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Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks will take on the St. Louis Blues on December 31 for next season’s NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field.
The NHL revealed the date of the 16th Winter Classic on Wednesday night.
This marks the veryfirst NHL outside videogame ever played on New Year’s Eve, and the 2nd ever played in December.
The occasion will likewise mark the veryfirst time the Winter Classic is taking location on a date other than Jan. 1 or Jan. 2. The NHL started the New Year’s custom in 2008.
The home field of the Chicago Cubs formerly hosted the 2009 Winter Classic, throughout which the Blackhawks lost to the Detroit Red Wings.
The Blackhawks have played 6 regular-season videogames in outside arenas. The group presently holds a 1-5 record in outside occasions, consistingof a triumph throughout the 2014 NHL Stadium Series versus the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Chicago will hope to make the 2nd outside regular-season triumph in franchise history thanks to the addition of Bedard, whom the group obtained with the No. 1 choice of the 2023 NHL draft.
Although sidelined for over a month by a fractured jaw, Bedard lived up to the buzz surrounding his novice season with 22 objectives and 61 points through 67 videogames.
The Blackhawks are anticipating even more from Bedard in 2024-25, and the veryfirst outside videogame of his profession might be a emphasize.
The Blues will be playing in the 3rd outside regular-season videogame in franchise histor