Even though there was hesitation with the Winter Classic idea, the first game ever played broke the record for the highest attended game, with a total of 71,217 fans in attendance. The success of the ...

NHL Winter Classic, and Buffalo Sabres’ Chief Operating Officer Pete Guelli has made it known to league officials that the ...

Craig, the NHL operations facilities manager, said the ice maintenance process is more sophisticated than it was for the first Winter Classic. That means the ice can handle more extreme temperatures.

Pittsburgh played in the first Winter Classic when Crosby scored the winning goal in a shootout with light snow falling against the Sabres in the Buffalo Bills’ home stadium in 2008.

Pittsburgh played in the first Winter Classic when Crosby scored the winning goal in a shootout with light snow falling against the Sabres in the Buffalo Bills' home stadium in 2008.

It is the first Winter Classic played in the Pacific Time Zone – though there have been outdoor games on the West Coast, including the infamous Lake Tahoe outdoor series games.

The Penguins played in the first Winter Classic played on U.S. ice in Buffalo in 2008, but the Crosby-Ovechkin rivalry has become so big that the NHL is believed to be favouring a second Penguins ...

Featuring the league's two newest expansion teams, this is also the first Winter Classic to be held in the Pacific Time Zone and the game begins at 12 p.m. local time.

Pittsburgh played in the first Winter Classic when Crosby scored the winning goal in a shootout with light snow falling against the Sabres in the Buffalo Bills’ home stadium in 2008.

At a news conference Tuesday at the baseball stadium, Capitals owner Ted Leonsis says he lobbied NHL commissioner Gary Bettman from the moment the puck dropped for the first Winter Classic in 2008.

The Winter Classic has been a long-standing tradition in hockey, but the 2025 NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field will be the first time the game is set to be played on New Year's Eve. In previous ...