List of outdoor ice hockey games

The University of Michigan and Michigan State University set a world record for attendance in 2010

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 has however been played at Stade Roland Garros, venue of the French Open. Staging a Vysshaya liga game on the Russian 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]

Held in 2001, the Cold War launched the modern outdoor game phenomenon

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	3–3	Michigan Wolverines	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	4–2	Ohio State Buckeyes	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	4–3 (SO)	Slovakia	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	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]
			Hockey East	Boston College Eagles	2–3	Boston University Terriers	38,472		[34]
January 9, 2010		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	4–4	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	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]
			WCHA	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	3–0	Concordia Falcons	1,470	1st outdoor D-III game on record	[41]
December 11, 2010	The Big Chill at the Big House		CCHA	Michigan Wolverines	5–0	Michigan State Spartans	104,173	CCHA attendance record; highest attended game on record	[1][13]
December 26, 2010	2010 SEL Outdoor Classic	Karlstad Outdoor Arena, 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	Mexico	8–0	Bulgaria	3,000	First outdoor ice hockey game in Mexican history	[46]
January 15, 2011	Rockstar Outdoor Hockey Classic	Avista Stadium Spokane, Washington	WHL	Spokane Chiefs	11–2	Kootenay Ice	7,075		[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	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]
			NESCAC	Wesleyan Cardinals (men)	1–3	Trinity Bantams (men)	820		[54]
February 19, 2011			Atlantic Hockey	American International Yellow Jackets	1–4	Army Black Knights	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	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	2–3 (OT)	UMass Minutemen	38,456		[67]
			Hockey East	New Hampshire Wildcats	4–5 (OT)	Maine Black Bears	38,456		[67]
January 10, 2012			Hockey East	Providence Friars (women)	2–3	Dartmouth Big Green (women)	1,305		[68]
January 13, 2012			ECAC East (D-III)	Babson Beavers	1–4	Norwich Cadets	7,250		[69]
			ECAC Hockey	Harvard Crimson	0–2	Union Dutchmen	8,981		[69]
January 14, 2012			Hockey East	Boston College Eagles	2–1	Northeastern Huskies	29,601		[70]
January 15, 2012	The Frozen Diamond Faceoff	Progressive Field Cleveland, Ohio	CCHA	Ohio State Buckeyes	1–4	Michigan Wolverines	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	SM-liiga	HIFK	3–2 (SO)	Jokerit	34,264		[75]
February 9, 2012	2012 Oddset Hockey Games		Euro Hockey Tour	Finland	0–2	Russia	25,036		[76]
February 17, 2012	Russian Classic	Central Stadium, Krasnoyarsk, Russia	VHL	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	2–3	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	16,100		[77]
September 14, 2012	2012 Arena Ice Fever	Pula Arena, Pula, Croatia	EBEL	Medveščak Zagreb	2–3	Olimpija Ljubljana	7,130	First hockey game held in an amphitheater	[78][79]
September 16, 2012			EBEL	Medveščak Zagreb	4–1	Vienna Capitals			[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	5–3	Duquesne Dukes	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			EBEL	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	2–5	North Dakota	13,650	Part of a Doubleheader.	[87]
February 17, 2013	OfficeMax Hockey City Classic	Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois	CCHA	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2–1	Miami RedHawks	52,051	Part of a Doubleheader.	[88]
			WCHA	Wisconsin Badgers	3–2	Minnesota Golden Gophers	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	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 Junior 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	3–2 (SO)	Michigan State Spartans	25,449
				Michigan Wolverines	2–3 (OT)	Western Michigan Broncos	25,449
December 28, 2013	Frozen Fenway 2014	Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts	Atlantic Hockey	Bentley Falcons	3–2	Holy Cross Crusaders	3,898		[95]
	2013 Hockeytown Winter Festival	Comerica Park Detroit, Michigan	NCAA	Michigan Wolverines	0–3	Michigan State Spartans	26,052
				Western Michigan Broncos	1–0 (OT)	Michigan Tech Huskies
December 29, 2013			OHL	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	1–1	Providence Friars	31,569		[100]
			Hockey East	Boston College Eagles	4–3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	31,569		[100]
January 7, 2014			Non-conference NCAA Div III	Salem State Vikings	2–4	UMass Boston Beacons	1,133		[101]
			NESCAC	Williams Ephs	4–2	Trinity Bantams	4,132		[102]
January 9, 2014			ECAC East	Babson Beavers	0–1	Norwich Cadets	1,200		[103]
January 11, 2014			Hockey East	Northeastern Huskies	4–1	UMass Lowell River Hawks	25,580		[104]
			Hockey East	Boston University Terriers	3–7	Maine Black Bears	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	1–0	Ohio State Buckeyes	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	50,105		[111]
January 29, 2014				New York Islanders	1–2	New York Rangers	50,027		[111]
March 1, 2014		Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois		Chicago Blackhawks	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	62,921		[112]
	2014 Talviklassikko	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	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	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	2–2	Robert Morris Colonials	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	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	3–4	Miami RedHawks	22,751
			Big Ten	Michigan State Spartans	1–4	Michigan Wolverines	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		first professional women's outdoor game	[121]
January 1, 2016	2016 NHL Winter Classic	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts	NHL	Boston Bruins	1–5	Montreal Canadiens	67,246
January 9, 2016	2016 DEL2 Winterderby	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	4–1	Colorado College Tigers	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
October 23, 2016	2016 NHL Heritage Classic	Investors Group Field Winnipeg, Manitoba		Winnipeg Jets		Edmonton Oilers
December 30, 2016	Winter Game 2016	Parc Olympique Lyonnais Décines-Charpieu, France	Ligue Magnus	Lyon Lions		Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups
January 1, 2017	NHL Centennial Classic	BMO Field Toronto, Ontario	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs		Detroit Red Wings
January 2, 2017	2017 NHL Winter Classic	Busch Stadium St. Louis, Missouri		St. Louis Blues		Chicago Blackhawks
February 18, 2017	2017 NHL Stadium Series	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Pittsburgh Penguins		Philadelphia Flyers
December 31, 2017	2018 WJHC	Ralph Wilson Stadium Buffalo, New York	WJHC	U.S. national junior team		Canadian national junior team		Game is tentative.	[122]

See also

• List of ice hockey games with highest attendance

Notes

1. ^ The SEL Outdoor Classic was renamed the SHL Outdoor Classic due to the league name change in June 2013.

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