National Hockey League to add more outdoor games to 2013-2014 schedule

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Love the Winter Classic? There will be six of them next year.

TSN reported today that the National Hockey League intends to sign contracts with four additional stadiums to host outdoor games. In addition to the Winter Classic at Michigan’s Big House on January 1st, 2014 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings, five other outdoor games will be added to the regular season schedule.

Those dates are:

  • January 25, 2014 – Anaheim Ducks @ Los Angeles Kings, Dodger Stadium
  • January 26, 2014 – New York Islanders @ New York Rangers, Yankee Stadium
  • January 29, 2014 – New Jersey Devils @ New York Rangers, Yankee Stadium
  • March 1, 2014 – Pittsburgh Penguins @ Chicago Blackhawks, Soldier Field
  • March 2, 2014 – Ottawa Senators @ Vancouver Canucks, BC Place

    • What do you think of the move towards more outdoor, high-capacity hockey games?