[discostu]

I love the Winter Classic, probably my favorite regular season game of the year. But all these other outdoor games just don’t interest me, and kind of made the Winter Classic less interesting. Serious lily gilding.

[Paladin2]

In the 50's, my kid buds and I used to skate and "play hockey" on any number of swamps wetlands (later in the year used to catch frogs).

In the 60's my "College" had an outdoor rink for the Hockey Team.

In the Seventies, while driving all over (northern) Ontario, there were plenty of outdoor rinks in the many small towns.

The NHL Winter Classic makes perfect sense.