The NHL primarily uses three brands for outdoor games: the Heritage Classic, Winter Classic, and Stadium Series. The 2003 Heritage Classic between the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens was the first outdoor regular season game in NHL history. The Heritage Classic has since been held infrequently, featuring match-ups solely between Canadian teams, until the Buffalo Sabres make their appearance in the 2022 Heritage Classic. The annual Winter Classic, held on New Year's Day in the United States, began with the 2008 game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres. The NHL then started the Stadium Series in 2014 for additional outdoor games. The number of Stadium Series games has varied per season (four in 2014, only one in 2015, two in 2016, and one per season since 2017). Both the Winter Classic and the Stadium series featured match-ups solely between American teams until the Toronto Maple Leafs' appearances in both the 2014 Winter Classic and the 2018 Stadium Series.
During their time at the Civic Arena, the Pittsburgh Penguins could have theoretically hosted an outdoor NHL game due to the arena having a retractable roof. (The arena was originally built for the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, who only stayed at the arena until 1973.) However, the roof was always closed during hockey games with both the Penguins and their AHL predecessors, the Pittsburgh Hornets, whom the Penguins replaced upon the 1967 NHL expansion. The roof was permanently closed after 1994 when the Penguins replaced the center scoreboard.[4]
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Up until 2013, NHL's outdoor games were held exclusively in Canada and in the Midwest and Northeast United States. That changed in the 2014 Stadium Series when the Los Angeles Kings became the first West Coast team to host a regular season outdoor game, facing their in-city rival Anaheim Ducks at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on January 25.[19] The San Jose Sharks followed suit, hosting their archrival Kings in the 2015 NHL Stadium Series at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.[20] The first outdoor game to take place in a Southern state took place in the 2020 Winter Classic when the Dallas Stars hosted the Nashville Predators at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.[21]
COLUMBUS -- One of hockey's oldest rivalries and two Western Conference cities hosting an NHL outdoor game for the first time will be highlights of the 2015-16 season after NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the League's upcoming outdoor schedule Saturday at Nationwide Arena.
"I was thinking of [the weather]. It might be a little cooler than it was in Washington [for the 2015 NHL Winter Classic]. That's what the outdoor game is all about. We had the snow in Chicago when we played Pittsburgh. It was a different type of hockey game. There are some things you have to adjust to, but you enjoy it. You're outside playing a hockey game. You kind of feel like a kid again."
Even the Blackhawks seemed to be tired of playing outdoors, given this jersey was almost identical to their 2015 kits. The black helmet actually looks better than the white one, but this is ranked lower by virtue of bringing nothing new to the table.
After pulling a design straight from their own closet in 2011, the Capitals decided to pay homage to hockey in the District when they hosted the Winter Classic in 2015. The result? A jersey that was somehow original, yet timeless. There's enough stripes to stand out, but not overwhelm like the 2019 Blackhawks jersey. The Washington Monument nod in the "W" was also a nice touch.
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WSA Mite hockey players participate in the 2015 Winter Classic at Kensico Dam. ASEC is the owner/operator of the WSA facility and manages, through an agreement with Westchester County, the Kensico Dam Holiday Ice Rink.
This past Tuesday, the Washington Capitals held a ceremony at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. to celebrate their upcoming Winter Classic game at the ballpark. At this event, the hockey club finally, after lots of speculation, revealed the sweaters that the team would wear for their outdoor game.
For the 24-year-old forward it was a landmark moment. Her Boston Pride professional women's hockey team playing a game that was a massive step forward for the sport. "This could be the most exciting day of my life," she wrote on her Facebook page."Headed outdoors at 2 p.m. to play in the first ever Women's Winter Classic."
Bill Camp grew up outside of Boston and fell in love with the game of hockey. He became a pretty big Bruins fan at the age of five or six and learned how to skate and play the sport on an outdoor rink not far from his house. He was your typical "rink rat" as he experienced the snow coming down and the unique outdoor smell of the ice.
Given his past experience with outdoor hockey in the elements, the veteran actor will serve as narrator for the EPIX series, "Road To The NHL Winter Classic." It will debut on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 10 p.m. ET.
With the calendar flipping to the new year, hockey fans tuned in to the annual tradition of outdoor hockey with the Winter Classic. The 2023 iteration visited Boston and saw the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins duke it out beneath the Green Monster of Fenway Park. Besides seeing the players reconnect with their roots, playing the game outdoors, one of the most anticipated aspects of the Winter Classic is seeing what each team decides to do with their jerseys. With 14 games to pick from, here are my rankings of the Winter Classic jerseys from 2008 up to 2023.
One of the staples of these outdoor events is special uniforms just for the game. Many have been throwbacks from a particular team or era in the past, some have been a new take on a throwback and some were a different take on the team's current look. Some became instant classics while others...missed the mark.
* The Blackhawks are scheduled to compete in their fourth regular-season outdoor NHL game, the most of any team. They also played in the 2009 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field in Chicago (6-4 L vs. DET), the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series at Soldier Field in Chicago (5 1 W vs. PIT) and the 2015 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. (3-2 L at WSH). 2ff7e9595c
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