List of outdoor ice hockey games
Playing hockey games outdoors—in soccer, football and baseball stadiums—is an increasingly popular trend for junior, college, professional and international competitions in the 21st century. The popularity of outdoor games has resulted in attendance records in several leagues, and the current world record total of 104,173 was set at The Big Chill at the Big House, a December 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University.[1]
While other indoor sports such as basketball have been able to use outdoor tennis courts and even aircraft carriers for outdoor games, this is rarely possible in ice hockey because a regulation rink is generally much wider and longer than the playing surface available in either of those venues. Ice hockey, however, has been played at Stade Roland Garros, the venue of the French Open in tennis. Staging a Vysshaya liga game on the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov has been considered as well. To compensate for the varying weather conditions at outdoor ice hockey games, the teams may switch sides after each half of a period.
History[]
In the early history of hockey, games were played outdoors on rivers, lakes, and other naturally occurring ice surfaces. In fact, the first indoor game, held in 1875, was a novelty at the time, yet after that the game moved inside. While the first Olympic hockey tournament, held in 1920, was played indoors, games at the first Winter Olympics in 1924 were the first of several such tournaments to be played outdoors.[2] Games at the World Championships were occasionally played outdoors, including the 1957 gold medal game between the Soviet Union and Sweden at the Lenin Stadium in Moscow. The attendance at that game was approximately 55,000, a number that stood as a record for more than 40 years.[3] In 1954, the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) played an exhibition game on an outdoor ice surface against the inmates of Michigan's Marquette Branch Prison.[4]
While the New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings played an NHL exhibition game in 1991 outside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas,[5] the modern trend for outdoor competition began in 2001. That year, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan played to a 3–3 tie in an outdoor game known as the Cold War before 74,554 fans. The game was held at Michigan State's Spartan Stadium, with the hockey rink set up in the middle of the football field.[6]
The NHL's first regular season outdoor game ensued: the 2003 Heritage Classic, hosted by the Edmonton Oilers, who lost by a 4–3 score to the Montreal Canadiens. Though the game was played in frigid temperatures that went as low as −19 °C (−2 °F), it drew over 57,000 fans and was hailed as a success.[7] The league followed it up in 2008 when it inaugurated the NHL Winter Classic as an annual event to be held on New Year's Day. The 2008 NHL Winter Classic, held in Buffalo, set an NHL attendance record of 71,217.[8] The 2014 NHL Winter Classic, held at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, set a new NHL attendance record of 105,491.[9] In 2011, for the first time the NHL hosted two outdoor games, the Winter Classic in Pittsburgh, and the Heritage Classic in Calgary.
Outdoor games have been held by many leagues around the world. The Swiss league's SCL Tigers hosted SC Bern in an outdoor game to celebrate the 100th Tigers–Bern Derby in 2007.[10] In 2009, Swedish clubs Frölunda HC and Färjestads BK played a game at Ullevi. The game broke the former European league-game record for attendance at that time with a crowd of 31,144 (beaten in February 2011 when Jokerit and HIFK played in front of 36,644 spectators).[11] The game also broke the Swedish record crowd of 23,192, set in the same stadium in 1962.[12] The current world record for attendance at a hockey game was set in December 2010, in an NCAA game between the same two teams that participated in the Cold War. In this game, Michigan hosted Michigan State in an event known as The Big Chill at the Big House. The game had an announced attendance of 113,411 spectators, but Guinness World Records certified the attendance as 104,173 based on tickets scanned.[1][13][14] The record had previously been set at the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship, in which the hosting Germans defeated the United States 2–1 before a then-record 77,803 fans. Although the game was held at Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, it was not technically an outdoor game, as the stadium's retractable roof was closed due to International Ice Hockey Federation regulations.[15][16][17] In 2010, Färjestad and Frölunda again played an outdoor game against each other, this time in Karlstad. 15,274 spectators saw Färjestad win the game 5–2.[18]
Popularity[]
Outdoor games have proven to be immensely popular with fans. For the 2003 Heritage Classic, the NHL received over 900,000 requests from all over the world for a chance to buy one of the 57,167 tickets available. CBC's Hockey Night in Canada telecast of the game drew 2.7 million viewers, a record for a regular season game for the half-century old television program.[19] In the United States, the Winter Classics have been a ratings winner; 4.56 million people watched the 2011 Winter Classic, and the game led to a ratings win for NBC in the coveted 18–49 age group despite the fact that poor weather forced the NHL to move the start time of the game back several hours on less than a day's notice.[20] It became the most watched NHL regular season game in the last 36 years.[21] The games have been credited as causing increased interest in hockey in the United States.[22] In Russia, the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) hosted its first All-Star Game in 2009 in Moscow's Red Square. The league used the location to promote the KHL amidst the global financial crisis.[23]
Games[]
Though games have been held outdoors since the sport's earliest days, this list contains only those held since the 2001 Cold War popularized the trend of holding outdoor games as events.
Date | Event | Location | League | Home team | Score | Visiting team | Attendance | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 6, 2001 | Cold War | Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan |
CCHA | Michigan State Spartans (men) |
3–3 | Michigan Wolverines (men) |
74,554 | First outdoor game in NCAA history | [6] |
November 22, 2003 | 2003 Heritage Classic | Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton, Alberta |
NHL | Edmonton Oilers | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens | 57,167 | First regular season outdoor game in NHL history | [24] |
April 2, 2005 | Our Game to Give | Ivor Wynne Stadium Hamilton, Ontario |
Charity game | Team Gilmour | 9–8 | Team Staios | 10,300 | Held during 2004–05 NHL lockout | [25][26] |
February 13, 2006 | Frozen Tundra Classic | Lambeau Field Green Bay, Wisconsin |
WCHA | Wisconsin Badgers (men) |
4–2 | Ohio State Buckeyes (men) |
40,890 | [27] | |
January 14, 2007 | 100th Tigers-Bern derby match | Stade de Suisse Bern, Switzerland |
NLA | SCL Tigers | 2–5 | SC Bern | 30,076 | National League A attendance record | [10] |
January 1, 2008 | 2008 NHL Winter Classic | Ralph Wilson Stadium Orchard Park, New York |
NHL | Buffalo Sabres | 1–2 (SO) |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 71,217 | [8] | |
January 1, 2009 | 2009 NHL Winter Classic | Wrigley Field Chicago, Illinois |
Chicago Blackhawks | 4–6 | Detroit Red Wings | 40,818 | [28] | ||
January 10, 2009 | 2009 KHL All-Star Game | Red Square Moscow, Russia |
KHL | Team Yashin | 6–7 | Team Jágr | 2,500 (est.) | First outdoor game in KHL history | [23] |
February 7, 2009 | Gstaad Skating Rink Gstaad, Switzerland |
Exhibition | Switzerland (men's) |
4–3 (SO) |
Slovakia (men's) |
3,000 (est.) | [29] | ||
February 14, 2009 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs 1st Annual Outdoor Game | Big Dipper Ice Arena Fairbanks, Alaska |
NAHL | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 3–1 | Alaska Avalanche | 2,000 (est.) | First outdoor game sanctioned by USA Hockey | [30] |
December 27, 2009 | 2009 Hungarian Winter Classic | Kisstadion Budapest, Hungary |
MOL Liga | Ferencvárosi TC | 2–1 | Újpesti TE | 4,500 | [31][32] | |
December 28, 2009 | 2009 SEL Outdoor Classic | Ullevi Gothenburg, Sweden |
SEL | Frölunda HC | 4–1 | Färjestad BK | 31,144 | Elitserien/SHL attendance record Established new attendance record for a league match in Sweden |
[11] |
January 1, 2010 | 2010 NHL Winter Classic | Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts |
NHL | Boston Bruins | 2–1 (OT) |
Philadelphia Flyers | 38,112 | [33] | |
January 8, 2010 | Frozen Fenway 2010 | Hockey East | Northeastern Huskies (women) |
3–5 | New Hampshire Wildcats (women) |
6,889 | [34] | ||
Boston College Eagles (men) |
2–3 | Boston University Terriers (men) |
38,472 | [34] | |||||
January 9, 2010 | 2010 EBEL Winter Classic | Hypo-Arena Klagenfurt, Austria |
EBEL | EC KAC | 1–3 | VSV EC | 30,500 | Austrian Hockey League attendance record | [35] |
New Jersey Pond Hockey Classic | Navesink Country Club Navesink, New Jersey |
ACHA | Rowan University (men) |
4–4 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (men) |
100 | First ACHA outdoor game | [36] | |
February 6, 2010 | Camp Randall Hockey Classic | Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin |
WCHA | Wisconsin Badgers (women) |
6–1 | Bemidji State Beavers (women) |
8,263 | [37] | |
Wisconsin Badgers (men) |
3–2 | Michigan Wolverines (men) |
55,031 | [37] | |||||
February 20, 2010 | Mirabito Outdoor Classic | New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse, New York |
AHL | Syracuse Crunch | 2–1 | Binghamton Senators | 21,508 | First AHL outdoor game; American Hockey League attendance record (since broken) | [38] |
March 13, 2010 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs 2nd Annual Outdoor Game | Big Dipper Ice Arena Fairbanks, Alaska |
NAHL | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 3–2 | Wichita Falls Wildcats | 2,500 (est.) | [39] | |
November 26, 2010 | Northern Classic | Fort McMurray, Alberta | AJHL | Fort McMurray Oil Barons | 4–2 | Drayton Valley Thunder | 5,726 | Alberta Junior Hockey League attendance record | [40] |
December 4, 2010 | The Frozen Face-off | Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
MCHA | Adrian Bulldogs (men) |
3–0 | Concordia Falcons (men) |
1,470 | 1st outdoor D-III game on record | [41] |
December 11, 2010 | The Big Chill at the Big House | CCHA | Michigan Wolverines (men) |
5–0 | Michigan State Spartans (men) |
104,173 | CCHA attendance record; highest attended game on record | [1][13] | |
December 26, 2010 | 2010 SEL Outdoor Classic | Karlstad Outdoor Arena Karlstad, Sweden |
SEL | Färjestad BK | 5–2 | Frölunda HC | 15,274 | [18] | |
December 31, 2010 | 2011 NHL Winter Classic Alumni Game | Heinz Field Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
NHL Alumni | Pittsburgh Penguins alumni |
5–5 | Washington Capitals alumni |
10,000 | [42] | [43] |
January 1, 2011 | 2011 NHL Winter Classic | NHL | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–3 | Washington Capitals | 68,111 | [44] | ||
January 2, 2011 | Open Air Hockey 2011 | Pardubice-Svítkov Speedway Pardubice, Czech Republic |
ELH | HC Eaton Pardubice | 4–2 | HC Kometa Brno | 17,140 | Set Extraliga attendance record (since overtaken) |
[45] |
January 9, 2011 | 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III | Zócalo Mexico City, Mexico |
IIHF WJHC | Mexico national junior team (men's) |
8–0 | Bulgaria national junior team (men's) |
3,000 | First outdoor ice hockey game in Mexican history | [46] |
January 15, 2011 | Rockstar Outdoor Hockey Classic | Avista Stadium Spokane, Washington |
WHL (CHL) |
Spokane Chiefs | 11–2 | Kootenay Ice | 7,075 | First regular season outdoor game in both WHL (& CHL) history | [47] |
Bernick's Outdoor Rink Sartell, Minnesota |
MIAC | Saint Benedict Blazers (women) |
1–9 | Concordia Cobbers (women) |
100 | [48] | |||
January 29, 2011 | North Shore Winter Classic | Iron Bridge Outdoor Arena Iron Bridge, Ontario |
GMHL | Elliot Lake Bobcats | 8–2 | Algoma Avalanche | 400 (est.) | [49] | |
February 5, 2011 | 2011 Talviklassikko | Helsinki Olympic Stadium Helsinki, Finland |
SM-liiga | Jokerit | 3–4 | HIFK | 36,644 | SM-liiga attendance record Established new attendance record for a European league match (since broken) |
[50] |
February 13, 2011 | Whalers Hockey Fest | Rentschler Field East Hartford, Connecticut |
Atlantic Hockey | Connecticut Huskies (men) |
3–1 | Sacred Heart Pioneers (men) |
1,911 | [51] | |
Hockey East | Connecticut Huskies (women) |
3–4 | Providence Friars (women) |
153 | [52] | ||||
February 15, 2011 | NESCAC | Trinity Bantams (women) |
5–1 | Wesleyan Cardinals (women) |
100 | [53] | |||
Wesleyan Cardinals (men) |
1–3 | Trinity Bantams (men) |
820 | [54] | |||||
February 19, 2011 | Atlantic Hockey | American International Yellow Jackets (men) |
1–4 | Army Black Knights (men) |
1,142 | [55] | |||
NHL Alumni | Hartford Whalers alumni |
4–4 | Boston Bruins alumni |
10,000 | [56] | ||||
Whale Bowl | AHL | Connecticut Whale | 4–5 (SO) |
Providence Bruins | 21,673 | American Hockey League attendance record (since broken) | [56] | ||
Face-Off in the Foothills | McMahon Stadium Calgary, Alberta |
NHL Alumni | 1989 Calgary Flames | 3–5 | Montreal Canadiens alumni | 10,000+ | [57] | ||
February 20, 2011 | 2011 Heritage Classic | NHL | Calgary Flames | 4–0 | Montreal Canadiens | 41,022 | [58] | ||
February 21, 2011 | Face-Off in the Foothills | WHL (CHL) |
Calgary Hitmen | 2–3 | Regina Pats | 20,888 | Western and Canadian Hockey League attendance records; Junior hockey world record | [59] | |
February 26, 2011 | Slaget om Siljan | Villa Långbers Arena Leksand, Sweden |
HockeyAllsvenskan | Leksands IF | 1–4 | Mora IK | 17,319 | [60] | |
March 12, 2011 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs 3rd Annual Outdoor Game | Big Dipper Ice Arena Fairbanks, Alaska |
NAHL | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 5–3 | Wenatchee Wild | 2,000 (est.) | [61] | |
December 10, 2011 | 2011 SEL Outdoor Classic | Elmia Outdoor Arena Jönköping, Sweden |
SEL | HV71 | 0–1 (OT) |
Linköpings HC | 18,884 | New attendance record for a sports event in Jönköping First road team winner since the yearly tradition from 2009 |
[62][63] |
December 31, 2011 | 2012 NHL Winter Classic Alumni Game | Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
NHL Alumni | Philadelphia Flyers alumni |
3–1 | New York Rangers alumni |
45,808 | [64] | |
January 2, 2012 | 2012 NHL Winter Classic | NHL | Philadelphia Flyers | 2–3 | New York Rangers | 46,967 | [65] | ||
January 6, 2012 | 2012 AHL Outdoor Game | AHL | Adirondack Phantoms | 4–3 (OT) |
Hershey Bears | 45,653 | American Hockey League attendance record | [66] | |
January 7, 2012 | Frozen Fenway 2012 | Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts |
Hockey East | Vermont Catamounts (men) |
2–3 (OT) |
UMass Minutemen (men) |
38,456 | [67] | |
New Hampshire Wildcats (men) |
4–5 (OT) |
Maine Black Bears (men) |
38,456 | [67] | |||||
January 10, 2012 | Providence Friars (women) |
2–3 | Dartmouth Big Green (women) |
1,305 | [68] | ||||
January 13, 2012 | ECAC East (D-III) | Babson Beavers (men) |
1–4 | Norwich Cadets (men) |
7,250 | [69] | |||
ECAC Hockey | Harvard Crimson (men) |
0–2 | Union Dutchmen (men) |
8,981 | [69] | ||||
January 14, 2012 | Hockey East | Boston College Eagles (men) |
2–1 | Northeastern Huskies (men) |
29,601 | [70] | |||
January 15, 2012 | The Frozen Diamond Faceoff | Progressive Field Cleveland, Ohio |
CCHA | Ohio State Buckeyes (men) |
1–4 | Michigan Wolverines (men) |
25,864 | First outdoor hockey game between rivals Ohio State and Michigan | [71][72] |
January 19, 2012 | OUA Outdoor Classic | Ivor Wynne Stadium Hamilton, Ontario |
OUA | UOIT Ridgebacks (women) |
2–3 | Brock Badgers (women) |
102 | [73] | |
January 20, 2012 | 2012 AHL Outdoor Classic "Steeltown Showdown" | NHL Alumni | Montreal Canadiens alumni |
5–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs alumni |
8,000 | [74] | ||
January 21, 2012 | 2012 AHL Outdoor Classic "Steeltown Showdown" | AHL | Hamilton Bulldogs | 2–7 | Toronto Marlies | 20,565 | [26] | ||
January 22, 2012 | OUA Outdoor Classic | OUA | Waterloo Warriors (men) |
3–1 | Brock Badgers (men) |
500 | [73] | ||
February 4, 2012 | 2012 Talviklassikko | Helsinki Olympic Stadium Helsinki, Finland |
SM-liiga | HIFK | 3–2 (SO) |
Jokerit | 34,264 | [75] | |
February 9, 2012 | 2012 Oddset Hockey Games | Euro Hockey Tour | Finland (men's) |
0–2 | Russia (men's) |
25,036 | [76] | ||
February 17, 2012 | Russian Classic | Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
VHL | Sokol Krasnoyarsk | 2–3 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | 16,100 | First outdoor game in VHL history | [77] |
September 14, 2012 | 2012 Arena Ice Fever | Pula Arena Pula, Croatia |
EBEL | Medveščak Zagreb | 2–3 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 7,022 | First hockey game held in an amphitheater | [78][79] |
September 16, 2012 | Medveščak Zagreb | 4–1 | Vienna Capitals | 7,130 | [78][79] | ||||
December 8, 2012 | 2012 SEL Outdoor Classic/Brynäs IF 100-year celebration | Gävlebocken Arena Gävle, Sweden |
SEL | Brynäs IF | 3–0 | Timrå IK | 15,009 | [80][81] | |
January 4, 2013 | Bežigrad IceFest 2013 | Bežigrad Stadium Ljubljana, Slovenia |
EBEL | Olimpija Ljubljana | 5–4 (OT) |
EC VSV | 7,000 | [82] | |
January 5, 2013 | 2013 DEL Winter Game | Frankenstadion Nürnberg, Germany |
DEL | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | 4–3 | Eisbären Berlin | 50,000 | New attendance record for a European league match | [83] |
January 6, 2013 | City Game | Penguins Pond at Highmark Stadium Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
ACHA | Pitt Panthers (men) |
5–3 | Duquesne Dukes (men) |
N/A | Game traditionally held at CONSOL Energy Center; held during the 2012–13 NHL lockout | [84] |
Bežigrad IceFest 2013 | Bežigrad Stadium Ljubljana, Slovenia |
EBEL | Olimpija Ljubljana | 8–4 | Medveščak Zagreb | 7,000 | [82] | ||
January 8, 2013 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2–4 | EC KAC | 7,000 | [82] | ||||
January 20, 2013 | 2013 AHL Outdoor Classic | Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, Pennsylvania |
AHL | Hershey Bears | 1–2 (OT) |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 17,311 | [85] | |
February 9, 2013 | Mutual of Omaha Battles on Ice | TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Nebraska |
USHL | Omaha Lancers | 4–2 | Lincoln Stars | 13,523 | First outdoor USHL game, Part of a Doubleheader | [86] |
WCHA | Omaha Mavericks (men) |
2–5 | North Dakota (men) |
13,650 | Part of a Doubleheader. | [87] | |||
February 17, 2013 | OfficeMax Hockey City Classic | Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois |
CCHA | Notre Dame Fighting Irish (men) |
2–1 | Miami RedHawks (men) |
52,051 | Part of a doubleheader. | [88] |
WCHA | Wisconsin Badgers (men) |
3–2 | Minnesota Golden Gophers (men) |
52,051 | Part of a doubleheader. | [88] | |||
December 13, 2013 | Frozen Frontier | Frontier Field Rochester, New York |
AHL | Rochester Americans | 5–4 (SO) |
Lake Erie Monsters | 11,015 | [89] | |
December 14, 2013 | Non-conference NCAA Div I |
RIT Tigers (women) |
2–6 | Clarkson Golden Knights (women) |
1,578 | First outdoor women's hockey game in the state of New York | [89] | ||
Atlantic Hockey | RIT Tigers (men) |
2–2 (OT) |
Niagara Purple Eagles (men) |
4,760 | [89] | ||||
2013 SHL Outdoor Classic[1] | Gamla Ullevi Gothenburg, Sweden |
SHL | Frölunda HC | 1–4 | Skellefteå AIK | 13,452 | Second SHL outdoor game in Gothenburg | [90][91] | |
Open Ice Winter Classic Tampere | Tampere Stadium Tampere, Finland |
Liiga | Tappara | 1–0 | Ilves | 15,062 | |||
December 15, 2013 | Frozen Frontier | Frontier Field Rochester, New York |
Non-conference NCAA Div III |
Nazareth Golden Flyers (men) |
2–3 | Geneseo Knights (men) |
1,000 | [92] | |
OJHL | Buffalo Jr. Sabres | 4–5 | St. Michael's Buzzers | 1,173 | [93] | ||||
NHL/AHL Alumni | Rochester Americans alumni |
5–3 | Buffalo Sabres alumni |
N/A | Game played in two halves | [89] | |||
December 16, 2013 | 2013 Hockeytown Winter Festival | Comerica Park Detroit, Michigan |
OUA | Windsor Lancers | 2–5 | Western Mustangs | 1,000 | [94] | |
December 22, 2013 | Winter Game 2013 | Stade des Alpes Grenoble, France |
Ligue Magnus | Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups | 4–5 | Briançon Diables Rouges | 19,767 | Attendance record for a game between two French teams | |
December 27, 2013 | 2013 Hockeytown Winter Festival | Comerica Park Detroit, Michigan |
NCAA | Michigan Tech Huskies (men) |
3–2 (SO) |
Michigan State Spartans (men) |
25,449 | ||
Michigan Wolverines (men) |
2–3 (OT) |
Western Michigan Broncos (men) |
25,449 | ||||||
December 28, 2013 | Frozen Fenway 2014 | Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts |
Atlantic Hockey | Bentley Falcons (men) |
3–2 | Holy Cross Crusaders (men) |
3,898 | [95] | |
2013 Hockeytown Winter Festival | Comerica Park Detroit, Michigan |
NCAA | Michigan Wolverines (men) |
0–3 | Michigan State Spartans (men) |
26,052 | |||
Western Michigan Broncos (men) |
1–0 (OT) |
Michigan Tech Huskies (men) |
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December 29, 2013 | OHL (CHL) |
Saginaw Spirit | 5–6 | Windsor Spitfires | 25,749 | Set OHL and CHL attendance record | [96] | ||
Plymouth Whalers | 2–1 (SO) |
London Knights | 26,384 | Reset OHL and CHL attendance record | [96] | ||||
December 30, 2013 | AHL | Grand Rapids Griffins | 3–4 (SO) |
Toronto Marlies | 20,337 | ||||
December 31, 2013 | NHL Alumni | Detroit Red Wings alumni |
5–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs alumni |
33,425 | [97] | |||
6–5 (SO) |
[97] | ||||||||
January 1, 2014 | 2014 NHL Winter Classic | Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan |
NHL | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 (SO) |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 105,491 (announced) < 104,173 (certified) |
National Hockey League attendance record | [98][99] |
January 4, 2014 | Frozen Fenway 2014 | Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts |
Hockey East | Merrimack Warriors (men) |
1–1 | Providence Friars (men) |
31,569 | [100] | |
Boston College Eagles (men) |
4–3 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish (men) |
31,569 | [100] | |||||
January 7, 2014 | Non-conference NCAA Div III |
Salem State Vikings (men) |
2–4 | UMass Boston Beacons (men) |
1,133 | [101] | |||
NESCAC | Williams Ephs (men) |
4–2 | Trinity Bantams (men) |
4,132 | [102] | ||||
January 9, 2014 | ECAC East | Babson Beavers (men) |
0–1 | Norwich Cadets (men) |
1,200 | [103] | |||
January 11, 2014 | Hockey East | Northeastern Huskies (men) |
4–1 | UMass Lowell River Hawks (men) |
25,580 | [104] | |||
Boston University Terriers (men) |
3–7 | Maine Black Bears (men) |
25,580 | [105] | |||||
2014 NLA Winter Classic | Stade de Genève Geneva, Switzerland |
NLA | Genève-Servette HC | 0–1 (OT) |
Lausanne Hockey Club | 29,400 | [106] | ||
January 17, 2014 | 2014 Hockey City Classic | TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, Minnesota |
WCHA | Minnesota Golden Gophers (women) |
4–0 | Minnesota State Mavericks (women) |
6,623 | [107] | |
Big Ten | Minnesota Golden Gophers (men) |
1–0 | Ohio State Buckeyes (men) |
45,021 | [108] | ||||
January 19, 2014 | Russian Classic | Central Stadium Chelyabinsk, Russia |
VHL | Chelmet Chelyabinsk | 2–5 | Lada Togliatti | 9,200 | [109] | |
January 25, 2014 | 2014 NHL Stadium Series | Dodger Stadium Los Angeles, California |
NHL | Los Angeles Kings | 0–3 | Anaheim Ducks | 54,099 | [110] | |
January 26, 2014 | Yankee Stadium New York, New York |
New Jersey Devils | 3–7 | New York Rangers[2] | 50,105 | [111] | |||
January 29, 2014 | New York Islanders | 1–2 | New York Rangers[3] | 50,027 | [111] | ||||
March 1, 2014 | 2014 NHL Stadium Series | Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois |
Chicago Blackhawks | 5–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 62,921 | [112] | ||
2014 Talviklassikko | Helsinki Olympic Stadium Helsinki, Finland |
Liiga | Jokerit | 1–2 | HIFK | 23,485 | [113] | ||
March 2, 2014 | 2014 Heritage Classic | BC Place Vancouver, British Columbia |
NHL | Vancouver Canucks | 2–4 | Ottawa Senators | 54,194 | BC Place's retractable roof was closed due to weather concerns. | [112] |
December 18, 2014 | 2015 Slovenian Winter Classic | Republic Square Open Ice Rink Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Slovenian Ice Hockey League | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana | 2–1 | HDD Jesenice | 3,500 | [114] | |
December 27, 2014 | Toledo Walleye Winterfest | Fifth Third Field Toledo, Ohio |
ECHL | Toledo Walleye | 1–2 | Kalamazoo Wings | 11,222 | First Outdoor game in ECHL history | [115] |
January 1, 2015 | 2015 NHL Winter Classic | Nationals Park Washington, D.C. |
NHL | Washington Capitals | 3–2 | Chicago Blackhawks | 42,832 | ||
January 3, 2015 | Toledo Walleye Winterfest | Fifth Third Field Toledo, Ohio |
NCAA | Bowling Green Falcons (men) |
2–2 | Robert Morris Colonials (men) |
3,806 | [116] | |
ECHL | Toledo Walleye | 2–3 (SO) |
Fort Wayne Komets | 11,081 | [115] | ||||
2015 EBEL Winter Classic | Wörthersee Stadion Klagenfurt, Austria |
EBEL | EC KAC | 1–4 | EC VSV | 29,700 | |||
January 10, 2015 | 2015 DEL Winter Game | ESPRIT arena Düsseldorf, Germany |
DEL | DEG | 3–2 | Kölner Haie | 51,125 | European league-game attendance record | [117] |
January 23, 2015 | 2015 QMJHL Winter Classic | Grandes Estrades Coors Banquet Saint-Tite, Quebec |
QMJHL (CHL) |
Shawinigan Cataractes | 4–2 | Victoriaville Tigres | 5,996 | [118] | |
January 24, 2015 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 2–3 | Quebec Remparts | 7,323 | [118] | ||||
February 7, 2015 | 2015 Hockey City Classic | Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois |
NCHC | Western Michigan Broncos (men) |
3–4 | Miami RedHawks (men) |
22,751 | ||
Big Ten | Michigan State Spartans (men) |
1–4 | Michigan Wolverines (men) |
22,751 | |||||
February 14, 2015 | Russian Classic | Sputnik Stadium Nizhny Tagil, Russia |
VHL | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil | 0–4 | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | 9,000 | [109] | |
February 21, 2015 | 2015 NHL Stadium Series | Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, California |
NHL | San Jose Sharks | 1–2 | Los Angeles Kings | 70,205 | [119] | |
December 18, 2015 | Golden State Hockey Rush | Raley Field West Sacramento, California |
AHL | Stockton Heat | 3–2 | Bakersfield Condors | 9,357 | Postponed from December 17, 2015 due to rain | [120] |
December 31, 2015 | 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic | Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts |
NWHL/CWHL | Boston Pride | 1–1 | Les Canadiennes | Unknown | First professional women's outdoor game | [121] |
January 1, 2016 | 2016 NHL Winter Classic | NHL | Boston Bruins | 1–5 | Montreal Canadiens | 67,246 | [122] | ||
January 3, 2016 | Brno Hockey Games 2016 | Stadium Za Lužánkami Brno, Czech Republic |
ELH | Kometa Brno | 5–2 | Škoda Plzeň | 18,514 | ||
January 8, 2016 | Kometa Brno | 2–4 | Sparta Praha | 21,502 | Set the new ELH attendance record | ||||
January 9, 2016 | 2016 DEL2 Winter Derby | Stadion Dresden Dresden, Germany |
DEL2 | Dresdner Eislöwen | 4–3 (OT) |
Lausitzer Füchse | 31,853 | German second league (DEL2) attendance record | |
February 20, 2016 | Battle on Blake | Coors Field Denver, Colorado |
NCHC | Denver Pioneers (men) |
4–1 | Colorado College Tigers (men) |
35,144 | NCHC attendance record | |
February 21, 2016 | 2016 NHL Stadium Series | TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, Minnesota |
NHL | Minnesota Wild | 6–1 | Chicago Blackhawks | 50,426 | ||
February 27, 2016 | Coors Field Denver, Colorado |
Colorado Avalanche | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings | 50,095 | ||||
September 10, 2016 | 2016 DEL2 Summer Game | Commerzbank Arena Frankfurt, Germany |
DEL2 | Löwen Frankfurt | 4–5 (OT) |
Kassel Huskies | 30,000 | [123] | |
October 23, 2016 | 2016 NHL Heritage Classic | Investors Group Field Winnipeg, Manitoba |
NHL | Winnipeg Jets | 0–3 | Edmonton Oilers | 33,240 | [124] | |
December 16, 2016 | Ulkojäät 2016 | Tampere, Finland | Liiga | Ilves | 3–4 (OT) |
Tappara | 11,000 | ||
December 17, 2016 | Ilves | 3–2 (OT) |
HIFK | 8,500 | |||||
December 28, 2016 | Karácsonyi HOKIBULI Winter Game 2016 | Városligeti Műjégpálya Budapest, Hungary |
EBEL | SAPA Fehérvár AV 19 | 2–8 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 4,253 | [125] | |
December 29, 2016 | MOL Liga | Újpesti TE | 4–1 | HSC Csíkszereda | 2,000 | ||||
MAC Budapest | 6–3 | DVTK Jegesmedvék | 3,050 | ||||||
December 30, 2016 | EBEL | SAPA Fehérvár AV 19 | 5–2 | EC KAC | 4,242 | [126] | |||
Winter Game 2016 | Parc Olympique Lyonnais Décines-Charpieu, France |
Ligue Magnus | Lyon Lions | 2–5 | Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups |
25,182 | Tickets distributed; Official French ice hockey attendance record |
[127][128] | |
January 1, 2017 | NHL Centennial Classic | BMO Field Toronto, Ontario |
NHL | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–3 (OT) |
Detroit Red Wings | 40,148 | ||
January 2, 2017 | 2017 NHL Winter Classic | Busch Stadium St. Louis, Missouri |
St. Louis Blues | 4–1 | Chicago Blackhawks | 46,556 | |||
January 7, 2017 | 2017 DEL Winter Game | Rhein-Neckar-Arena Sinsheim, Germany |
DEL | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 3–7 | Adler Mannheim | 25,022 | ||
2017 AHL Outdoor Classic | Memorial Stadium Bakersfield, California |
AHL | Bakersfield Condors | 3–2 (OT) |
Ontario Reign | 12,330 | |||
Frozen Fenway 2017 | Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Hockey East | Boston University Terriers (men) |
5–3 | UMass Minutemen (men) |
Unknown | |||
January 8, 2017 | Boston College Eagles (men) |
3–1 | Providence Friars (men) |
19,547 | |||||
January 14, 2017 | New Hampshire Wildcats (men) |
2–2 | Northeastern Huskies (men) |
37,949 | |||||
Connecticut Huskies (men) |
0–4 | Maine Black Bears (men) |
16,432 | ||||||
January 21, 2017 | 2017 GET-ligaen Winter Classic | Fredrikstad Stadion Fredrikstad, Norway |
GET-ligaen | Stjernen Hockey | 0–3 | Sparta Warriors | 12,500 | ||
February 18, 2017 | 2017 NHL Stadium Series | Heinz Field Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
NHL | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4–2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 67,318 | [129] | |
December 2, 2017 | Helsinki Ice Challenge | Kaisaniemi Park Helsinki, Finland |
KHL/Liiga | Jokerit | 3–4 | SKA Saint Petersburg | 17,645 | First outdoor regular season game in KHL history Set the new KHL attendance record |
[130][131] |
December 5, 2017 | HIFK | 3–4 (OT) |
Oulun Kärpät | 16,000 | |||||
December 16, 2017 | NHL 100 Classic | TD Place Stadium Ottawa, Ontario |
NHL | Ottawa Senators | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens | 33,959 | ||
December 17, 2017 | 67:50 Outdoor Game | OHL/QMJHL (CHL) |
Ottawa 67's | 1–4 | Gatineau Olympiques | 11,671 | First OHL outdoor game to be played in Ontario. Also the first outdoor game to feature a team from both the OHL and QMJHL |
[132][133] | |
December 29, 2017 | 2018 WJHC | New Era Field Orchard Park, New York |
IIHF WJHC | United States men's national junior ice hockey team | 4–3 (SO) |
Canada men's national junior ice hockey team | 44,592 | First ever outdoor game played during an IIHF Junior World Championship at the Top Division | [134][135] |
January 1, 2018 | 2018 NHL Winter Classic | Citi Field Queens, New York |
NHL | Buffalo Sabres | 2–3 (OT) |
New York Rangers[4] | 41,821 | [136] | |
January 20, 2018 | Winter Ice Break | Riga City Council Sports Complex Riga, Latvia |
KHL | Dinamo Riga | 2–3 | Dinamo Minsk | 10,554 | First outdoor hockey game played in Latvia Second outdoor regular season game in KHL history |
[137] |
2018 AHL Outdoor Classic | Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, Pennsylvania |
AHL | Hershey Bears | 2–5 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 13,091 | |||
January 28, 2018 | Russian Classic | Central Stadium Kurgan, Russia |
VHL | Zauralie Kurgan | 0–4 | Rubin Tyumen | 3,000 | [138] | |
February 9, 2018 | 2018 QMJHL Winter Classic | La Patinoire Victor-Pepin Drummondville, Quebec |
QMJHL (CHL) |
Drummondville Voltigeurs | 4–1 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | 4,284 | [139][140] | |
February 10, 2018 | Drummondville Voltigeurs | 0–2 | Victoriaville Tigres | 5,432 | [141][142] | ||||
March 3, 2018 | 2018 NHL Stadium Series | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland |
NHL | Washington Capitals | 5–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 29,516 | [143] | |
January 1, 2019 | 2019 NHL Winter Classic | Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana |
NHL | Chicago Blackhawks | 2-4 | Boston Bruins | 76,126 | [144] | |
January 2, 2019 | 2019 Tatzen-Derby | Stade de Suisse Bern, Switzerland |
NLA | SCL Tigers | 1-4 | SC Bern | Although the game was played at Stade de Suisse in Bern, the SCL Tigers hosted the game as the home team | [145][146] | |
January 5, 2019 | Big Ten Hockey | Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, Indiana |
B1G Ten | Notre Dame | 2-4 | Michigan | 23,422 | [147] | |
January 12, 2019 | 2019 DEL Winter Game | RheinEnergieStadion Cologne, Germany | DEL | Kölner Haie | 2-3 (OT) | DEG | 47,011 | [148] | |
February 3, 2019 | 2019 Winter Classic Games | Štadión SNP
Banská Bystrica, Slovakia |
Tipsport liga | HC Banská Bystrica | 2-3 | HKM Zvolen | 7,500 | First outdoor game in Slovakia; a legends game was held at the arena the day before the game. Team Tipsport defeated Team Kaufland 23-21. | [149][150][151] |
February 8, 2019 | 2019 QMJHL Winter Classic | Grandes Estrades Coors Banquet Saint-Tite, Quebec |
QMJHL (CHL) |
Shawinigan Cataractes | 0-4 | Rimouski Oceanic | 4 508 | [118] | |
February 9, 2019 | Shawinigan Cataractes | 5-1 | Quebec Remparts | 5,587 | [118] | ||||
February 23, 2019 | 2019 NHL Stadium Series | Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
NHL | Philadelphia Flyers | 4–3 (OT) |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 69,620 | [152] | |
October 26, 2019 | 2019 NHL Heritage Classic | Mosaic Stadium Regina, Saskatchewan |
NHL | Winnipeg Jets | 2–1 (OT) |
Calgary Flames | 33,518 | First outdoor NHL game to be played in a neutral site territory that is not formally part of an NHL market | [153] |
December 14, 2019 | 2019 DEL2 Winter Derby | Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion Offenbach, Germany | DEL2 | EC Bad Nauheim | 2-3 (SO) | Löwen Frankfurt | 15,146 | [154] | |
January 1, 2020 | 2020 NHL Winter Classic | Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas, Texas |
NHL | Dallas Stars | 4-2 | Nashville Predators | 85,630 | ||
January 4, 2020 | 2020 Hockey Open Air | Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Dresden, Germany | DEL2 | Dresdner Eislöwen | 5-3 | Lausitzer Füchse | 32,009 | [155] | |
ELH | Sparta Prague | 3-2 | HC Verva Litvínov | 32,009 | [156] | ||||
February 15, 2020 | 2020 NHL Stadium Series | Falcon Stadium Air Force Academy, Colorado |
NHL | Colorado Avalanche | 1-3 | Los Angeles Kings | 43,574 | ||
February 20, 2021 | NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe | Edgewood Tahoe Resort Stateline, Nevada |
NHL | Colorado Avalanche | 3-2 | Vegas Golden Knights | N/A | Games played without spectators | [157] |
February 21, 2021 | Boston Bruins | 7-3 | Philadelphia Flyers | N/A | [157] | ||||
January 1, 2022 | 2022 NHL Winter Classic | Target Field Minneapolis, Minnesota |
NHL | Minnesota Wild | St. Louis Blues | [158] | |||
January 22, 2022 | Hockey Day Minnesota | Blakeslee Stadium Mankato, Minnesota |
CCHA | Minnesota State Mavericks | St. Thomas Tommies | [159] | |||
February 26, 2022 | 2022 NHL Stadium Series | Nissan Stadium Nashville, Tennessee |
NHL | Nashville Predators | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||||
March 13, 2022 | 2022 NHL Heritage Classic | Tim Hortons Field Hamilton, Ontario |
NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Toronto Maple Leafs | ||||
2023 | Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina |
NHL | Carolina Hurricanes | TBA | [160] |
See also[]
Notes[]
- 1. ^ The SEL Outdoor Classic was renamed the SHL Outdoor Classic due to the league name change in June 2013.
- 2. ^ The Rangers are designated as the away team for their outdoor games as a legal fiction; their home arena, Madison Square Garden, receives tax-exempt status, but only if the Rangers do not "cease playing" home games at MSG, generally interpreted as playing any "home" game outside of MSG.
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