January 1st, 2024
Company: | National Hockey League |
Web site: | http://www.nhl.com |
The NHL Winter Classic is an annual event held by the National Hockey League (NHL) on or around New Year's Day in which a regular-season ice hockey game is played outdoors, generally in a football or baseball stadium, in an area with a resident NHL team. The first Winter Classic was held in 2008 at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_Winter_Classic