Winter Classic latest casualty of labor dispute Fri Nov 2, 2012 3:36pm EDT (Reuters) - The Winter Classic became the latest casualty in a bitter labor dispute between National Hockey League owners and players on Friday, when the league cancelled the showcase event with negotiations stalled. The New Year's day extravaganza featuring Original Six rivals the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings was scheduled to be played at the University of Michigan's football stadium in Ann Arbor, attracting a potential NHL record crowd of over 110,000 fans to the venue known as the Big House. But with negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement at a standstill, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly made the announcement that the game was off. The logistical demands for staging events of this magnitude made today's decision unavoidable. We simply are out of time," Daly said. We are extremely disappointed, for our fans and for all those affected, to have to cancel the Winter Classic and Hockeytown Winter Festival events. The Winter Classic joined hundreds of regular season games already cancelled since the league locked out players on September 15. Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto; Editing by Julian Linden