Tyler Bozak has netted the winning goal in a penalty-shot shootout to give Toronto a 3-2 victory over Detroit in the National Hockey League's annual Winter Classic outdoor game.
The largest crowd to ever attend an ice hockey game, 105,491 people, braved bitter conditions at Michigan Stadium to see Bozak flip the puck into the net for the Maple Leaf triumph.
"It was a lot of fun," said Toronto goaltender Jonathan Bernier. "It made it pretty hard with the snow coming down but that's going to stay in my memory for the rest of my life."
The previous world ice hockey attendance record was when 104,173 watched Michigan and Michigan State college teams play in 2010.
Snow fell throughout the contest as clubs battled in windy conditions with temperatures at minus 10 degrees Celsius.
"The ice was pretty slippy," Bernier said. "The snow was hitting your eyes sometimes, but it was a lot of fun."
It was the 646th regular-season meeting between the Eastern Conference rivals, two of the NHL's oldest clubs.
The game was to have been played a year ago but a money dispute between players and club owners shortened last season and caused the event to be postponed until New Year's Day 2014.
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