Inaugural NHL Winter Classic Revisited Aaron Sweeney | February 25, 2022 New Year’s Day has always been a joyous annual occasion for citizens of the world to come together and celebrate the milestone of simply making it one more year. For…
3 Takeaways from Blues’6-4 Victory in the 2022 Winter Classic Stephen Ground | January 2, 2022 The Winter Classic is an annual “can’t miss” venture for the NHL, one of its biggest productions every year. And it’s been two years since we last saw the game…
Capitals’ 2011 Winter Classic Win Put Team on National Stage Ted Starkey | January 1, 2021 While the Alexander Ovechkin-Sidney Crosby rivalry had been built up since the two players were the first picks in the 2004 and 2005 NHL Drafts, respectively, the 2011 Winter Classic…
Winter Classic in Vegas? YES PLEASE Eddie Rivkin | January 26, 2020 With another Winter Classic in the books, and the announcement that the 2021 game will be played in the State of Hockey, at Target Field in Minneapolis, the question is,…
Vegas Should Get a Winter Classic Anthony Barberio | January 4, 2020 Outdoor games used to be a luxury reserved for the lucky few NHL teams. The yearly Winter Classic used to only give two teams every season the opportunity to play…
Jets Should Be Wild’s Winter Classic Opponent Declan Schroeder | January 3, 2020 During the first intermission of the 2020 Winter Classic at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the Minnesota Wild would host the 2021 Winter Classic…
Finally, Wild Relish Chance to Host 2021 Winter Classic The Canadian Press | January 2, 2020 ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — The day after the Minnesota Wild were officially awarded the NHL’s next Winter Classic, they fittingly had practice scheduled for one of the area’s many…
Wild at Target: 2021 NHL Winter Classic Headed to Minnesota The Canadian Press | January 1, 2020 DALLAS — The 2021 NHL Winter Classic will be hosted by the Minnesota Wild at Target Field, the home stadium of MLB’s Twins. NHL officials announced the site for next…
THW’s Goalie News: Bobrovsky Returns, Winter Classic Preview Stephen Ground | January 1, 2020 For players that move in free agency or trades, the return to an old team is probably always circled on the calendar. But some returns are bigger than others, and…
2020 Winter Classic at the Cotton Bowl – NHL’s Southernmost Outdoor Game The Canadian Press | March 21, 2019 Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop tossed a football around at Cotton Bowl Stadium on the first day of spring while teammate John Klingberg played with a soccer ball. That historic football field will be covered by a sheet of ice and converted into a hocke…
Innovations Allow NHL to Stage Outdoor Games Anywhere The Canadian Press | February 23, 2019 PHILADELPHIA — Dan Craig sleeps maybe four hours a night leading up to outdoor games. He only goes out to dinner because he can check the status of the ice on his phone. “Your mind’s always going,” said Craig, the NHL’s vice-president of facilities ope…
NHL Winter Classic: Digital Fan Engagement Leads to TV Rating Recovery Earl Jessiman | January 5, 2019 The latest version of the NHL Winter Classic featuring the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins was played this week on Jan. 1 in front of 76,126 fans at Notre Dame Stadium,…
