Posts About "Winter Classic"
Vegas Should Get a Winter Classic
January 4th, 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 some outdoor hockey. With the introduction of the Stadium Series, that number increased exponentially to the point that now a vast majority of the league’s teams have played...
Wild at Target: 2021 NHL Winter Classic Headed to Minnesota
January 1st, 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 Winter Classic during this season's game Wednesday at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas. Minnesota's opponent for the next New Year's Day game will be determined...
Innovations Allow NHL to Stage Outdoor Games Anywhere
February 23rd, 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 Outdoor Games Still Special
March 5th, 2018 When the National Hockey League announced it would be heading outdoors in 2008 for the first-ever Winter Classic in Buffalo, New York, it was, understandably, met with a ton of excitement. The opportunity to bring the game of hockey back to its outdoor roots was new and exciting for NHL fans, and it showed: the game drew over 71,000...
Without Lehner, Sabres Would Be Epically Bad
January 2nd, 2018 After taking the New York Rangers to overtime on Monday in the NHL’s Winter Classic at Citi Field, the Buffalo Sabres have points in nine of their last 12 games. They’ve earned 13 points in 12 games–their best stretch this season. In a season where little has gone right for the Sabres, goaltender Robin Lehner has been keeping...
Eichel on Fire as Winter Classic Arrives
December 31st, 2017 Jack Eichel is back. He’s playing like a superstar, raising his teammates’ games, and talking like a captain. Since Dec. 15, Eichel has seven goals and four assists for 11 points in six games. He has eight goals and eight assists for 16 points in his last 12 games. For the season, he now has 15 goals and 20 assists for 35 points...
