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Fans Loved Kirk Herbstreit's Dog Sitting Rinkside at Stadium Series Game

Stadium Series brings out second-largest outdoor crowd in NHL history.

Kyle Koster

Peter Herbstreit takes in the NHL's latest outdoor game.
Peter Herbstreit takes in the NHL's latest outdoor game. / NHL on YouTube
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The Columbus Blue Jackets were able to knock off the Detroit Red Wings for the second time in three days by winning an entertaining Stadium Series matchup, 5-3, on Saturday night. Ohio Stadium packed in the second-largest outdoor crowd to ever watch an NHL game with 94,751 in attendance.

Few of those got as good of a look at the action as Kirk Herbstreit's dog, Peter, who got right up on the glass to take in some of the hard-hitting action.

Peter and Kirk were kind enough to give an interview in which the 16-month-old's sporting attend bonafides were given.

Herbstreit, who pulls double-duty as one of ESPN's foremost college football voices and as an analyst for Amazon on Thursday Night Football, was previously flanked by Ben, who became an internet sensation before his death in November.

Fans loved the duo braving it in chilly conditions.

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Kyle Koster
KYLE KOSTER

Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media. He was formerly the editor in chief of The Big Lead, where he worked from 2011 to '24. Koster also did turns at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he created the Sports Pros(e) blog, and at Woven Digital.

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