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The 2025 NHL Winter Classic was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game, part of the Winter Classic series. The game was played on December 31, 2024, with the Chicago Blackhawks hosting the St. Louis Blues at Wrigley Field in Chicago . [ 2 ]
The 2025 Winter Classic took place on New Year's Eve in an attempt to avoid competing with the newly-expanded College Football Playoff bowl games. However, viewership dipped to under 1 million for the first time in the game's history. [26] As a result, for the 2026 Winter Classic, the NHL moved the game to January 2.
The 2020 NHL Winter Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on January 1, 2020, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The 12th edition of the Winter Classic, it matched Dallas Stars against the Nashville Predators; the Stars won, 4–2. This was the first NHL outdoor game for both teams. [1]
The 2008 NHL Winter Classic was the first game to use "hard whistle" stoppages during the third period and overtime, and to have the teams defend the same goal during the shootout. [34] The 2011 NHL Winter Classic was delayed from its original 1:00 p.m. start time to 8:00 p.m. due to warm temperatures and rain in the forecast. [35]
The Stadium Series is one of the series of regular season outdoor games played in the National Hockey League (NHL). This event is distinct from the NHL's other two series of outdoor games, the NHL Winter Classic, played in a different NHL city every year, and the NHL Heritage Classic (played occasionally at different Canadian stadiums).
The Winter Classic will be held on Dec. 31 (5 p.m. ET) at Chicago's Wrigley Field between the Blackhawks and Blues. The Winter Classic was also played at the Chicago Cubs' stadium in 2009.
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