NHL 2019-20 #1: Where Toronto Plans To Win Without Playing Defense.

[Spartanforlife4]

6 of the 12 have been held in baseball stadiums.

2009 Wrigley Field
2010 Fenway Park
2012 Citizens Bank Park
2015 Nationals Park
2017 Busch Stadium
2018 Citi Field

Right, but a lot of those have shared reasons for not being at the football stadium.

Historic (Wrigley, Fenway)
Football has natural grass, causing issues for potential playoff games (Wrigley, Citizens Bank, Nationals)
Football stadium isn’t actually in the city. This isn’t a huge deal, but maybe for marketing it could be (Fenway, Nationals, Citi)
Busch is kind of on its own since the football stadium is a dome so it’s the only outdoor stadium.

Target isn’t historic, TCF has turf, is in the city, and it’s not being used at that time of year anyway. Only thing I can see is they already used it on the Stadium Series.

I wonder if they would ever consider a WC or SS in a dome. I’d imagine 75k Wild fans inside US Bank would be one helluva environment.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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Right, but a lot of those have shared reasons for not being at the football stadium.

Historic (Wrigley, Fenway)
Football has natural grass, causing issues for potential playoff games (Wrigley, Citizens Bank, Nationals)
Football stadium isn’t actually in the city. This isn’t a huge deal, but maybe for marketing it could be (Fenway, Nationals, Citi)
Busch is kind of on its own since the football stadium is a dome so it’s the only outdoor stadium.

Target isn’t historic, TCF has turf, is in the city, and it’s not being used at that time of year anyway. Only thing I can see is they already used it on the Stadium Series.

I wonder if they would ever consider a WC or SS in a dome. I’d imagine 75k Wild fans inside US Bank would be one helluva environment.

So i went to a hockey game inside a dome stadium about 4 or 5 years ago. Oswego played Utica in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse and then an AHL game followed.

It was unique for sure and I enjoyed it...but, i don't think it has the same appeal as being outdoors.

The Winter Classic has been built on being outdoors and subject to the elements and getting back to the "roots" of pond hockey etc.

I just don't think it'd have the same mass appeal if it was played inside in a dome...

[Kepler]

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So i went to a hockey game inside a dome stadium about 4 or 5 years ago. Oswego played Utica in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse and then an AHL game followed.

It was unique for sure and I enjoyed it...but, i don't think it has the same appeal as being outdoors.

The Winter Classic has been built on being outdoors and subject to the elements and getting back to the "roots" of pond hockey etc.

I just don't think it'd have the same mass appeal if it was played inside in a dome...

Agree. I saw Anchorage play in the Tacoma Dome. Even with a full house the high ceiling made it feel grubby and cavernous.

Play it outside under a full moon in the snow or shelve it. For that matter just play it in Canada. That's where it belongs. Unless you want to play one in Russia to honor Dump.

[Slap Shot]

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Play the thing on Lake Minnetonka already.

[state of hockey]

Play the thing on Lake Minnetonka already.

Too much poop.

[ScoobyDoo]

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Too much poop.

All the better.

[burd]

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For the sake of history, they should play a game out on Lake of the Woods in Kenora, Ont, home of the 1907 Stanley Cup Challenge winner, the Kenora Thistles. I think they played at least one game out on the Lake in that Challenge. Kenora once played in the Manitoba Hockey League, so a game between the Jets and Leafs would be fitting. It only has a population of about 15,000, but I'm sure they would all go to the game.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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The official story is that Montgomery has been drying out.

[Slap Shot]

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Too much poop.

That's Calhoun or whatever they call it now.

[MavHockey14]

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Preds Fire Peter Laviolette.

[hockeyplayer1015]

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Mr game 7 giving it one last go. Signs with the Canes for 700k + possible 1.3 Million in bonuses.

[MavHockey14]

Mr game 7 giving it one last go. Signs with the Canes for 700k + possible 1.3 Million in bonuses.

Smart man saving his legs and body this far into the season..

[hockeyplayer1015]

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Goalie goals are fun.

Rinne ices it the length into the empty net vs Chicago.

[Kepler]

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Goalie goals are fun.

They are. Someday somebody's gonna Vandermeer it and score 2 in one game.

Cornell goalie Mitch Gillam got the only Cornell goalie goal in history in his first game.

[Jimjamesak]

Goalie goals are fun.

Rinne ices it the length into the empty net vs Chicago.

Is that the first one on a nationally televised game?