The other Cold War
The Cold War was an ice hockey game played between U.S. college rivals Michigan State University and the University of Michigan on Saturday, October 6, 2001. It set the world record for the largest crowd at an ice hockey game: 74,544.
Longtime rivals with Michigan in hockey (and other sports), MSU decided not to play this contest at East Lansing’s Munn Ice Arena, but instead set up an ice rink in the middle of the much larger Spartan Stadium, which they filled to 103.4% of capacity. This meant that 74,544 packed the Big Ten football stadium to watch the MSU Spartans and the Michigan Wolverines skate to a 3-3 tie. Two 300-piece marching bands were present on field and the game was internationally televised.
via Cold War (ice hockey) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.