0) while Chatham tacked on the shootout winner. Jason Dickinson had a goal and an assist for Guelph (15-3-2), which has earned at least a point in 12 straight contests, and Scott Kosmachuk scored once. Matthew Mancina made 23 saves for the Storm. --- COLTS 5 KNIGHTS 4 (SO) LONDON, Ont. -- Zach Hall scored the lone shootout goal as Barrie came from behind to defeat the Knights. Jake Dotchin, Aaron Ekblad, Kevin Laband and Tyson Fawcett scored in regulation for the Colts (9-8-1), who trailed 3-1 after the first period and 4-2 heading into the final 20 minutes. Max Domi led London (111-5-2) with two goals and an assist while Ryan Rupert and Bo Horvat scored the others.dddddddddddd Horvat chipped in two assists for a three-point performance. Barries Mackenzie Blackwood made 33 saves for the win as Knights netminder Jake Patterson turned aside 43 shots in defeat. --- STEELHEADS 6 BULLS 4 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Andrew Goldberg scored a goal and added two assists and Sam Babinstev had three assists as the Steelheads downed Belleville. Jared Walsh, Bobby MacIntyre and Everett Clark gave the Bulls (4-11-3) a 3-0 lead and Artem Rasulov and Nick Zottl had the other Belleville goals. Jake Marchement and Garrett Hooey each had a goal and an assist for Mississauga (11-8-1) while David Tomasek and Remi Elie scored a goal each. Spencer Martin made 38 saves for the Steelheads. Charlie Graham started in goal for Belleville but was pulled after allowing two goals on 10 shots. Jason Da Silva stopped 22 shots in 46 minutes of relief. --- SPIRIT 7 67S 3 OTTAWA -- Saginaw nearly gave up a four-goal lead before pulling away against the 67s. Dylan Sadowy, Cody Payne, Eric Locke and Jacob Ringuette put the Spirit (9-7-2) up 4-0 before Ottawa scored three straight goals to make the game close. Andrey Alexeev, Sean Callaghan and Nick Moutrey scored in the third period to secure Saginaw a victory. Brendan Bell scored twice for Ottawa (7-11-0) and Andrew Abou-Assaly had the other goal for the 67s. Jake Paterson made 27 saves for Saginaw. Philippe Trudeau allowed four goals on 11 shots to take the loss for the 67s. Jacob Blair replaced Trudeau and stopped 15 shots in relief. --- WOLVES 4 PETES 3 (SO) SUDBURY, Ont. --Dominik Kahun completed the come back for the Wolves by scoring the shootout winner. Nicholas Baptiste and Nathan Pancel each had a goal and an assist for Sudbury (8-5-6), which trailed 3-1 heading into the third period, while Kahun also scored in regulation time. Peterborough (8-9-2) got goals from Nick Ritchie, Nelson Armstrong and Stephen Pierog. Franky Palazzese made 36 saves for Sudbury while Andrew DAgostini turned back 47 shots for the Petes. ' ' '